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Fender Vintera III Early 60s Bass VI RW 3CS
Features
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Pickup Configuration: S-S-S (3x Single Coil)
Bright tone with pronounced highs and precise mids. -
Technology: Solid Body
Clear, focused tone with high sustain. -
Neck construction: Bolt on neck
Bolt-on neck construction, offers percussive tone. -
Scale: Short scale
Shorter scale for reduced string tension and increased playability. -
Body Material: Alder
Balanced tone with good sustain.
In 1961 Fender wanted to expand its range, and after Danelectro had already introduced a six-string guitar-bass used by then guitar superstar Duane Eddy, they decided to produce a significantly more sophisticated model. That was the birth of the Bass VI. The Bass VI was intended to make it easier for guitarists to switch to the electric bass; in essence this instrument is a guitar with a long scale and strings tuned one octave lower. Prominent users included Jack Bruce and the Beatles. In the '70s the Bass VI gained belated fame thanks to the Dutch band 'Hank the Knife & the Jets', who used the Bass VI. Original examples of this niche instrument are rare and very expensive, but there's a remedy: the Vintera III Bass VI 3TS is a reissue of this exotic instrument at a moderate price. Looks, wiring and appointments match the original — an exotic but very cool instrument.
- Strings: 6 string
- Country of Origin: Mexico
- Strings thickness ex factory: .024-.100
- Technology: Solid Body
- Body Shape: Offset
- Body Material: Alder
- Scale: Short scale
- Scale Length: 30" (762 mm)
- Neck construction: Bolt on neck
- Neck: Maple
- Fretboard: Round-Laminated Rosewood
- Fretboard Inlays: Clay Dots
- Frets: 21
- Pickup type: Singlecoil
- Neck Pickup: Fender Vintage-Style Early '60s Bass VI Single-Coil
- Middle Pickup: intage-Style Early '60s Bass VI Single-Coil
- Bridge Pickup: intage-Style Early '60s Bass VI Single-Coil
- Pickup Selector Switch: Slide switch
- Controls: 1x Volume, 1x Tone
- Hardware: Nickel / Chrome
- Color/ Finish: 3-Color Sunburst
- Finish: Gloss Polyester
- Includes: Gigbag
All good things come in threes!
With the Fender Vintera III Series, one of Fender's most beloved vintage ranges enters its third generation. The series represents authentic reproductions of legendary Fender models from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s – with era-specific aesthetics, historically accurate specifications and meticulously voiced vintage-style pickups. Whether early-, mid- or late-version: each era brings its own characteristics – from different neck profiles and fretboard variants to classic hardware details and iconic finishes. The Vintera III models capture not only the look of past decades but also the characteristic feel and the unmistakable Fender tone.
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To make a Fender instrument available to everyone, they are offered in different price ranges. The subsidiary Squier sells affordable, Far East-made models built to original specifications with Fender know-how in the background. An affordable, "real" Fender can be found in the series made in Mexico. The classic original Fender instruments, such as the American Pro series, are made in the USA. For lovers of hand-built instruments and guitars with vintage flair there is the Fender Custom Shop, where you can even have a guitar built completely to your own specifications.
But Fender is not only known and appreciated for its instruments, it is also famous for various amplifiers such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Princeton, the Champion, the Blues Junior and the Fender Rumble bass amp range. Fender now also offers a wide range of guitar accessories like strings, picks, cables, straps, cases, tuners and care products, as well as spare parts and pickups, plus accessories and merchandising. You can of course find all of this at the music shop you trust – session in Frankfurt and Walldorf!
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