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Post subject: Fender Tele Bass
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:02 pm
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Ok, after seeing numberous amounts of these basses on the internet and knowing something about them can I get some input from you guys? What can you closely comparet them to as far as other bass sounds give off? Can you describe their sound? How good are they actually compared to other basses that Fender makes? Are they worth the hype and $$$ that people want for them usually? Thanks! (POST PICS)

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Post subject: Re: Fender Tele Bass
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:21 pm
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AmberEnergy wrote:
Ok, after seeing numberous amounts of these basses on the internet and knowing something about them can I get some input from you guys? What can you closely comparet them to as far as other bass sounds give off? Can you describe their sound? How good are they actually compared to other basses that Fender makes? Are they worth the hype and $$$ that people want for them usually? Thanks! (POST PICS)


hi!! well, the tele is kind of the re issue of the first pbass, but fender set the pick up closer to the neck, so it is more muddy than the pbass, plus the pickup is a humbucker, so the sound is even more muddy. It got a really nice sound for a traditional way to play; it is not for slap or tapping. it is deep and warm, but it is extremely expensive, even the re issues are expensive. Squier brough out a tele bass, it is nice and well built, it has features that are hard to find in squiers: strings through body, ash top, maple fingerboard, and a nice but hard to tune bridge with only 2 saddles

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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:43 pm
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You should read the "68 Telcaster bass" thread farther dow the page.
Lots of good info.
If you want a cheaper alternative to a real Telecaster bass ( worth about 3 to 4 K$ now)
Try a Sting bass- or for even less check out a Squire vibe 50s precision.
Both are very cool basses and probably not as muddy as was described above.

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Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:33 pm
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Hi all.
My 2 cents on the Telecaster Bass. There are 2 "phases" of these basses. The 1968 - 1972 version had a single coil pickup and a 4-bolt neck. From 1973 to 1979 (the last year) they had the "Seth Lover" designed humbucker near the neck. I've never owned or heard the sound of the single-coil version, but I owned, (from 1989 to just a couple of weeks ago), an all-original '73 with the humbucker. Mine had that deep booming sound, and all those characterstics referred to earlier in this topic. I would think the single-coil version might have a somewhat different sound.

Anyways, I gigged with mine in a semi-professional country rock band for about a year. It had an awesome "hit you in the chest" low end bass sound. I would say if you want a real old time country sound (you can even make it sound like a stand-up bass), then it might be a good choice in terms of performing. It looks really cool too! However, there were some disadvantages to using it as an actual "working" bass:
- It was heavy!
- I couldn't get enough tone variation to cover all the sounds I wanted, especially a more "punchy" sound. Caveat: I'm not by any means an expert at amps. amp settings, etc. so someone with knowledge might get the right tones.

That is not to take away from the "vintage" or "collector" aspect of the guitar. It was a beautiful instrument and it played like a dream. Just playing in my basement (95% of my playing), it was the bass I would pick up.

OK now my story about the current value: I just obatined a copy of the 2010 Vintage Guitar Price Guide. It values a 1968 version (excellent condition) at about $4000.00 (retail), and a 1973 version like mine at $2250.00 US. I just traded mine at a local music chain store for $1650.00 Cdn. which would be about $1750.00 US. Mine was in at least VG++ condition. I may have got less than max. value but I think I would have had to go to a lot of effort to squeeze out an extra couple hundred dollars. And, of course, I wanted to make that trade for a new (can't disclose as it's not Fender) guitar right NOW!

Final thoughts: Seems to me there's a "collectors" price and a "practical" price for these (and all vintage) guitars. I lucked out and bought mine for $75.00 cdn. in 1989. I decided it was time to use it to get something I really wanted in spite of the fact I hated to let it go. I must say, my astute wife was very instrumental in this decision.

Hope this helps.

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