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SQUIER TELECASTER BASS - USER REVIEWS?

Lowbrow

Lowbrow

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Apr 22, 2008
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#1
Still aching in my heart for a Vintage White 32" single p/u Squier Tele bass, and will not be satisfied until I order one online and find out it stinks, or I have an owner tell me it stinks. That said, I hope it doesn't stink.

I'm concerned primarily with the build quality as I don't have experience with Indonesia-built basses - I have great faith in the Chinese Squiers - and pickups and electronics are secondary for me as I can always fix these as long as the wood is good.

I'd love the hear what anyone's got to say.
 
#3
I know I want one. I tried a Squier '51 RI (actually more like a '55) at GC the other day and it had a beautiful flamed maple neck with really good fretwork. The Tele is a medium scale, so the neck's a little shorter than the '51, but same country of origin.
The down side was that the body felt like it might be plywood and the tone control didn't work.
 
#5
Why not go boutiQue and get a telebass made so it is to your specs. Re-sale on the CHinese , Kporea and Indo made basses are not up with the re-sale prices on the MIA and MIJ basses as yet, so a boutique might hold its value better. Bare in mind I dont actually know what a Squier bass costs as I dont play those models.
 
#7
Hilton Marsh said:
Why not go boutiQue and get a telebass made so it is to your specs. Re-sale on the CHinese , Kporea and Indo made basses are not up with the re-sale prices on the MIA and MIJ basses as yet, so a boutique might hold its value better. Bare in mind I dont actually know what a Squier bass costs as I dont play those models.
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what? it is "bear in mind," and knowing what you don't know about the Squier Tele, why would you even bother chiming-in about the Squier Tele?
 
#14
'Love mine!

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#18
HEY ITS MAH BIRFDAY!
And in celebration of the blessed event, dear wife presented me with this

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Which means I have something to contribute to the forum, again!
Let me tell you why you want this bass.
Humbucker in the neck is LOUD and BEEFY. and VERY DARK! It's almost like having flats on the bass. I've got the stock roundwounds on, though i usually use flats.

Bridge pickup is bright and spanky. Just like some wierdos like on their Jazz bass for clanky spanky toanz.

The scale is 32" easier to work than a 34" but more snap and definition than a short scale. A lot better low frequency response than my mustang bass. The neck is almost "P-bass" wide, but I found it usable. It might be due to the shorter scale that I fit with this, and not a ful scale P.

With Fuzz: The humbucker kind of overpowers some of my fuzz pedals. BUT switching to middle or bridge makes it plenty snarly again. I played it through an 8x10, with my Surrender Dorothy and Baby Thundaa pedals.

SUMMATION: Its got a lot of sounds, an easy scale, and it's cheap, as far as nice basses go. It's kind of ugly, I'll admit. But I'd rather have the electronic options than the better looking single pickup model.
 
#19
Hi!
I recently bought one of these in the 1 pup, single coil and decided to modify it. The bass sounds great in the middle (regular) position, but IMO the others are pretty useless. I decided to put a Black Ice overdrive (diode thing) in there, but that leaves an extra switch position. Any ideas???
 

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