Fender Vintera II ’60s Bass VI | Demo and Overview with Mason Stoops

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@guitarcenter Жыл бұрын

What do you think of the Fender Vintera II '60s Bass VI? Let us know in the comments below! 👇

@Αδιάφθορος 9 ай бұрын

The neck pickup demo was chilling..

@tomasshannon6537 4 ай бұрын

insane piece and performance ❤‍🩹

@analogshoes Ай бұрын

sold it for me!

@matthewheinecke2621 11 ай бұрын

Nice to hear someone demo this as it's own instrument instead of trying to just make it be a traditional guitar or bass.

@JimmyGallowayGuitar 9 ай бұрын

Finally a GC video with someone that can actually play the instrument they're demoing. Who ever called this guy- put them in charge of future video content.

@lordgeronimo72 11 ай бұрын

This is one of the better demos made during this recent reissue cycle. Kudos to Mason Stoops for actually having a command of this incredibly unique (but approachable!) instrument. 👍🏻👍🏻

@adamtucker3128 4 ай бұрын

Best demo I've seen of a Bass VI by far. When I win the lottery I'm going to pay this guy to come to my house and just play one of these.

@st3ngah 2 ай бұрын

I keep on coming back to this video again and again mostly because of Mason's fantastic playing but also my burning G.A.S. for a Bass VI

@GoBrushYourTeeth 2 ай бұрын

Same. I finally gave up today and ordered the CME Exclusive Shell Pink Bass VI

@remingtoncooney5625 11 ай бұрын

Best demo of this instrument.

@mrgrinch14 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely killed that neck pickup demo. Good lord.

@franksmith6871 11 ай бұрын

Just as Jack Bruce of Cream used his Fender Bass VI as a BASS GUITAR on their Fresh Cream album, I used my 1963 Fender Bass VI as a BASS GUITAR in a band, and it sounded GREAT! Deep and powerful! Nothing wrong with using it as demonstrated here, but know that it CAN be used as a legitimate sounding bass guitar!

@zazz63 7 ай бұрын

jack was in competition with the other two for recognition and saw the bass vi as a way of bringing him forward in the mix, the other two vetoed the bass vi for tonal reasons so he then jumped onto a short scale eb and then finally onto long scales for the remainder of his career ..to use jack to endorse the bass vi as an equivalent of a long scale is a stretch to say the least.

@MrBojangles01 Ай бұрын

@@zazz63 I've heard of Jack Bruce picking up a Bass VI initially during his stint with the Graham Bond Organisation, as the guitarist left, leaving Bruce to do double-duty. Upon joining Cream, he brought the Bass VI with him. It would make sense, given that it was a power trio, where the ability to perform double-duty could be beneficial. I've also seen Bruce state that his Bass VI's psychedelic paint job from the art collective, The Fool, ended up ruining it's playability (leaving him to pick up a different bass). I've never heard your explanation before. As for the Bass VI being an "equivalent" of a long-scale bass, what exactly are we comparing? It was envisioned by Fender to be a bass guitar, and it can do the job of a bass guitar, yet with a broader range, versatility, and uniqueness about it. Does it have to sound just like the standard Fender-style basses to qualify it as a legitimate bass?

@frodeandersson9211 7 ай бұрын

Best VI demo ever! Ordered one! :))

@MrMjp58 7 күн бұрын

Excellent video. You got some really beautiful sounds out of it. Years ago, I was lead guitarist in a local covers band, playing pub gigs etc. We didn’t have a bass player, but had a very good rhythm guitarist who played strong and full chords and a really solid drummer. As I recall it, we never missed the deeper bass sounds and when an actual (and decent) bassist turned up at one gig, the deep sounds he brought seemed superfluous for the material we were doing.

@geoffreycarter3981 26 күн бұрын

This guy is amazing. Great description of this iconic instrument. Makes me really want to pick one up

@PMUP2016 2 ай бұрын

Great demo. Nice to see someone that knows what a Bass VI really is!

@AllThingsMech 2 ай бұрын

Man, what a fun little groove at 3:25! Awesome tone and great playing.

@mainmaines 8 ай бұрын

Just here to say that Mason is the man

@harvey1954 10 ай бұрын

John Sebastian use to play one of these like a guitar in the early 70s. Jack Bruce had one in Cream and it was painted by The Fool just like Eric's SG. However, Jack's paint never dried so he got rid of it. There is a book on The Band with an early shot of Rick Danko playing a whiter Fender VI. Jet Harris made the Fender VI his main axe once he left The Shadows.

@AlexNiedt 6 ай бұрын

Bought this blue one last week. Absolutely gorgeous instrument

@lukevloops5906 Жыл бұрын

Excellent demo, great playing. I love mine and you made yours sing. Keep rockin

@dbadagna 5 күн бұрын

In the Tielman Brothers's video for "Bossa Nova Baby" they are using two Bass VIs!

