Fender Custom Shop George Harrison 1967 Bass VI, Rosewood Fingerboard, Bleached 3-Color Sunburst

An Abbey Road icon live and in-person in 2026, the Fender Custom Shop George Harrison 1967 Bass VI is pure Beatles treasure incarnate. This piece from the Fender Custom Shop arrives as a limited-time offering, commemorating one of the stars of the Fab Four's later catalog – George Harrison's 1967 Fender Bass VI. Something truly to not be missed by long-time devotees of Harrison, the Abbey Road sessions, or Fender's classic thirty-inch offset, this Custom Shop creation carries that weight all these years later.

If you're a fan of Fender's Bass VI, there is a real possibility the first time you laid eyes on one was in archival footage of George Harrison – or perhaps John Lennon – performing with one in the twilight of the Beatles' career. The Bass VI, a classically alternative offering from Fender, balanced the pulsing low-end of their basses with the melodic chime of their guitars. In the late '60s, Harrison and company turned to its unique design to accompany their ambitious Abbey Road compositions. All these years later and Harrison's Bass VI is a welcomed artifact of Beatles history, seen alongside the band towards the times of their ceremonious end. The Fender Custom Shop today painstakingly recreates the instrument for the players of today to carry on in the original's striking design and musicality.

Employing the best of what the Fender Custom Shop has to offer, the George Harrison 1967 Bass VI assembles with exceptional materials, hardware, and electronics to make for an authentic representation of the iconic offset. Everything here begins with a two-piece select alder body shaped to the classic Bass VI offset form. Perfectly resonant and comfortable, this alder cut is treated to the Custom Shop's authentic nitrocellulose lacquer gloss finish with their Relic level of finish wear, replicating the age, wear, and checking found on Harrison's original. The guitar's Bleached 3-Color Sunburst color glows with vintage, lived-in charm with authentic chips and dents throughout.

Extending out, this George Harrison special welcomes a maple neck reaching to the Bass VI's classic thirty-inch scale. A 1960 Oval "C" profile connects in the palm for smooth trips across the entire long scale length. AAA rosewood matches with this sleek maple neck, lined with twenty-one Vintage frets. An articulate and retro-inspired fretting feel on the fingers completes the picture with a vintage-inspired 7.25" radius and white pearloid block inlays.

For its voice, the George Harrison 1967 Bass VI loads in three Fender Custom Shop Hand-Wound Flat Magnet Jaguar single-coil pickups. Melding through the bright highs, mellow mids, and smooth lows the Harrison wielded back in the day, these striking single-coils feature electronics mirroring the original with three pickup on/off slide switches and a two-position bass-cut "Strangle" circuit switch. On the switch plate, the Custom Shop replicated the etchings Harrison engraved to mark his preferred positions.

Topping off this Bass VI, the Custom Shop crosses the T's and dots the I's with sturdy, vintage-accurate hardware specifications. At the headstock, a bone nut and vintage-style Fender tuning machines offer sturdy intonation and stringing opportunities. Toward the opposite end, a 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable bridge with a "Floating" tremolo tailpiece lands for expressive vibrato bends. Greater retro authenticity manifests with a Bass VI mute alongside the model's bridge. A Fender American Vintage series string tree puts the last of these top-offs in place with Fender Bass VI steel strings (.025 - .095). This George Harrison model travels with a Fender Custom Shop deluxe hardshell case, a strap, and certificate of authenticity.

A classic Fender offset to see the band off, the Fender Custom Shop George Harrison 1967 Bass VI captures the fleeting Abbey Road years to a tee. Cheers.