new harley benton guitarbass (fender bass vi copy). vintage kicks longtime.

vale

i posted this a few days ago but my posts were disappearing due to site weirdness.

anyway, this is new from feb. couldn't see it had been posted yet. cheap bass vi kicks.

a heads up for all you length-not-girth queens!

https://www.thomann.de/pics/prod/402283.jpg

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm
has been a good month for cheap offsets, non?

UnclePsychosis

I've wanted a Bass VI for ages so this intrigues me. 

The problem I have with it is that it's not far off the value of a second hand Squier one - which by all accounts is really good. 

Would definitely like someone else to buy one and check it out. Hint, hint 

earwighoney

The link above doesn't work.  This one does. 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm

The HB variant has no Trem, with a tuneomatic instead.  I'm tempted to go for it or the new Blacktop Squier Baritone JM.  Both instruments are the same scale, but come in different tunings.  I imagine the HB would be easy to convert to A to A tuning though, I've the Squier Bass VI is a bit trickier to do that for.  

olafgarten

earwighoney said:

The link above doesn't work.  This one does. 

https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm

The HB variant has no Trem, with a tuneomatic instead.  I'm tempted to go for it or the new Blacktop Squier Baritone JM.  Both instruments are the same scale, but come in different tunings.  I imagine the HB would be easy to convert to A to A tuning though, I've the Squier Bass VI is a bit trickier to do that for.  

You could also take the Jazzmaster to E tuning if you get Bass VI Strings. 

stimpsonslostson

I've got a Squier VI & think the HB (& the Fender Pawnshop one for that matter) miss the best part of the VI- the switches. I spend a lot of my time playing with the bridge and neck pickups combined & use the "strangle" more than I would have thought I would. 

I can lose hours messing with the VI and a looper pedal. 

I can understand the lack of a trem- I have mine tightened up to the body... But I just love the way it looks!

earwighoney

stimpsonslostson said:

I've got a Squier VI & think the HB (& the Fender Pawnshop one for that matter) miss the best part of the VI- the switches. I spend a lot of my time playing with the bridge and neck pickups combined & use the "strangle" more than I would have thought I would. 

I can lose hours messing with the VI and a looper pedal. 

I can understand the lack of a trem- I have mine tightened up to the body... But I just love the way it looks!

I agree the Tremolo looks awesome on the Bass VI.  

I'm a bit of a caveman when it comes to guitars with switches.  A friend of mine had a Fender Jaguar and when I used to play it, the switches confused me to no end.  

What amp do you play your Squier VI through?