The only problem I could foresee with this idea it that the fretboard is actually narrower than a 6 string guitar’s fretboard. So it would have to be like a 5 string guitar and using individual String saddles, and cut a new nut…
@@Fardeen. hey thanks. When doing Guitar mods, it definitely helps to think through it before even starting, go slowly, and watch other UA-cam videos of the same or similar type of mod…
I'm trying to decide between converting mine to e ither a bass vi with a trem, or a tenor bass w/ trem. If i go bass vi, my goal is to maintain the tone of a bass, i feel like single coil guitar pickups are what make them useless in most applications. Listening to the ibanez crossover bass gave me all the proof i need, because they sound head and shoulders above the competition, but unfortunately are priced accordingly. My idea is to us a guyker rail p bass pickup and a very high output humbucker in the bridge. Thr guyker sounds surprisingly good for the price and the blade prevents my ocd from exploding because of the string alignment lol. This set up will allow both true bass tone heavier guitarish sounds. As for a trem, the scale length puts the string tension in the same ballpark as a regular guitar, so any bridge modified to take bigger strings will work just fine, even a floyd
@@DrDizzleFrizzle bass VI’s are cool. I don’t think this bass guitar's fretboard is wide enough for 6 strings though, even in guitar spacing. The neck/fretboard is more narrow than a 6 string guitar. If you really want a bass VI though there are some cheaper ones out there that are decent. I will link them here in a minute… There is the Harley Benton Guitarbass VS. I own one and it sounds pretty good actually. only 200 bucks www.thomannmusic.com/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm Me playing with the Harley Benton ua-cam.com/video/P9yGqVc8leA/v-deo.html Another one is a Firefly guitar. I don't own one of these but my friend owns a firefly. I did some work on it. both of us were blown away by the quality for the price... guitarsgarden.com/products/ffja-electric-guitars-cream-color-cm?srsltid=AfmBOoqdQzYO9woj3HOrxU5UbeAjgStxcfwvVRWAruJGtD5IbN6BWwH2
@@MetalGuitarGuy the narrow neck is precisely why I want to convert it haha. there have been a few guitars made with a 1.5" nut and that absolutely changed everything for me. It's kinda weird since I have baseball mit hands with sausage fingers, but I've also played a lot of mandolin, ukulele, banjo, etc over the years, so I guess thin necks jus feel like home. On this subject, I'm also considering converting a cheap p-bass copy that I've HEAVILY modified into a 5 string because I hate the string spacing...though I did already narrow that neck to around 1.59" which might just be pushing it too far haha. I definitely plan to find a 5 string with a narrow neck to convert into a 6 string. I really like the design of the Music Man John Myung, but I want it a bit more narrow, something like Les Claypool's fretted 6 string from the 90s. That thing can't be much more than a 1.68" guitar nut haha
@@MetalGuitarGuy also, i've been looking into firefly for awhile, they're one of those companies making absurdly good guitars for dirt cheap to get a firm foothold in the industry before spiking their prices. Grote seems to be the first one to do the price jump with models in the 400-600 range. There's still Leo Jaymes, Westcreek, CNZ, Bullfighter, IYV, Censtar, and so on trying to do the same. On the one hand, being extremely poor, it's a super exciting time to be into music, but on the other hand...not being a fan of slavery, it makes it feel more complicated haha. Anyway, my buddy has a Mikro as just a bass to have if anyone wants to play, and I've loved that thing for awhile, so I went with it instead. I also just like the idea of it being even shorter in scale lol
@@DrDizzleFrizzle well good luck with the conversion if you do do it. 🤞🏻 let me know how it turns out. I do think a reverse headstock would be really handy also for short scale bass/baritone guitar territory. That way you can use bigger sstrings without worrying if it will fit in the tuner on the low end…. Cause you know extra length and the strings taper down after a certain distance… but yeah, good luck. Bro!
