Well this is interesting

[Help!I'maRock!]

Ibanez thinks they can get back into the Bass VI game.

http://www.ibanez.co.jp/usa/news/f_products/2014/workshop/crossover.html

 

[Peeker]

well, I like the looks of it, at least.

apart from the knobs...what's up with those? yuck.

 

[Mark Wein]

This is more in line with an old stype Fender Bass VI than a traditional 6 string bass?

 

[OGG]

I like it.

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[GilmourD]

Eeeeeeeenteresting...

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[Help!I'maRock!]

This is more in line with an old stype Fender Bass VI than a traditional 6 string bass?

Yeah, it's a modern Bass VI. I look forward to when they get blown out.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Weird. Apparently, they made this last year:

 

[PunkKitty]

The most I want is a five string. Seven is way too many.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

The most I want is a five string. Seven is way too many.

These are both 30" scale. So they're futuristic offshoots of the Dano baritone/Fender VI family.

 

[Peeker]

I don't have any use for a 7str either, but that is damn sexy.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I played one of these yesterday and it was pretty cool. My kinda Bass VI. I could totally see rocking the Thud Staff and then switching to this for other toanz.

 

[jp_nyc]

These are short-scale six string basses, not new bass VI designs. The hardware, electronics, and body/neck are all typical of a bass, not a guitar.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

These are short-scale six string basses, not new bass VI designs. The hardware, electronics, and body/neck are all typical of a bass, not a guitar.

The Bass VI is a tunes E to E and is a 30" scale. You could make a case that both grew out of the Dano Guitarlin, but the Bass VI dropped the range of the instrument. It's more bass than guitar, just like this one, and we can consider the differences between them another case of vintage vs modern.