Lucida Bajo Sexto, Acoustic/Electric
Lucida Bajo Sexto, Acoustic/Electric
Primarily used for bass and chordal accompaniment in a conjunto group, this guitar's lowered tuning gives it a rich, resonant sound. Carefully crafted with a spruce top and mahogany back and sides, this model also features a 4-band EQ pickup.
Bajo sexto (Spanish: "sixth bass") is a Mexican string instrument from the guitar family with 12 strings in six double courses.
The bajo sexto is a member of the guitar family, and physically looks like a 12-string guitar. However, there are important differences: The body is usually a bit deeper; the neck is shorter, joining the body at the 12th fret (modern 12-string guitars usually join at the 14th fret); and (being a bass instrument) the strings are thicker.
Since the instrument is tuned an octave below the guitar, the body on some instruments is not large enough for the lowest E to resonate well, and many players remove the sixth course, playing on only 10 strings (five courses). Luthiers eventually picked up on this practice and began leaving off the low E course during construction, producing instruments with only five courses — bajo quintos.
Bajo sextos are traditionally tuned in fourths, what a guitarist would call all fourths tuning. The lower three courses are doubled at the higher octave (similar to the lower four courses on a 12-string guitar), and the upper three courses are doubled at the unison:
- E1-E2 A1-A2 D2-D3 G2-G2 C3-C3 F3-F3 (from lowest to highest course)
- Spruce Top
- Mahogany Back and Sides
- Mahogany Neck
- Rosewood Fretboard
- Scale Length: 25-1/2"
- Multi-Colored Rosette
- Black Body Binding
- 4-Band EQ Pickup