Fender CS LOTTO Telecaster Bass

[SJLee]

Fender can kiss my ***!I just don't like how they are doing us musicians.The majority of us are blue-collar "working musicians" grinding it out in the bars.It appears to me that they like kicking a man when he's down,with the economy and all.No thanks,if I want a bass like that,I'll go to Warmoth w/$6,000.00 and have one made in a different color for each day of the week.

Really man, you should not come to this thread if all you're going to do is hate on Fender. Their kids need to eat too. This is to talk about the new Fender Telelcaster LOTTO bass. I understand your comments about the economy, and we're all feeling it, but some of us don't care to hear the bashing.

Go make your Warmoth and be happy.

 

[topper]

That tele is B E A U T I F U L.

Wow, I mean its not really that good looking, but its so good looking... if you catch my drift.

It sort of straddles that "It's so ugly it's beautiful" line doesn't it.

 

[topper]

What would she look like in red??

 

[katri]

it looks like the 75 tele guitar that you can get, ya know the black one with dual hum buckers.

I really do like the look of this bass, fender should put more basses like this into production

 

[topper]

Or Lake Placid Blue?

 

[katri]

What would she look like in red??

this picture makes me want to take out a $6000 loan then refinish the bass in red

EDIT:
the blue pic makes me wanna take out a $12000 loan and get two refinished one in blue and one in red

 

[topper]

As previously mentioned this does look A LOT like the Lakland Skyline Decade.
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However, I don't have $1200 to pay for a bass right now either. Though if I did I'd be all over that Lakland.

I'm thinking about making a Franken Bass that looks like one of these.

 

[katri]

topper, you are killing me

 

[topper]

topper, you are killing me

I actually don't think building something very much like the LOTTO out of parts would be that hard or that expensive. The body looks like a standard P shape. Those pickups will be hard to come by, but a suitable substitute shouldn't be hard to find.

 

[mongo2]

I actually don't think building something very much like the LOTTO out of parts would be that hard or that expensive. The body looks like a standard P shape. Those pickups will be hard to come by, but a suitable substitute shouldn't be hard to find.

Squier, Darkstars, Chi-Sonics.

 

[3toes]

Squier, Darkstars, Chi-Sonics.

That or some Gibson/Sidewinder style mudbuckers.

 

[DudeWheresMy182]

imagine if that thing had darkstars.... DROOOOL!!!!!!!!

 

[topper]

Squier, Darkstars, Chi-Sonics.

Chi-Sonics are what's in the Lakland right? I suspect those would be out of my range for what I'd be willing to spend on a Frankenbass.

Double ditto for Darkstars. Would love to give those a whirl, but they're just too pricey (for me).

What would be ideal, would be the Fender TEB 101B Pickups used in the Squier VM Tele basses. That's a $300 bass, so how expensive can the pups be? The problem will be finding them. I've emailed the customer service folks at Squier to see if they sell replacement pups directly. If not, I'll call my local music store.

Second runner up pup-wise would be some gibson humbuckers as previously mentioned. These or some knock-offs would be super to easy to find.

 

[mongo2]

What would be ideal, would be the Fender TEB 101B Pickups used in the Squier VM Tele basses. That's a $300 bass, so how expensive can the pups be? The problem will be finding them. I've emailed the customer service folks at Squier to see if they sell replacement pups directly. If not, I'll call my local music store.

Yup, dems da ones.

I get most Fender/Squier parts through a Fender repair tech.

 

[katri]

would you need different models for bridge and neck pickups?

 

[GlennW]

Here's a guitar RI. I think Keith played one in the movie Chuck Berry, Hail, Hail, ROck 'n Roll.

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/...uitar?sku=511141&CJAID=10381297&CJPID=2502662

Edit: Here...

 

[topper]

would you need different models for bridge and neck pickups?

I'm not sure. The main reason for different neck and bridge pups is string spacing right?

 

[mongo2]

would you need different models for bridge and neck pickups?

The LOTTO bridge pickup poles don't appear to be aligned precisely under the strings so I'd say no.

 

[SJLee]

Sorry but Lakland started out and built their reputation on MM style basses. The Fender clones came later.

The first basses coming out of Lakland were a cross between a Fender Jazz and a Musicman Sting Ray.

 

[fourstringbliss]

$6000 for that?

If I'm spending $6000 on a bass it better have a built in coffee maker, or something like that!