Would be a sick baritone guitar conversion
The only problem I could foresee with this idea it that the fretboard is actually narrower than a 6 string guitar’s fretboard. So it would have to be like a 5 string guitar and using individual String saddles, and cut a new nut…
Cool mod! i would have definitely broke something trying to mod a guitar lol
@@Fardeen. hey thanks. When doing Guitar mods, it definitely helps to think through it before even starting, go slowly, and watch other UA-cam videos of the same or similar type of mod…
@@MetalGuitarGuy thanks for the advice i want to eventually add some shielding to my bass in a year or two so i’ll keep it in mind
I'm trying to decide between converting mine to e ither a bass vi with a trem, or a tenor bass w/ trem. If i go bass vi, my goal is to maintain the tone of a bass, i feel like single coil guitar pickups are what make them useless in most applications. Listening to the ibanez crossover bass gave me all the proof i need, because they sound head and shoulders above the competition, but unfortunately are priced accordingly. My idea is to us a guyker rail p bass pickup and a very high output humbucker in the bridge. Thr guyker sounds surprisingly good for the price and the blade prevents my ocd from exploding because of the string alignment lol. This set up will allow both true bass tone heavier guitarish sounds. As for a trem, the scale length puts the string tension in the same ballpark as a regular guitar, so any bridge modified to take bigger strings will work just fine, even a floyd
@@DrDizzleFrizzle bass VI’s are cool. I don’t think this bass guitar's fretboard is wide enough for 6 strings though, even in guitar spacing. The neck/fretboard is more narrow than a 6 string guitar. If you really want a bass VI though there are some cheaper ones out there that are decent. I will link them here in a minute…
There is the Harley Benton Guitarbass VS. I own one and it sounds pretty good actually. only 200 bucks www.thomannmusic.com/harley_benton_guitarbass_vs_vintage_series.htm
Me playing with the Harley Benton
ua-cam.com/video/P9yGqVc8leA/v-deo.html
Another one is a Firefly guitar. I don't own one of these but my friend owns a firefly. I did some work on it. both of us were blown away by the quality for the price...
guitarsgarden.com/products/ffja-electric-guitars-cream-color-cm?srsltid=AfmBOoqdQzYO9woj3HOrxU5UbeAjgStxcfwvVRWAruJGtD5IbN6BWwH2
@@MetalGuitarGuy the narrow neck is precisely why I want to convert it haha. there have been a few guitars made with a 1.5" nut and that absolutely changed everything for me. It's kinda weird since I have baseball mit hands with sausage fingers, but I've also played a lot of mandolin, ukulele, banjo, etc over the years, so I guess thin necks jus feel like home.
On this subject, I'm also considering converting a cheap p-bass copy that I've HEAVILY modified into a 5 string because I hate the string spacing...though I did already narrow that neck to around 1.59" which might just be pushing it too far haha. I definitely plan to find a 5 string with a narrow neck to convert into a 6 string. I really like the design of the Music Man John Myung, but I want it a bit more narrow, something like Les Claypool's fretted 6 string from the 90s. That thing can't be much more than a 1.68" guitar nut haha
@@MetalGuitarGuy also, i've been looking into firefly for awhile, they're one of those companies making absurdly good guitars for dirt cheap to get a firm foothold in the industry before spiking their prices. Grote seems to be the first one to do the price jump with models in the 400-600 range. There's still Leo Jaymes, Westcreek, CNZ, Bullfighter, IYV, Censtar, and so on trying to do the same. On the one hand, being extremely poor, it's a super exciting time to be into music, but on the other hand...not being a fan of slavery, it makes it feel more complicated haha.
Anyway, my buddy has a Mikro as just a bass to have if anyone wants to play, and I've loved that thing for awhile, so I went with it instead. I also just like the idea of it being even shorter in scale lol
@@DrDizzleFrizzle well good luck with the conversion if you do do it. 🤞🏻 let me know how it turns out. I do think a reverse headstock would be really handy also for short scale bass/baritone guitar territory. That way you can use bigger sstrings without worrying if it will fit in the tuner on the low end…. Cause you know extra length and the strings taper down after a certain distance… but yeah, good luck. Bro!