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Squier Vintage Modified Bass VI
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle 
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Posted on Mar 13 2014 11:02 PM
Not sure if I'll do a Fender Trem plate or do a Mastery Vibrato. I want a vintage spring, that is all! The Mastery Vibrato spring(which I played around with today!!!!) is really fantastic. So... vintage unit... AVRI Unit with a mastery spring, or Mastery unit. I have vintage on all my offsets. I can't stand the blank plate on my VI... it was really bothering me today. My buddies have a 58-60 plate that I might try and buy off them. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 13 2014 11:02 PM
Matt22 wrote:
Dude... it'd look so good! |
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia 
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Posted on Mar 13 2014 11:41 PM
OK, I'm seriously thinking of doing it now. Jake, I'm going to contact you about something. You want to sell me your white pick guard? —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 13 2014 11:53 PM
I think too far in advance... sorry! The pickguard has been destroyed for my buddies' custom record pickguards. While you can't make a guard out of a normal 12", they found some jump size records to make guards out of. So this has been sacrificed to the router template gods... I had every part, save for tremolo, planned out and bought within an hour of buying the VI as well as where each leftover piece was going. It is a sickness or a gift... I don't know which. |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 13 2014 11:54 PM
Also, and if you go with a white guard it is easy to change back to a tort if you can't live with it. Painting the headstock white, that should just be done automatically regardless of pickguard color. |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Mar 14 2014 12:54 AM
OK, so Jake's white guard is gone. Anyone up for a trade white for my tort? I can also ask Bob Kennedy to cut me one using mine as the guide. Oh how do I talk myself into these things? Easy! It's fun! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Sep 06, 2012 Posts: 1300 Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Mar 14 2014 04:51 AM
Looks good Jake,but I hope you're not going to start wearing smeared lipstick now like Robert! |
Joined: Feb 27, 2012 Posts: 316 Mesa, AZ.
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Posted on Mar 14 2014 10:16 AM
Matt22 wrote:
I like the way you think Matt! Otto & The Ottomans |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 14 2014 10:58 AM
Surf_Skater wrote:
Smeared eyeliner... |
Joined: Jun 11, 2013 Posts: 70 Right Coast, USA
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Posted on Mar 14 2014 11:01 AM
Matt22 wrote:
Doh! Timing is everything... My trade ship has sailed, but I'll pay forward the $15 (shipped) deal I got on my tort guard from Blake on OSG if interested. My white still has plastic covering and looking for a home. Also FWIW, love the all white idea, but Blake did a white headstock with mint green guard on his OW VI. Looked really sweet also. In other news, my LaBella flats arrived this am - missing the low E string...? Grrr. Looks like I'll have some free backups out of the deal though. — |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Mar 14 2014 02:54 PM
Bob_Kennedy wrote:
Hey, if a friend can do it, better to keep the cash flowing in the family! —Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25556 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Mar 15 2014 12:16 AM
Matt, sent ya a email. —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
Joined: Dec 23, 2008 Posts: 3324 Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 05:05 PM
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 05:12 PM
Thanks for the link! Really cool to see/hear some good use of the VI. Love me some Cocteau Twins, and didn't know the Dandy Warhols employed a VI. |
Joined: Nov 22, 2010 Posts: 288
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 05:42 PM
The John Frusciante bass jam on Dark/Light is nothing short of inspired. |
Joined: Aug 29, 2009 Posts: 1556 Israel 
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 05:59 PM
Didn't know that Cocteau Twins track! Anyway, if someone is pondering upgrading the bridge - I say a definite yes. Last edited: Mar 18, 2014 18:34:00 |
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Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 12159 Seattle
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 06:24 PM
Good to hear! |
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Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 2826 Fredericksburg, Virginia
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 06:53 PM
Anything Jet Harris did should be on the top 10! Matt "tha Kat" Lentz |
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Posted on Mar 18 2014 06:57 PM
I usually use my Dr.Z KT-45 for my Squier Bass VI Last edited: Mar 18, 2014 18:59:03 |
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Joined: May 10, 2012 Posts: 492 |
Posted on Mar 18 2014 07:32 PM
People still playing these things? |
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