What kind of bass is my hero BILLY COX playing at WOODSTOCK?

[de la mocha]

This is the best picture I could find of him at woodstock.



Also, I'm not sure if this is the same bass, but is the the 1951 precision (tele bass)?

[superbassman2000]

i am going to guess the early Pbass, or tele bass as many call it, just like you said

[John123z]

It's a 1969 Fender Telecaster bass. I had one in the same color. It was my first bass. I really wanted the jazz bass but it was about $50 or $75 more money than I had.

John

[scuba steve]

i thought the fender tele basses had a single humbucker near the neck?

[Dr. Cheese]

The first Telecaster basses looked just like the old single coil P-basses. Around 1972, they changed to the big humbucker right next to the neck.

[marwady]

Originally Posted by scuba steve

i thought the fender tele basses had a single humbucker near the neck?

+1

As Ed McMahon would say to Carson, "you are correct, sir!"

Single bucker= Telecaster Bass, Single coil= early Precision. So says my Fender book.

[Dr. Cheese]

If the Fender book doesn't mention the single coil Tlecaster basses, it has some pretty sorry research behind it.

[marwady]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

If the Fender book doesn't mention the single coil Tlecaster basses, it has some pretty sorry research behind it.

Cheese,

I bow to the Master, the early Tele Basses did have single coils.

That's why you get the big money!!

[marwady]

Also, Woodstock was in '68, right?

So it has to be a Tele or original P bass, I believe.

[Dr. Cheese]

Woodstock was in 1969, but it still could have been an early P-bass.

[de la mocha]

So what's the answer? A '69 Tele bass?

[marwady]

Originally Posted by de la mocha

So what's the answer? A '69 Tele bass?

I would say the odds favor a '68 or '69 Tele Bass based on the wisdom of Cheese and the condition of the bass in the pix.

Could be an older P in great shape, also

[Chase_The_Bass]

I cant tell from the pic if it has split single coil or single coil.

[Tbirdbassist]

Single coil. Easily seen in the second pic.

[Chef]

Single coil P, circa 1968, tho on Band of Gypsies he was playing a tobacco burst Jazz...fine choice either way

[Chase_The_Bass]

Originally Posted by Tbirdbassist

Single coil. Easily seen in the second pic.

lol, when i first looked i thought it was his finger

[John123z]

Well as I've said I bought mine brand spanking new in 1969 and it's identical to that picture. I regret not getting the Jazz bass to this day.

John

[Caca de Kick]

Billy's was a '68 Telecaster Bass, not a 50's singlecoil P.

The Telecaster Basses came on the scene for 1968 (some very late '67 parts have surfaced) through '72. The big humbucker version didn't come along til late '71/early '72.

[Caca de Kick]

Originally Posted by John123z

I regret not getting the Jazz bass to this day.

Don't beat yourself up so bad John, that is unless you don't have the '69 TeleBass anymore.

The singlecoil Tele is a great sounding bass, just like the 50's.
Wished I coulda snagged one a couple years ago when they were still affordable.

-Mike

[Jim Carr]

Originally Posted by Caca de Kick

Billy's was a '68 Telecaster Bass, not a 50's singlecoil P.

The Telecaster Basses came on the scene for 1968 (some very late '67 parts have surfaced) through '72. The big humbucker version didn't come along til late '71/early '72.

+1 Yes, it is a '68.
Telecaster basses were instantly popular with the "stars."
Taj Mahal's bass player used a '68 tele bass at Newport in '68, and
Jeff Beck's bassist (Ron Wood) used one in Boston at the original Tea
Party in '69. Then there was Billy Cox, too.