1965 Fender Lake Placid Blue Bass VI | CME Vintage Demo | Shelby Pollard

Not a baritone, not a bass, and not even really a guitar, this 1965 Fender Bass VI is somehow all of those things at once, and more. Papa Shelby takes us through the history of this freaky Fender and outlines how it’s similar to other models, yet entirely its own. And he does a spot-on Carol Kaye.

The Fender VI was released in 1961 and followed the concept of the Danelectro six-string bass released in 1956, having six strings tuned E to E, an octave below the Spanish guitar. The Bass VI was closely related to the Fender Jaguar, with which it shared styling and technical details, notably the Fender floating tremolo. The VI had an offset body similar but not identical to that of the Jazzmaster/Jaguar.

It departed from the concept of the Fender Precision Bass in having six strings, a shorter scale and thinner strings, and a mechanical vibrato arm. The Bass VI never caught on to the extent that the four-string Precision Bass and its derivatives did. The model was discontinued in 1975

More Vintage Demos!
1956 Goldtop Gibson Les Paul: https://youtu.be/TwABcRi4spQ
1960 Sunburst Fender Telecaster Custom: https://youtu.be/huCF1rJJWG0
1964 Gretsch Country Gentleman: https://youtu.be/NhVBZGcaxhE

Gear used in this video:
- 1965 Fender Lake Placid Blue Bass VI
- 1968 Fender Super Reverb
- Strymon Riverside Multistage Drive
- Divine Noise Cables

Songs played in this video:
00:00 - 00:22: Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith
03:00 - 03:20: Pictures of You by the Cure

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