The 1963 Bass VI is a solid body bass guitar built by Fender. This offset bolt on guitar was manufactured in Fullerton, CA in the United States and is a Fender Vintage Bass Guitar model. Key features include an Ash Body, Figured Maple Neck, Veneer Rosewood Board, Tortoise Guard, Three Single Coil Pickups and Blonde finish. The specs listed below pertain to the 1963 product year model pictured on this page. For this model and most Fender guitars, when the finish is translucent blonde, the instrument is built with an ash body. Other Bass VI instruments with opaque finishes would have an alder body. 1963 models had the fourth condenser switch added increasing the tonal palette of the instrument. The veneer or laminate fingerboard was also a new feature in 1963.