Dern...YouTube's done it to me again...

I got linked to a video of this relatively new offering from Fender.  And then watched another. And another.
 
And then...
 
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SQVMBSVIOWT/snICS14157140
 
I bought the dern thing.
 
 

That should be fun!
 
So far I've somehow managed to not let myself be tempted by the whole bass VI resurgence, but that one sure is tempting.

You know I like Fender myolpal but you got me curious since there are instruments like
Ibanez doing stuff like below that is just unbelievable....was it the short scale being the main factor?
 
 
 
 

 Mahogany Body, Spalted Maple Top and Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, Dual Single-coil Pickups, and Active Bass Boost. 34" scale length.
 
I just paid $44.00 for a 1-piece Basswood body blank (including shipping) (that's an oblong block of wood for those that don't know)- This has Mahogany and Spalted Maple! I don't have a clue how Ibanez can make offers like this.
I can see Fender offering that with about $20.00 worth of Basswood and Maple with a little paint on it for theirs but man...Ibanez is just dumbfounding me with their stuff.

spacey
You know I like Fender myolpal but you got me curious since there are instruments like
Ibanez doing stuff like below that is just unbelievable....was it the short scale being the main factor?
 

I'm not sure whether you're familiar with this, but a "bass VI" is not quite the same thing as a "6 string bass". The VI is strung like a guitar one octave lower with narrow string spacing and lower string tension like a guitar, not the higher tension like a bass (even a short scale one).
 
So it's something like a hybrid instrument - as close to a baritone guitar as it is a bass, but not really either.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Bass_VI
 
Ibanez did come out with a version called the SRC6 recently and Schecter makes one as well.
 
Some notable uses are Jack Bruce on the first Cream album, Glen Campbell's Wichita Lineman and Robert Smith with The Cure.

Ibanez definitely has some nice stuff. I don't usually go for them because they tend to have those skinny necks, but this is their bass VI offering:
 

 
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SRC6WNF
 
If it was a bit cheaper for the sort of specialized instrument that it is...  
 
The Squier yorolpal got is really appealing though.

Welp...I've wanted one of these things since back in the sixties but could never justify buying one. Now, though, many of my own tunes require odd, esoteric instrumentation and this new Indonesian Squire is tres affordable. Plus...I just got a substantial tax refund. I couldn't resist. I'll keep ya posted.

Arrived today. Hadn't had a chance to wring it out yet...but just noodling with it I can tell I'm gonna love it. It's a hoot! Woo Hoo!!