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Post subject: 68 Telecaster Bass
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:07 am
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I'm restoring a 68 Telecaster bass and am trying to find out the composition of the original pickguards for these guitars. One photo I saw showed a one piece solid white. Another one I saw on eBay was 3 ply, white/black/white. The seller claimed it was original.

Anybody out there know for sure?


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im pretty sure its a single ply


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Yeah the pickguard on the bass was a single ply pickguard don't fall for some of the stuff on ebay. Also that seller could have been right and said it was an original it could have beena custom but i would go with 1 ply.


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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:53 pm
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The original tele bass pickguard was a single-ply made of nitro and often crumbled to pieces over the years. I hear that these were also thicker than the knock offs being made by WDparts, etc. I just had one made by these people and it fits improperly and the screw holes do not match up.

I have an April 1968 tele bass. Does anyone have an original that can be accurately traced that I can pay for same so I can submit for accurate copy? Many thanks.


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Sorry everybody, but you are wrong on the single ply pickguard. The 68- 72 Telecaster basses with single coil pickups, had 3ply laminated pickguards but they were cut with no bevels on the edges, so when you look at most straight-on photos of these basses, they appear to be single- ply.

The edges on these basses' pickguards were also left rough.

I know. I own a 1969 Telecaster bass.

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Bassman Bill is right! and interesting fact is that the 68-69 tele bass the ply on the back was pearloid and the front was white. I know some strats of the same years also had that type of pickguard. I also own a 69 tele bass that i bought new for $200 and was recently appraised by George Gruhn for $TWENTY FIVE HOUNDRED!


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My bad i am sooo jealous of you guys tele basses look awesome i wish i could play one!!!!

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Actually, they used both...check out "The Fender Bass:an Illustrated History" by Black & Molinaro Hal & leonard pub. for more details.


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bkeller850 wrote:
I'm restoring a 68 Telecaster bass and am trying to find out the composition of the original pickguards for these guitars. One photo I saw showed a one piece solid white. Another one I saw on eBay was 3 ply, white/black/white. The seller claimed it was original.

Anybody out there know for sure?
do you know how much 4 it


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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:58 pm
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bkeller850 wrote:
I'm restoring a 68 Telecaster bass and am trying to find out the composition of the original pickguards for these guitars. One photo I saw showed a one piece solid white. Another one I saw on eBay was 3 ply, white/black/white. The seller claimed it was original.

Anybody out there know for sure?


Post some pics of your TB bro!


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Actually, they used both...check out "The Fender Bass:an Illustrated History" by Black & Molinaro Hal & leonard pub. for more details.


I doubt that they used both single ply and triple ply in the original Tele bass series. You have to remember that the Fender facotry produced no single ply pickguards in the '68 to '72 time frame for hese basses. NONE.
No other model even used a single ply and you could not buy one because there were no sources of replacement parts in the early 70's
There has been a lot of replacement pickguards made since 1975 and they could have been installed 30 years ago and appear to be original.
I don't take a book written by a Frenchman to be authoritative on the subject. I remember the basses when they were new and in the stores. In 1970 I could buy a brand new Fender Telecaster bass for $210 dollars at Washington Music. Trust me they came with 3 ply guards and they were a straight cut out with no bevel and they were Mother of toilet seat on the back side. The finger rests interacted with the PG plastic and they left a back mark on the pick guard when removed. That's how to tell if your pickguard is original.
I also own a 1973 Tele bass with the large chrome humbucker. It has a beveled pickguard that is made of different plastic that turns mint green.

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BCbassman is right on with the descriptions of the TB pickguards


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Hey I don't mean to sound like a jerk with my "authoritative descriptions" but I don't want you all to get bad information.

I am sure the bass will look great with a single ply pickguard if that is all that you can get. I don't know if Chandler of some other maker will make you a legit style Tele bass pickguard but if you are ordering one, it doesn't hurt to ask.

Someday, I will figure out how to post pictures here and I will show off my Telecaster basses. :D

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I too have an all origional 68 Tele bass (actually one of the first ones made) and it has a single ply (cracked) white pick guard.


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