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Telecaster Bass: curing "Mudbucker Syndrome"

#101
The DarkStars may not be your visual cup of tea, but they sound waaay better than the stock pickup...at least to me, ymmv, etc.

Covers reversed: yeah, the Tele came that way, and the nitro is faded to match, so, too late to change. The other one is like that so they're the same. Whatev;)
 
#104
With the addition of the LaBella black tapes, this is now one of the most requested basses I own, and I like it too;)

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#107
Just a brief and unfortunately really really sad update for everyone who requested news on my Mudbucker equipped aluminium made TeleLan bass which I showed some in progress work back in this thread.

The bass has been completed and it's a real jewel. My friend Mr. Lanfranco who used to build these basses unfortunately passed away during the month of august, this year. Not only I lost a friend, but also a really passionate and talented builder. I treasure and play my TeleLan bass which is so good sounding.

Together with friends of Lanfranco, other lucky owners and players of TeleLan basses we put together a small googlepages website in order to collect picture of the works of Lanfranco and give some information about. It's a small thing, easy as Lanfranco was, nothing fancy.

If you are interested please take some minutes to visit this:

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#112
Last week i lucked into a 73 telecaster. I know all about the mudbucker etc and spent a good deal of time EQing my rig to get a decent tone. I as of now have not giged or even played it in a band setting but belive i will like it as is. I get a creamy tone with some tone dialed in and with tone off and a set of Chrome's a good to decent P bass tone..dark and muddy but there is definition. I play Americana,Folk rock where i try to sound uprightish. I feel this bass will do the trick. Besides its my first vintage Fender which is a dream and like Chefs light, and the neck is awsome. It is a true relic and i am proud to add it to the lineup.
 
#114
I currently have a Squier TB bass and I was thinking of adding another "mudbucker" to where the bridge pickup is in a Jazz bass. Do you guys think this would be a wise decision and would it help fight the mud. (Which surprising isn't as bad as I read but the note definition would definitely be a plus.)
 

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