oh man, this bass - 6 strings, E-e, short scale ... with a frigging whammy bar

[midwayfair]

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/sidejack-bass-vi-black/

I don't know what I'd do with it, but it's awesome.

[GermanCdn]

I picked up the Squier Bass VI, it's surprising how much fun you can have with it.  Really needs proper bass tuners though.  Don't use the whammy that much, but it might be cool.  Lots of fun to be had for under $300.

[Betty Wont]

I've got a Bass VI with humbuckers. Bass VI into a Stage Fright into a cranked Orange 100H into a 4x15 cab. This is my happy place. I can godheadSilo all day long.

[m-Kresol]

That is a beauty indeed and awesome to play I assume.
Eastwood also makes these wonderful guitars which Joey Burns from Calexico is playing for years now.

[lincolnic]

I'm glad they don't make those left-handed, because otherwise I probably would've impulse-bought one.

[Effectsiation]

Are these instruments really basses or are they baritone guitars?  The string size makes me think the latter.

[GermanCdn]

The Bass VI models and their variants are tuned down an octave, so they are in the bass range, not the baritone range.  The EBMM Silohouette Baritone is convertible, it can be strung as a baritone or as a 6 string bass.

[Betty Wont]

Are these instruments really basses or are they baritone guitars?  The string size makes me think the latter.

mine is tuned E-E with .25-.95s.  I'd call it a bass all the way.

[jkokura]

I'd rather play a 5 string, or a baritone. I have no idea how you'd play a Bass VI.

Jacob

[Betty Wont]

Robert Smith of the Cure used the Bass VI as the root of his instrumentation. It features on most of their songs. The Beatles were using it later in their output. And anyone who's seen Spinal Tap knows it is the guitar that never gets played, don't even look at it.