Fender VI Kit

[wazkelly]

Get down funky tonight, Yeah.

[fatcatthebassist]

I totally agree, but what of pickups? I think the VI uses weird proprietary strat-esque pickups, and I don't know if you can just... find them.

(I'd love one, considering legit Fender ones go for like, $10k used)

[dave.king1]

They were a Jaguar pickup from 1963, I think the claws were supposed to provide some sort of direction/containment of the magnetic field.

( I let my 1964 VI go for $360.00 back in 1975 when it was just an old guitar )

[Dedman]

fatcat, I recently picked up a used Squire Bass VI for under $500 and have to say it's very nice. So if Pitbulls factory can't do it there is alternative.

[wazkelly]

fatcat, I recently picked up a used Squire Bass VI for under $500 and have to say it's very nice. So if Pitbulls factory can't do it there is alternative.

Wandering around the web last night and saw plenty of new Squier ones for around $700 on the eastern seaboard of this land downunder. Should be plenty in North America and most likely way cheaper than what we have to pay.

[Simon Barden]

The Squier Modified Bass VIs are currently £408 in Andertons, which would make them around Aus$650. So Aus$700 isn't too big a price hike compared to the UK. US main dealer sites list them for around US$450/Aus$570, but it's hard to know what you'd actually pay for one because of different sales taxes that get added on to that price depending upon the State you're in.

[wazkelly]

Plus a bit more for shipping as you would know from importing PBG kits.

[Simon Barden]

I was just thinking about what you'd pay locally. Shipping from abroad obviously puts the cost up considerably, but at least import duty/tax is minimal in Australia for lower-cost items. In the UK we'd pay an extra 23% on the item cost + shipping cost for non EU items (and that's likely to change in a few years ).

[wazkelly]

Wow, we only have 10% GST (VAT in your country) plus a few other variable tariff calculations.

Seriously looked at importing a Ric 4003 about 15 months ago from Japan where costs were not too bad but ended up buying one from Melbourne instead. Strangely enough if the goods being imported are under AUD $1,000 it is not so bad and from memory I think that is the trigger point for GST being applied. That may have changed as the Government is seeking to grab as much tax revenue as possible and probably closed that loophole. If not already done, won't take them much longer to get around to it.

[Simon Barden]

I looked fairly recently and there was no import charges under £1000. A good recognition of Australia's relatively isolated location. Still, as you say, the threshold could quite easily drop tomorrow (and I bet it hasn't risen with inflation).