2008 Schecter Hellcat VI
Stats
| US RETAIL PRICE: | $819 |
| NECK JOINT: | Bolt-on |
| SCALE: | 30" scale; Tuned one octave below standard E |
| BODY: | Alder |
| NECK / FRETBOARD: | Maple / Rosewood |
| FRETS: | 22 Medium |
| INLAYS: | Dots |
| PICKUPS: | Duncan Designed MH-102 |
| ELECTRONICS: | Vol/Tone (tap)/5-Way |
| BRIDGE: | TonePros System w/ custom brass saddles |
| BINDING: | None |
| TUNERS: | Grover |
| HARDWARE: | Chrome |
| COLOR: | 3-Tone Sunburst (3TSB) |
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“Schecter Guitar Research has announced their Hellcat VI at the Winter NAMM Show. Designed by Schecter's Michael Ciravolo and Marc LaCorte, the pair cites the Cure's Perry Bamonte and Robert Smith with invaluable input.
“Not a guitar, bass or even a baritone in today's terms, the Hellcat VI is designed to be an improvement of the ‘6-string bass’ instrument of the early 1960s. The 30" scale, the Hellcat VI is standard tuned, but one octave below a normal guitar. String gauges will range from .025 to .095.
“Far more than a nu-metal drop-tuned guitar, the Hellcat VI is designed to be more of a melodic, textural instrument. This instrument, which has become synonyms with the ‘Cure sound,’ can be heard on many of the band's 20 plus records, including their hit ‘Pictures of You.’
“An instrument this versatile also needed a pickup set to compliment it, which is accomplished by three (3) special Duncan Designed MH-102 ‘mini’ humbuckers. The special Alnico magnets will add vintage warmth and a wide array of tonal options via a push/pull Tone control, which will allow the pickups to a ‘tapped’ to a brighter, more articulate tone.
“A specially designed TonePros locking Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop tailpiece enhances the instrument's natural sustain, and ensures intonation and clarity throughout the Hellcat VI's extended range.
“Standard features include a contoured alder body, rock maple bolt-on neck, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, and Grover tuners. Schecter Guitar also plans to make packaged Hellcat VI string sets available in the near future.”
— Harmony Central
I've wanted a Fender Bass VI for so long, I can barely remember why. I know it had something to do with wanting to play Cure songs. It was the mid-1990s and Fender Japan was making a reissue version that was still way out of my price range. And just when I started making enough money to buy one, it was discontinued. Now they tease me with a limited edition Custom Shop reissue, which I'm pretty sure has to be paid for with ingots of gold-pressed latinum. Don't pretend you don't know what you're doing, Fender, you crafty shysters. Why couldn't you just bring back the more affordable Japanese reissue, or even start making a Mexican reissue? You've forced my hand. Or, rather, my wallet.
December 16, 2008
Today I recalled a hair-brained idea I had shortly after I first bought this thing. Namely, to modify it into a 12-string bass, vis-a-vis the conversion method shown below.
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Hmm...
December 21, 2008
Fool! That will never work! The sixth octave string’s tuning post would terminate just under the truss rod cover. So much for that idea.
