came across this.
http://www.rondomusic.com/ARGUS630natash.html
I like. The headstock is an atrocity, but I can deal with it.
(http://www.rondomusic.net/photos/electric/argus630toastbk1.jpg) (http://www.rondomusic.com/argustoaskbk.html)
i wonder how they stack up to the fender. isn't the j mascis jazzmaster only a couple hundred more?
See that's alright, but I really dig the three pup design as it's closer to the design of the original instrument, and if I want to I can just buy a Bass VI wiring kit and do it up proper.
Quote from: justinhedrick on October 18, 2011, 06:51:01 PM
i wonder how they stack up to the fender. isn't the j mascis jazzmaster only a couple hundred more?
These are Bass VI copies, Justin. They're six string basses with a Jazzmaster tremolo.
is that a baritone (30" scale) or a 6 string bass? both?
we were typing at the same time
Quote from: Discö Rice on October 18, 2011, 06:54:23 PM
Quote from: justinhedrick on October 18, 2011, 06:51:01 PM
i wonder how they stack up to the fender. isn't the j mascis jazzmaster only a couple hundred more?
These are Bass VI copies, Justin. They're six string basses with a Jazzmaster tremolo.
fffffffuuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkkkk. that's awesome.
Yeah. Punchy and dirty. Not as much sustain as some other basses, but there's a whole world of sounds to explore with those badboys.
Quote from: Discö Rice on October 18, 2011, 07:15:25 PM
Yeah. Punchy and dirty. Not as much sustain as some other basses, but there's a whole world of sounds to explore with those badboys.
so, it is a full octave below a guitar, or is it a fifth below, or?
It's a tenor bass, A-A ;D
Baritone Jaguar is a full octave E-e lower but no trem.
Well the lowest gauge on the Agile is 84, that's an E in a light full length set, or an A in a regular nickel set. So at 30" it could be a floppy E or a slightly more tense A ;D
I've got a standard gauge set on my 24" scale bass, and it's pretty floppy.
I'd just go up in gauge, honestly, and roll E-E with it.
Hmm it's the right gauges for a Fender VI, guess that's just the tension they go with, would explain the lack of sustain.
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61y3-y4hWbL._AA1000_.jpg)
I thought Jack Bruce used to play a VI going A to A?
This motherfuck could sell me snow, if I were an Eskimo.
so, i could drop the low A down to a G and rock it a fifth below drop d? hmm.
woud you have to run it through a bass amp, or?
Quote from: Hemisaurus on October 18, 2011, 07:44:10 PM
It's a tenor bass, A-A ;D
They can go E to E just as well. In fact Fender even says so.
Floppy spaghetti ;D
Actually my favourite story is about Bolt Thrower recording Realm of Chaos, Jo Bench says they tuned down to A, and that was on a regular bass, with a regular set of bass strings, flop-city. I've tuned an EADG down to BEAD for emergency purposes once or twice, you do lose the sustain a bit, you can counter it by huge amounts of amplification, or raising the string height a lot.
I think this would be great for a two piece...
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/BucketsOBlood/fender_vi_1967__head_stock_detail_front___small_size_171-1.jpg)
Further clarification. Headstock says exactly what it is ("bass guitar", not "baritone guitar"), although it can be used as a baritone. Also, other than Cream I guess, I've never heard one tuned to anything but E standard. I would, however, get heavier strings than that.
Hey it's an instrument, you can call it what you like, you can tune it how you like, you can play it how you like, long as you have fun doing it ;)
I'm off to play my double-baritone electraukelmandotar now ;D
Heh. You wanted semantics, you got 'em. I just pointed out what the manufacturer calls it. You can call it an inflatable zebra if you want. As far as tuning goes, A to A just kinda seems like a waste on a 30" scale instrument, especially when people are already doing that with non-baritone and non-bass instruments.
Yeah but A on a 30" scale sounds a lot more twangy than on a more standard Fender 25.5" or Gibson 24.74" scale.
I've always like the country term tic-tac basses for the VI. The E just doesn't sound that great but everything else just makes for a big, lush clean tone. I've yet to find the right fuzz but the cleans are like the lower keys of a grand piano.
Quote from: Discö Rice on October 19, 2011, 04:19:36 PM
Heh. You wanted semantics, you got 'em. I just pointed out what the manufacturer calls it. You can call it an inflatable zebra if you want. As far as tuning goes, A to A just kinda seems like a waste on a 30" scale instrument, especially when people are already doing that with non-baritone and non-bass instruments.
Hey I never said which A ;D
Seriously though, those gauges, that scale length, I'd have gone with an A not an E. Do they make heavier sets, or do you have to roll yer own?
Well yeah. You can buy heavier short scale bass strings. You may have to buy a couple of them individually, though.