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Bajo sexto. The Bajo sexto ( Spanish: "sixth bass") is a Mexican string instrument from the guitar family with 12 strings in six double courses. It's played in a similar manner to the guitar, with the left hand changing the pitch with the frets on a fingerboard while the right hand plucks or strums the strings with or without a pick.
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The guitarrón mexicano ( Spanish for "big Mexican guitar", the suffix -ón being a Spanish augmentative) or Mexican guitarrón is a very large, deep-bodied Mexican six-string acoustic bass guitar played traditionally in Mariachi groups. Although similar to the guitar, it is not a derivative of that instrument, but was independently developed ...
Sep 18, 2019 · 1956 Danelectro Catalog. A contemporary catalogue boldly described the UB-2: "A brand new instrument that combines the best qualities of Spanish guitar and big string bass." The $135 UB-2 was "a six-string guitar with extra-long neck and extra-long strings," it continued. "Twenty-four frets, two full octaves on each string, total range of four ...
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The Fender Bass VI, originally known as the Fender VI, is a six-string electric bass guitar made by Fender. Design concept and history [ edit ] The Fender VI was released in 1961 and followed the concept of the Danelectro six-string bass released in 1956, having six strings tuned E1 to E3, an octave below the Spanish guitar.
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Feb 4, 2022 · The Mysterious “Spiegel Bass” variation, from 1958. Electric bass, bass guitar, baritone guitar; four, five, or six strings – many varieties of low-tuned instruments are available today. In the 1950s, however, choices were fewer. Bassists played upright or a four-string “Fender bass.”. Occasionally, a guitarist would tune down to hit ...
Sep 28, 2020 · The UB-2 model had a scale length of 30” (shorter than the Precision’s 34”) and like a guitar, it was tuned EADGBE, but an octave below standard guitar tuning. Advertising copy for the UB-2 emphasized that it was “a brand new instrument that combines the best qualities of the Spanish guitar and the big string bass.”