@Larrus2007 2 ай бұрын

Dude can definitely play.

@HunnysPlaylists 2 ай бұрын

top session musician.

@b3pahunter546 Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I need! ❤

@briannolan 11 ай бұрын

Fantastic playing 👍👍👍

@Steve_ATL 9 ай бұрын

The Cure is who I think of with the Bass VI. It was all over Disintegration and Wish.

@charlie6036 9 ай бұрын

wow really? that's really cool!

@1234drums Жыл бұрын

Really need to get one of these VI joys ❤❤❤❤

@eliasguzman1647 8 ай бұрын

Amazing demo

@nickspitzley8539 8 ай бұрын

Wow that is yhe best sounding thing ever

@t0mpsy 10 ай бұрын

What is that haunting chord progression he plays on the neck demo passage?

@stewmr2 10 ай бұрын

Chord progressioni seems like I Cant help falling in love...

@eweesplace 4 ай бұрын

Amazing playing. ❤

@Starkid28 3 ай бұрын

Great Review

@TheDonutDoctor Жыл бұрын

Need!!

@yarrokon 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@harvey1954 10 ай бұрын

The "tic tac" bass was a Dano 6 string ass used in the 50s. For some reason they would not allow a P-bass on Nashville sessions. Producers were not doubling over a P-bass with the Fender VI. They would use an upright bass, but double with the Dano 6 string because the upright was hard to hear. Fender realized they were losing out by not having their own version. Hence the Fender VI. However, it didn't take long before the P-bass took over and made the Fender VI obsolete. Japanese put out a Fender reissue in the 90s.

@christianw6111 6 ай бұрын

6 string ass😭

@woodoven Ай бұрын

This dude was well spoken and on point in what he said instead of lots off uhhhs and aaahhss and trying to remember what to say

@Shred_The_Weapon 9 ай бұрын

I just had a thought (after having watched dozens of Bass Six demos). Could Rick Vito have played one on the Fleetwood Mac song “No Questions Asked”?

@ZacariasIracheta 10 күн бұрын

Hello, what kind of strings does this use?

@TCDL11 7 ай бұрын

Didn't Peter Hook use the bass VI with The Light and while he was in New Order?

@MrTimcoronel 6 ай бұрын

Shergold six-string bass

@tracychappell2029 7 ай бұрын

Sounds great! Is it difficult to mute the strings you aren’t playing?

@Some_Cat_ 6 ай бұрын

They won't answer. They don't care.

@arkkk1294 10 ай бұрын

Does this come with 24 Jumbo Frets, and is this suitable to play in Drop C as a guitar with distortion? Thank you!

@raultrujillo7750 10 ай бұрын

Drop C would be a little too high and regular length guitar strings maybe aren’t long enough. You can tune it A to A with baritone guitar Strings for sure (I’ve done it) and play in Drop G

@theiranxican7412 5 ай бұрын

You can do double drop C lol

@MELONenSURPRISE 9 ай бұрын

The Stoops bass

@zazz63 6 ай бұрын

with a name like mason stoops you just have to be playing a bass vi.

@oldfriend327 9 ай бұрын

Isn't this the same bass that Slash used on the slow parts during Welcome to the Jungle? Still curious about this.

@yosepfebrianotonggo6120 10 ай бұрын

Are the pickups the same as the Jaguar guitar pickups?

@ChrisOBrien1980 11 ай бұрын

been to two guitar centers in LA, they aint got these.

@dorianford6227 11 ай бұрын

Yup haven’t seen too much vintera ii’s there in general

@ZARATUSTRA8511 11 ай бұрын

I bought mine on the fender Website

@ChrisOBrien1980 10 ай бұрын

@@ZARATUSTRA8511 yeah I got one through Reverb, just giving Guitar Center a hard time since they posted this, and have none anywhere that I could see

@davitofarito 3 ай бұрын

I think this, and many other demos like it do this instrument a disservice. It is a very versatile BASS GUITAR. All the other stuff it can do is icing on the cake, not its main function.

@TheLordcasio 9 ай бұрын

"boop!"

@ericanderson8606 13 күн бұрын

perhaps this is the guitar intended for the orange thunderverb heads...

@nikitavoitov5564 6 ай бұрын

Completely off topic but a great player usually looks stylish aswel! Could anyone help ID his boots 😅

@Robert-tj3jq 4 ай бұрын

They look like Red Wing heritage boots. It's either the blacksmith or the beckman model because they don't have the toe cap of the iron ranger boots. I have the iron rangers and the chukkas and I love them both and get compliments pretty often.