Fender re-issued the Fender VI

[damianip]

There are some photos out there of PG on stage with this as I recall.

You saw PG/FM live? You are a most fortunate one. He was already on the next phase of his journey as I reached concert going age (14 years old - started off with Deep Purple and Rory Gallagher).

I would have loved to see the OFM at the peak of their powers, but I just missed...

As far as the Fender VI goes, I'm guessing that most would have blocked out the vibrato although I recall Rory Gallagher saying that while he pretty much hated vibratos and removed the arm on his Strat, he felt that the sprung mechanism contributed to the unique tone of the guitar. (said that he had a hard tail but it didn't sound like his "sprung" Strat)

The springs on the VI must have been massive (or numerous.)

With the Wiki issue, can you reference another Wiki article?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Bass_VI

This article mentions PG's use of the VI.