I am officially "in love" !

[Dark Horse]

I am in love with this bass. I wish I had the money to afford it !

1972 Fender Telecaster Bass - in Sonic Blue !

Ebay is gonna be the death of me.

 

[darthplagis]

ohhh its sooooo sweet, but why put the ashtray upside down????

 

[Webtroll]

Not big on the large hunbucker by the neck approach but I see why you like it, that's one sexy bass!

 

[Dark Horse]

ohhh its sooooo sweet, but why put the ashtray upside down????

I know - that bothers me too. I could only hope that it hasn't been on the bass that way for years, and that the finish doesn't show in the "upside down" pattern where it is.

 

[Dark Horse]

Not big on the large hunbucker by the neck approach but I see why you like it, that's one sexy bass!

Mo' Bass !

 

[PJSShearer]

I just took a look around the web for pictrures and the ashtray is the right way round. At school we had a copy of a Telecaster Bass and the cover was that way around also.

For the definitive answer, I was trying to visualise Suzy Quatro playing her Telecaster Bass on Top of the Pops in 1971 or so, but at the age of 14, with Suzy in that Leather cat suit, I don't think I got as far as looking at the Bridge cover!!.

 

[Dark Horse]

I just took a look around the web for pictrures and the ashtray is the right way round. At school we had a copy of a TelecatserBass and the cover was that way around also.

For the definitive answer, I was trying to visualise Suzy Quatro playing her Telecaster Bass when I saw her on Top of the Pops in 1971 or so, but at the age of 14, with Suzy in that Leather cat suit, I don't think I got as far as looking at the Bridge cover!!.

These are 68-72 Tele Basses - note the covers.

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And finally, from the 1969 Fender Bass Catalog -


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[Fresh Eddie]

Actually the bridge cover is reversed in the Ebay pic... from what I understand, a lot of people did that so they could leave the cover on, but not have the foam mute that is glued to the underside touch the strings.

 

[PJSShearer]

I stand corrected - !!. I've been searching on You Tube to find Suzi playing her Telecaster Bass and I found her playing Les Pauls, Precisions and what looked like a Yamaha, but no Telecaster!!

 

[Dark Horse]

I stand corrected - !!. I've been searching on You Tube to find Suzi playing her Telecaster Bass and I found her playing Les Pauls, Precisions and what looked like a Yamaha, but no Telecaster!!

Suzi.

 

[metdistortion]

I swear that looks more like a Precision then a Telecaster

 

[Dark Horse]

I swear that looks more like a Precision then a Telecaster

Who asked you ? Go. Go away. Scram. Scat. Skeedaddle. Shoooo !

 

[metdistortion]

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Look familiar lol?

 

[Dark Horse]

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Look familiar lol?

Yep - I guess the humbucking version wasn't selling to their satisfaction, so they changed the route and went to the original P single coil version. (And jacked up the price !)

 

[LCW]

i seriously was just on ebay and saw that ha small world awesome bass

 

[PJSShearer]

The Telecaster Bass which appeared in 1967 was effectively a re-issue of the orginal 1951 Precision Bass. The one that Started this stream was a later model that had the Humbucker near the neck, rather than the single coil PUP in the middle, with the ashtray !!.

 

[EricF]

Actually the bridge cover is reversed in the Ebay pic... from what I understand, a lot of people did that so they could leave the cover on, but not have the foam mute that is glued to the underside touch the strings.

*DING* Right answer. Not uncommon to see on the early 50's P basses also.

 

[bass-flyer]

Actually the bridge cover is reversed in the Ebay pic... from what I understand, a lot of people did that so they could leave the cover on, but not have the foam mute that is glued to the underside touch the strings

THAT ....... is correct sir!

 

[GlennW]

In the '69 catalog shown in post #7 it says the Tele Bass has a "custom contoured body".

AFAIK (which isn't that far) they had no belly cut or forearm cut. What's the deal?

I like the blue one.

 

[J. Crawford]

In the '69 catalog shown in post #7 it says the Tele Bass has a "custom contoured body".

AFAIK (which isn't that far) they had no belly cut or forearm cut. What's the deal?

I like the blue one.

Um, I thought they started contouring bodies in the early 60's.