Fender Telecaster Basses

[heath_the_great]

Well, ive played a few of these basses, 2 to be precise, both 70's makes, and ive loved them both....this one the more recent
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except without the covers, and a bit more worn, and it has the humble price of $1800aus on it ...but i gas for a humbucker telecaster bass, does fender make re-issues of these? i havent seen them in the last 3 years of frontline, or is there a intermediate priced copy of the telecaster bass with the single humbucker pickup right at the neck...ala

 

[red-hot-bassist]

the new Mike Dirnt sig is pretty similar

it retails at 599GBP dunno about aus

as far as i know no plans to do a standard re issue

 

[knuckle_head]

I always thought the Tele Bass had the neck humbucker only - the bass you picture first looks more like a vintage P.

Was the Tele bass released with any other pup config than the neck humbucker?

* I'm feelin' kind of dumb here *

 

[heath_the_great]

mike dirnt is nothing like it....its basically a sting bass with a seymore duncan split coil in the sweet spot...not what i want

 

[wateroftyne]

The Tele bass had a single coil until 1972.

Then came the Humbucker.... *shudder*

 

[heath_the_great]

I always thought the Tele Bass had the neck humbucker only - the bass you picture first looks more like a vintage P.

Was the Tele bass released with any other pup config than the neck humbucker?

* I'm feelin' kind of dumb here *

that first one i pictured is a telecaster bass, its looks like a p, but doesnt have any body contours, where the p's did, plus the teles were just 1 big slab of wood

 

[rickbass]

Believe it or not...........this used to be "The Fender Precision Bass" when Leo started out.

FWIW, I think the bass where you have 2 photos of it is much more of the "real deal" than that crummy-looking thing with the dark, cheap, wood and Gibson-type pickup in the lower pic.

However, always let your ears be your guide. Your eyes can fool you but your ears won't.

 

[FireAarro]

Well the closest thing right now to the humbucker tele bass would probably be this, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed], chambered body with jazz pickup in bridge and EB-O sorta pickup in neck. And that ain't real close. Plus it wouldn't cost much less after shipping.

rickbass, the Telecaster bass was a reissue of the old precision bass, they added humbucky pickups and a funky pickguard later on with similar changes to their Telecaster Custom/Deluxe around that time (please note I may be completely incorrect). The pickup ain't really Gibsony, compare it with this:

Also the original Ps did have slab bodies. They added contours and smoother edges in '55 or something.

 

[heath_the_great]

Believe it or not...........this used to be "The Fender Precision Bass" when Leo started out..

no **** shirlock

FWIW, I think the bass where you have 2 photos of it is much more of the "real deal" than that crummy-looking thing with the dark, cheap, wood and Gibson-type pickup in the lower pic.

However, always let your ears be your guide. Your eyes can fool you but your ears won't.

man..thats a fender telecaster bass, same as the top one just a later model....certanly looks better than a rick, probably wont sound as bright and brittle either..but i like the humbucker one better..its not the best looking one ive seen...but jsut watch the film clips to cakes "i will survive" or "the distance" theny ou'll see a nice tele bass

 

[wateroftyne]

FireArro.. the humbucker is very Gibson-y!

It sounds like one, and was developed by Seth Lover.. who designed Gibson's humbuckers.

Muddy muddy muddy

 

[FireAarro]

What I meant was it looks more similar to the Fender "Wide-Range" bucker than it does to a Gibson pickup

 

[gamera]

I just bought the blue flower tele/pbass thing. Its pretty nice. The neck is pretty fat and round. This is the first CIJ instrument I have ever owned and I am amazed at the build quality and overall cleanliness of everything on it. Its just really sharp.

That one is cool, but I'm not sure I like the pickguard section down towards the bridge.

 

[heath_the_great]

well i already have a very 'defined' and bright bass, kubicki, so now i would like a 'thick' bass for some of the soul songs ive been writing

 

[The Golden Boy]

no **** shirlock



man..thats a fender telecaster bass, same as the top one just a later model....certanly looks better than a rick, probably wont sound as bright and brittle either..but i like the humbucker one better..its not the best looking one ive seen...but jsut watch the film clips to cakes "i will survive" or "the distance" theny ou'll see a nice tele bass

Can you be nice just once, without being an arrogant, opinionated, non-spelling, bad typing, wrong jerk? He was attempting to help you and you give him a "no xxxx shirlock?" (and even misspelled Sherlock...)

Precision/Telecaster Bass
1951 Slab body, blonde finish, black pickguard, single coil pickup.

1954 Contoured body, 2 color sunburst finish, white pickguard, single coil pickup.

1957 The Precision that we know of as "the Precision Bass" with split pickups and Strat style headstock.

1968 Telecaster Bass-Slab body, blonde finish, white pickguard single coil pickup.

1972 Slab body, funky pickguard, Seth Lover designed humbucking pickup.

I really dig the 68-72 version, not so much the humbuckered one. As much as Seth Lover changed the pickup world- he swung and missed on this one.

 

[ModmanQ6]

I have a '73 tele bass I got in 1976. It has the humbucker which back then sounded a bit muddy for my only instrument. I couldn't afford to buy another, so I added a SD jazz pup and a blend knob. Much more versatile... I still have it. Here's a pic from the late 80's...

 

[rickbass]

no **** shirlock

Your youth is a dead giveaway of your ignorance.

 

[heath_the_great]

Can you be nice just once, without being an arrogant, opinionated, non-spelling, bad typing, wrong jerk? He was attempting to help you and you give him a "no xxxx shirlock?" (and even misspelled Sherlock...)

cant you get a sense of humour? geez..didnt ya notice the little winky thing...geez....why does everything have to be nice nice happy happy, edward scissor hands town life.....

 

[heath_the_great]

Your youth is a dead giveaway of your ignorance.

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[rickbass]

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The truly dead dig their own graves....skippy.

 

[heath_the_great]

I have a '73 tele bass I got in 1976. It has the humbucker which back then sounded a bit muddy for my only instrument. I couldn't afford to buy another, so I added a SD jazz pup and a blend knob. Much more versatile... I still have it. Here's a pic from the late 80's...

damn that looks nice...either its a big instrument, or you're a small fella, from that angle