Fender Custom Shop George Harrison 1967 Bass VI Relic Bleached 3-Color Sunburst

George Harrison 1967 Bass VI Relic Bleached 3-Color Sunburst Item Description

A limited edition Fender Custom Shop release which we are quite excited about: the George Harrison 1967 Bass VI recreation in a Relic Bleached 3-Color Sunburst finish. George Harrison’s sunburst Fender® Bass VI became an essential voice at Abbey Road Studios, providing the melodic counterpoints and textural layers that shaped some of the most admired arrangements in popular music.

The two-piece select alder body delivers resonant warmth and balanced midrange, with a thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. The Relic treatment in Bleached 3-Color Sunburst gives this bass the worn-in look and feel of an instrument that has seen years of regular studio and stage use. The neck is shaped to match the profile of Harrison’s Bass VI, featuring a bound 3A rosewood fingerboard and white pearloid block inlays. The 7.25” radius and 21 vintage frets provide the period-correct playing surface that rewards a lighter touch with expressive dynamics, making chord voicings and melodic runs feel effortless across the 30” scale length. This shorter scale produces inherently lower string tension, lending a supple, elastic feel that invites both bass lines and guitar-style phrasing. A bone nut ensures precise intonation and open-string sustain at the headstock end. Loaded with three period-correct Custom Shop Hand-Wound Jaguar pickups, the Harrison Bass VI captures the full harmonic spectrum of the instrument’s unique register. These pickups deliver articulate highs that cut through a dense mix, a growling midrange with natural compression, and defined low end that anchors without muddiness. Individual on/off slide switches for each pickup let you sculpt your signal path on the fly, from a single pickup’s vocal clarity to the full trio’s orchestral depth. The switch plate replicates the etchings Harrison made on his original to note his preferred settings.

Other premium features include a 6-saddle vintage-style adjustable bridge with “floating” tremolo tailpiece and Bass VI mute, 4-ply brown shell pickguard, vintage-style tuning machines with Fender® logo, American Vintage ’59-’64 string tree, nickel/chrome hardware, and Fender Bass VI stainless steel strings (.025-.095), deluxe hardshell case, strap and certificate of authenticity.

Includes: Hardshell Case, Certificate of Authenticity, Case Candy and Paperwork

Product Specs and Features

• Solidbody Electric Bass
• Bleached 3-Color Sunburst Finish
• 2-Piece Select Alder Body 
• 3A Rosewood Fretboard with Block Inlays
• Maple Neck with ’60 Style Oval “C” Shape
• 30" Scale Length, 9.5” Fretboard Radius
• Vintage-Style Jaguar Pickups
• Vintage-Style Wiring with On/Off Switches and Bass Cut
• 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable w/ “Floating” Tremolo Tailpiece with Bass VI Mute
• Bone Nut
• Vintage Nickel Tuning Machines
• Bone Nut
• Nickel Hardware
• 8 lbs, 12 oz.
• .790" Neck Profile at 1st Fret
• .960" Neck Profile at 12th Fret