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Fender Bass VI can be heard in these songs:

Red vs. Blue Season 12 Soundtrack
Relay (Intro)
Finger Pushups
Reconnoiterish
Hit and Run
MJSD
Soul Clef XI (Redux)
Taco Night
Soul Clef XI
All or Nothing
Relay (Epistolary)
Red vs. Blue Season 13 Soundtrack
Temple
Ancient Gifts
(Always) A Trap
Over
Red vs. Blue Season 14 Soundtrack
Wind Up
Winer Bar
Red vs Blue Season 15 Soundtrack
Hateglue
In Position for the Slip
Red vs Blue Season 17 Soundtrack
Keep Moving (What Army)
Teal Leader
Spiteglue
You Were There
Soul Clef XI
Hateglue




The Fender Bass VI was released in 1961 to compete with the popular Danelectro UB2, which had come out five years earlier.

The one we use is a "partscaster," an instrument made of original factory parts: a 1962 neck, early 1970s Seth Lover pickups, and a 1975 body.

"Partscasters" are a way to get the build quality and the sound of vintage Fenders at a fraction of the stratospheric price of the original instruments, but they require patience and access to a good repairperson / luthier.

Since it is a 30-inch scale instrument, it can either be tuned in Bass VI tuning (octave down from a regular guitar) or, as we do, in a baritone tuning using lighter gauge strings.


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