CLAM SHACK DEEP VI
How low can you go?
The Clam Shack Deep VI takes the clammin' lifestyle down, down, down to the octaves below! Featuring a 30" scale, the Deep VI is tuned like a guitar, E-E, only an octive lower. Strung up with 20 to 90 gauge strings, the Deep VI serves up the usual Clam Shack goodness, but with a gravitas that only comes from speaking with a low voice.
The Deep VI comes in both standard and deluxe versions.
The standard model features two Off Kiltertrons and a Bar-Belle pickup, single voice rotary controlling both pickups, volume, tone, 5-way switch, and neck pickup switch push/pull on the tone control.
The deluxe model features all the goodness of the standard model, but adds independent voice rotaries for both Off Kiltertrons, treble and bass tone controls (rollers), neck pickup rocker switch, phase switch, series/parallel switch, and single/dual voice rotary switch.
Deluxe wiring?!? What does that mean?
The deluxe wiring package gives you greater control of your Clam Shack!
The primary difference to the standard wiring is having independent voice rotary switches for each Off Kiltertron pickup. Other new controls are treble and bass tone controls, a phase switch, a serial/parallel switch, a neck pickup on/off rocker switch, and a single/dual voice rotary switch. This switch allows you to control both OKT voices separately (dual mode) or control both with the main voice rotary (neck pickup rotary).
Deluxe wiring is a $150 upgrade to any Clam Shack guitar, including the Deep VI six string bass!
Aren't you glad you asked?
Specifications
| 30" scale neck / 9.5" radius | |
| Fat "C" neck profile / 1.697" nut | |
| Vintage frets (jescar 43080) | |
| Maple neck / Rosewood fretboard | |
| Alder body | |
| Weight: 8 lbs 3 oz | |
| Tuners: Gotoh locking | |
| Bridge: large roller |
| Vibrato: | |
| Vega-Trem | |
| Pickups: | |
| Neck: Off Kiltertron | |
| Middle: Bar-Belle | |
| Bridge: Off Kiltertron | |
| Controls: | |
| Master Volume | |
| Treble Tone | |
| Bass Tone - Deluxe only | |
| OKT Voice rotary (neck/both) | |
| OKT Voice rotary (bridge) - Deluxe only | |
| 5-way switch | |
| Neck pickup switch | |
| Phase switch - Deluxe only | |
| Serial/Parallel switch - Deluxe only | |
| Independent or Master rotary switch - Deluxe only | |
Color: Burgundy Mist Metallic / matching headstock / parchment pickguard
Want to escape the ordinary?
The Clam Shack Deep VI is the guitar for you!
The Deep VI with standard wiring is $2700.
This Deep VI with deluxe wiring is $2,850.
How low can you go?
So how does this work?
The magic is in the OKT rotary, which allows you to quickly switch between the three single coil and three humbucking voices. The tone control has a push/pull switch to engage the neck pickup, allowing you to have the neck and bridge pickups on together. Volume control has a treble bleed so the high end frequencies aren't lost as you lower the volume. Pretty cool, eh?
