December 4, 2009: Chris, who is one of my bass neck customers, wanted a reproduction of the infamous Fender Bass VI, but with one significant variation: a wider neck. Basic specifications: Alder two-piece body, joined at the centerline Curly maple neck with rosewood fingerboard 30.29" scale 1-3/4" wide at the nut, 2-5/16" at the heel 21 frets Fender Jaguar pickups, bridge, and tailpiece Oversize fender CBS style headstock and Kluson tuning machines Chris is having the control and swichplate made, and I will make the body, neck, and pickguard. I played one of these several times when I was in High School - I don't remember much about the instrument except that it had 6 strings spaced quite close together. Here's a picture of one that was auctioned on Ebay recently: In addition, Chris was able to locate a PDF file drawing of the pickguard and control plates for one of these basses (this is scaled down from the original drawing, which is close to actual size): Here's a picture Chris found online of a Bass VI body under construction, showing where the routs for pickups, controls, and wiring are supposed to go: We started with the body, made from two pieces of alder glued at the centerline:

All Pictures and Text (c) Copyright 2009 by Stephen Cyr Last updated December 4, 2008

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