Part of a limited release from the Fender Custom Shop, the George Harrison 1967 Bass VI is classic Beatles treasure incarnate for the players of today. Following up the legacy of one of the Fab Four's iconic, later-year instruments, the Custom Shop Limited Edition George Harrison Bass VI is an offset truly to not be missed.
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Making its most prominent appearances in the twilight years of the Beatles' career, particularly during the Let It Be and Abbey Road sessions, Harrison's 1967 Fender Bass VI enjoyed plenty of appearances across the band's later recordings. The instrument's blend of low-end thump and high-end melody made it a choice pick for accompanying the Beatles' late-career works recorded in Abbey Road Studios.
Today's Fender Custom Shop George Harrison 1967 Bass VI is a painstaking recreation of Harrison's original Fender Bass VI. The instrument features authentic, vintage-inspired materials, electronics, and hardware throughout for the realest representation of Harrison's Bass VI, and as close a replica as you could find. A two-piece alder body treated to the Custom Shop's Relic nitrocellulose lacquer finish wear treatment reproduces the age, wear, and damage of Harrison's model with a striking Bleached 3-Color Sunburst finish. From there, a maple neck and AAA rosewood fingerboard provide the same feel in the fretting hand and on the fingertips with vintage-accurate frets, radius measurements, and inlays.
The George Harrison Bass VI follows in its originator's footsteps sonically as well as tangibly. Three hand-wound Fender Custom Shop Flat Magnet Jaguar single-coil pickups produce all the great chime and thump that Harrison and company wielded on their later catalog. These pickups are shaped with period-accurate controls and switch plate etchings replicated from the ones Harrison engraved on his own Bass VI model. Vintage-accurate bridge, tailpiece, nut, and tuning machines assemble alongside included hardshell case, strap, and certificate of authenticity accessories.
One of the great offsets of time, Harrison's Fender Bass VI lives on through this limited edition Custom Shop model.
