Any Bass VI owners?

[stinkoman]

I've recently picked up a Squire bass VI and fallen in love with it. I've been thinking about getting a Fender version now or schecter and wondering of any other makers I should look out for? I haven't played bass much the last 5 years due to some physical issues i've been having with my hands due to the scale length and also just boredom of playing bass for the last 20 years and this has made me enjoyed playing bass again, along with all the other things I couldn't do before musically.

 

[Winspear]

There are makers in the custom build field if you're talking about expensive stuff - for example Dunable.
Absolutely love bass VIs.
Good choice on the Squire. I had the HSS Fender Pawnshop reissue which was very nice. I have also owned the Schecter Ultra VI with three minihumbuckers. Given the materials, constructions, and pickup differences, I used to say they were like the Strat and Les Paul of VIs, that pair. Nice contrast. Not sure what the more Fender-like Schecter VI with singlecoils is like.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

Bass VIs can be a lot of fun. I had a schecter hellcat VI with duncan minibuckers that was a ton of fun to play and did a pretty good job of bridging the shortscale bass/longscale guitar divide soundwise. Those are fantastic guitars if you can manage to track one down. The single coil version is way more common though.
Ibanez makes the SRC6 which is basically a bass 6 and those are cool as well, but the pickups are kind of meh imo. Still a lot of fun to play if you can manage to track one down.

I hated the squier jazzmaster VI that I tried, pickups sounded like hot garbage and the overall fit/finish was subpar for the price, plus the jazzmaster trem is quite possibly the worst trem design since the kahler.

 

[TemjinStrife]

The SRC6 will be closer to a bass, whereas the more traditional Bass VIs with the "strangle" switch are fun for more baritone guitar-y things. I ended up with a Ultra VI, which is a well-built instrument and it sounds pretty good.

 

[stinkoman]

Hi, Will have to checkout the hellcats and the ultra. I like the mentioned comparison between strats and les pauls. I found a Pawn bass VI for $700 but sold before I decided I wanted it.