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hardcore telecaster bass

MarcMurder

MarcMurder

#IIAmerica
Mar 9, 2010
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#1
Well ive been working on my telecaster bass for a little less than a year and its almost at the point where I can play it
Quick run down on my Deisred specs:
one piece Maple neck 20 frets
Hipshot hb2 black Tuners
1 9/16 nut
Wilkinson tiltsaddle bridge
Original fender bass humbucker
Dimizario dp127 split p's
SD QP jazz bridge
One piece maple body - white (debatable)
all black hardware
controls: the humbucker - vol/tone stack
vol/vol stack for split p's & jazz pickup
treble/bass stack for split p's and jazz


But I'm going to use it about 75% of the way with the. same Specs except:
No split. P's
no treble/bass control
vol/tone stack for the humbucker
vol/tone stack for the jazz

Sorry I dont have pics i just got a new phone and I have no pics on it and im on the road
But ill post as soon as i get home
 
#3
well like i said
here i am to pos up pics

im gonna keep it short and sweet
posting only the important pics
and giving story.... maybe
aaaaaaaaaaaany ways, here we go

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and on my way back home i picked up a SD QP jazz bridge
here is how it currently is

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i have just about everything to complete the "half way mark" noted in first post except:
pots & knobs
tuners
neck finish
an obviously strings
 
#8
pilotjones said:
Nice retro look.

So what is that, an old bass that you sanded the reddish stain off of?

BTW that looks like a two-piece ash body, not one-piece maple.
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actually it is a one piece
if its the pic of the back of the body that your refering to its because ive been keeping the body in my case for almost a year and the black fuzzy stuff (at a loss of name at the moment) is kinda cheap (roadrunner case) and is rubbing off n the wood
 
#9
Killcram187 said:
actually it is a one piece
if its the pic of the back of the body that your refering to its because ive been keeping the body in my case for almost a year and the black fuzzy stuff (at a loss of name at the moment) is kinda cheap (roadrunner case) and is rubbing off n the wood
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I don't think he's talking about the color difference at all; it's more a matter of grain direction. There's a number of ways to tell that it's more than one piece, but this picture shows it the best (in my opinion) :

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See how you can see the grain running in opposite directions on the edge of the body? :ninja:
 
#16
OneMoreRobot said:
My question as well.

If you mean to use this in a hardcore band, let me congratulate you on being the first metal bassist who knows what kind of bass he wants to use :D
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yeah exactly, i freakin hate when i go to shows and i see bassists using ibanezs or other crappy basses that only look cool, when sound wise they suck
which i why i decided to take my love for p/j fenders, telecasters, and humbuckers and put em all together:smug:
 

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