Fender Telecaster bass

[plmaurer]

I see that Squier by Fender has introduced a modified Pbass that resembles the 72-77 Telebass.

http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0326902500

Has anyone heard whether Fender has any plans to introduce an American made or Custom shop reissue of this bass? Out of curiosity, how many folks here would be interested if Fender decided to reissue this bass?

[disaster]

me, totally. that Squier is tempting.
throw in a rosewood board, and i'm there even quicker. i'd dig a Mex one, and an MIJ would be even better.

[The Golden Boy]

Out of curiosity, how many folks here would be interested if Fender decided to reissue this bass?

Not even a little bit.

[Mickey Shane]

It certainly looks sweet! I don't do maple boards, but if they went San Luis Obispo they might offer a rosewood too.

I tend to stay with the models that have made big names for themselves. If I could try one in a music store I might bring it home. Depends on the sound.

[fyrwyr]

I had an old "69 that was given to me in pieces in the case, one of the best looking basses ever, never got to hear it though... Sting's bass looks great!

[mcknigs]

I had a Tele bass for a while in the '80s. No idea when it was made. It looked really cool but it had no bottom end at all. I got it in a trade, then traded it back to the same guy. He replaced the pup and said it was a wonderful bass after that. Anyone else have an original Tele bass and found it to be lacking in low end?

-Scott

[pedaLkrama]

I had a 60's tele bass that Sucked. No Bass at all.
My main Bass now is a 70's Telecaster Bass and it Kills. Has massive lows, and Hi's. I love it. Played a squier tele bass reissue, it was eh...
My experience has been that there is a lot of tonal variation from one tele Bass to another. don't know why.

[TheWarmth]

The bassist in my band in college had a Tele bass with one humbucker. Not sure what year it was. It was alright, but I found it pretty muddy ... no definition in tone.

[Alvis]

I had a white '72 (pretty heavy) that I really dug.I'd still have it but a deal came up with a Marshall so......
About the mudbuckers,I've found that if you sink the pickup down into the body and adjust the poles ,they sound pretty darn good

[musicofanatic5]

I've been playing one of those squiers ($280!), and yes, dump the p.u. into the body, and balance with the polepieces. I hadta get new screws because first time I adjusted the p.u., it fell all the way in; the screws were too short and all different lengths. It took a lot of t.r. tweezin' over a period of a month, to get the neck used to the med flats, but the action is reasonable now. I'll admit that I probably only noticed it on the rack because of it's perfect, ribbon-curl, flame maple neck. Absolutely even, thin flame, end to end. At first I thought it was that fotoflame crap, but no; wood. Dunno if that's standard on this model...?

[GreaserMatt]

I've always wanted a tele bass; just waiting for the right deal to come along...

[Robal]

I have a 72 tele bass. The Fender humbucker has a lot of thud but not a lot of definition. Sounds best to me played with a pick, to give more attack. I ended up taking out the Fender pickup and putting in a custom Bartolini passive pickup that gives all the detail that was missing from the Fender HB. Still, no match for my '65 Jazz and '66 P basses.

[mainsale]

I recently picked one of these up and frankly, I'm disappointed in the quality. The bridge is improperly placed and the strings don't line up with the pickup or the neck. I'm going to have to plug the original screw holes and reposition the bridge. I wouldn't buy another one from Indonesia. Now, if they made a Japanese or American version, I'd be tempted, as I like the basic premise of the design.