Tone Ranger Guitars High Horse VI
Is this the coolest Bass VI ever? Tone Ranger Guitars returns with the High Horse VI — Jeff Mark Leavitt's Bass VI built on the High Horse offset platform, from urban black walnut, with TV Jones pickups and Mastery hardware. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Tone Ranger Guitars High Horse VI takes center stage — into the Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander. The R2R Electric Rangemaster and Effectrode Tube Vibe join for the second half.
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In Jeff's own words: "Tone Ranger Guitars grew from my love of the West: the culture, the environment, the music, and the history of the western American deserts and forests. Lovingly hand-crafted in my one-man shop in LA with the finest components and pickups, Tone Ranger Guitars are made entirely from sustainable, local, urban trees from Los Angeles and her surrounding counties. These trees lined our city streets, shaded our parks, and grew in our backyards — now rescued by arborists such as Street Tree Revival and Angel City Lumber who choose to repurpose these beautiful trees and give them a second life. You're a Tone Ranger now. Keep on truckin'."
The High Horse VI takes the High Horse offset body — Jeff's late '50s space-age design — and re-voices it as a Bass VI at 30" scale. The result is an instrument that sits between guitar and bass, capable of everything from Ventures-style tremolo lead tones to baritone rhythm work to Cure-style bass lines, all in a lightweight offset package that plays like a guitar. Full specs (Serial #1002524):
Urban black walnut body and neck. Reclaimed Indian rosewood fretboard. Soft V neck profile. 30" scale. 22 frets, 12" radius. Jescar 55090 medium/highest nickel silver frets. Bone nut. 8.6 lbs. TV Jones Super'Tron neck pickup. TV Jones Classic Plus Filter'Tron bridge pickup. 2x CTS 500k audio taper volume pots. 2x CTS 500k audio taper tone pots with 22nf Mallory caps. Centalab 3-way toggle. PureTone multi-contact jack. Mastery M1 bridge. Mastery OMV tailpiece. Grover Sta-tite 18:1 tuners. Nickel hardware. Witch hat knobs. Turquoise fret markers. Copper side dots. Cream pearloid pickguard. Hand-rubbed Walrus Oil finish. Silkscreened headstock logo. Made in Los Angeles, California.
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🎸 Tone Ranger Guitars High Horse VI | Urban Black Walnut | TV Jones Super'Tron + Classic Plus Filter'Tron | Mastery | 30" Scale | Bass VI | Set Neck | Serial #1002524
🎛️ R2R Electric Rangemaster | Effectrode Tube Vibe
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch 2x12" | Boss Waza TAE
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Ohma Ribbon | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R10 & R121 | Ableton Live 12
