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llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Yeah I went back and forth with my Danelectro type baritone ...
I actually play my baritone through a garnet head and a celestion blue 1x12 cabinet and it sounds good and twangy at a low A.

Kniferide wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 10:25 am ... The sweet spot for these beasties is A-A ...

30" scale Danelectro ADGCEA gang forever!

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:41 am The low E on a Bass VI can sound kinda shitty which can be cool, but can also cause an unusable amount of mud without definition depending on where you’re at on the neck and the amp you’re playing through.

What did Robert Smith/The Cure do about the low E on the Bass VI? Or other bands that use them extensively? Are they usually not in E-E, or is there a good solution that is one weird trick that would shock us if we knew?

I’m not sure that the cure spent much time on the lower half of the vi?

jirbling rake wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 4:54 pm

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:41 am The low E on a Bass VI can sound kinda shitty which can be cool, but can also cause an unusable amount of mud without definition depending on where you’re at on the neck and the amp you’re playing through.

What did Robert Smith/The Cure do about the low E on the Bass VI? Or other bands that use them extensively? Are they usually not in E-E, or is there a good solution that is one weird trick that would shock us if we knew?

He got his own Ultracure VI, thereby cementing himself as the coolest guy with the least cool signature guitar

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 6:47 pm

jirbling rake wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 4:54 pm
What did Robert Smith/The Cure do about the low E on the Bass VI? Or other bands that use them extensively?

He got his own Ultracure VI, thereby cementing himself as the coolest guy with the least cool signature guitar

Thanks for making me laugh out loud. You're right. Maybe it was someone here who said that only Robert Smith can play that guitar, since it looks ridiculous on anyone else.

I think if you bump the low E to .100 or .105 the problems resolve, altho it’s not quite as guitar-y to play. But some of the standard sets have a .085 low E which gets flappy very quickly.

matttkkkk wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 2:08 am I think if you bump the low E to .100 or .105 the problems resolve, altho it’s not quite as guitar-y to play. But some of the standard sets have a .085 low E which gets flappy very quickly.

Man its weird and confusing how they decided to do this. The Squier Bass VI comes stock with .024-.084 gauge set and the Vintera comes stock with a .024-.100 gauge set. The Squier gauges are inexcusable. The Vintera ones are much better. Also FWIW the LaBella sets that everyone loves for Bass VI all have a .095 low E.

Ah yeah - altho a La Bella flat is always a lot more rigid and controlled than a mass market roundwound. Funny you say that about the Squier gauges - I have one of those 2012 Japanese Fender VIs which I never much wanted to play, then picked up a Squier VM VI as a trade, which turns out to be great to play. Probably the neck profile but I was surprised.