Telebass

Ouch! My wallet hurts just *thinking* about that...

The Dirnt is, really, a totally different bass. Arm contour, rosewood board, 70s tuners, CS59 split coil p/up, BadAss II top-load bridge. The rest are all variants of the SCPB, or Single-Coil Precision Bass, with reverse tuners, and two-saddle strings-thru-body loading. They are all great basses.

Saw that via athread on FDP; it's a Dennis Galuszka Masterbuilt. And not my cup of tea at all. Too 'Gibson' for me.

Cool. It would also be interesting to do a direct electrical comparison of the original pickup and the TEB101 from the Squier. I measured mine at 23k; it was thought that the originals were nearer 30k (Gibson territory), but as Mr Lover wanted them a [i]little[/i] brighter than the Gibsons, I wouldn't wonder if the Squiers were, in fact pretty close... Be interesting, Neil, to hear your result also.

Agreed. I always carry two basses, but only as backup. They all have to be capable of anything I need them to do, and they are. I'm no fan of different basses for different jobs, if for no other reason than inconvenience!

I can get a usable tone out of my Markbass with this bass. It still has more sheer bass, but it'll cut through fine. Definitely rounds, though...flats are where the muddy reputation originally came from. Flats on a 51 or a Mk1 Telebass though...heaven. My point is...keep it stock. They're good basses, just a little...different! As for the massive output - plug it in the active 'ole! If you use radio and it has a pad (eg Samson Airline), there's another answer.

I've said it before, I'll say it again. MIM Fenders are simply superb. They are behind USA Fenders by very little. Sometimes, the USA models are not as good. Some of them have features that may be absent in USA models. Example: you want a split-coil P with a maple neck? Mexican only, and until recently, only then on the Classic 50s P. Notice I said neck, not fretboard. The American Standards have separate fretboards. If you like fretted maple necks, you've no choice but to go MIM or CIJ. Or AVRI or Custom Shop... My basses, all of which get gig time, are MIM, MIJ, and one Squier. All eminently gig-worthy. Some hardware might do with upgrading; my split-coil has a '94 USA pickup in it, but, TBH, it didn't sound any better than the stock MIM pickup. These days, there are very, very few truly duff Fenders. They will almost always set up superbly, even if stores don't show them at their best. Mine just get better and better. The black splitty has done around 300 gigs, starting to show the first signs of PROPER relicing, ie well used and well cared for. As you can tell, I'm a bit of a fan!

These days, Squier basses are entirely gig-worthy in every way. Great value for money.

No, not really...but sort of... It has the short scale, and indeed a split pickup. What it really is, is the first Fender bass to be made in the wake of a guitar, using the same name or design, a la Gibson. They'd only done that in the vaguest way before, in that the original Precision looked vaguely Tele-ish, the the later P looked vaguely Strat-ish, then the Jazz Bass looked vaguely like (but actually probably was) part of the Jazzmaster family. So the answer is no. Ish...

"EDIT: Haha, I tried to say s-w-a-n-k-y and the profanity filter got it. " :) Haha, welcome, Huw!

Welcome aboard, Tom!

Hello to both of you!

Welcome! Time to think about playing with a band. Seriously, there's no better way to improve. Go for it! And enjoy the low end. Den (just 40 years in, and still going!)

Erm, actually, they probably are! However, check out offerings from Artec in Japan. They certainly make some Gibson replacements.

Welcome! P with a Jazz neck. Best of all worlds...

Out of interest, here's the link to the manual: [url="http://www.fender.com/support/manuals/pdfs/instr_owners/Telecaster_Bass_1972.pdf"]http://www.fender.com/support/manuals/pdfs...r_Bass_1972.pdf[/url]

The only thing I might suggest is trying to find a similar 88 Stage II as a backup. Never go out with just one instrument. The statistics WILL catch up, sooner or later...

Greetings, good to get back into it!

Greetings, Andrew!

Greetings, welcome back!

Greetings!

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='390623' date='Jan 24 2009, 07:43 PM']500w and 4kg? They'll break inside 5 minutes, trust me.[/quote] That's a whole kilo more than a LMII... And Lemmywinks, if yours is cutting out, check all speaker wiring. The only time I've heard of these cutting out is when faced with too low an impedance.

Well, surely I'm qualified to have a word on this? Play both SCPB and Tele MkII types, the MKII in the form of the Squier VM P TB. The pickup is a good repro, very hot at 22kohm. The originals ran at about 24 or 25. As a comparison, original Gibson 'mudbuckers' were wound to 30kOhms - no wonder they were muddy! I've found the bass to be quite usable, but it does demand very differrent settings on the amp. If anyone does the mod, be really careful not to lose the pole pieces. On this type of pickup, the polepieces ARE the magnets, and they are special types. You can't easily machine a thread into alnico magnets - they are too brittle. So Seth Lover had these made from CuNiFe, copper/nickel/iron. As an aside to that, AlNiCo is, in reality just the flavouring added to the mix, as is the copper and nickel in CuNiFe.

There's still enough places left for me to get what sounds I need, so on they stay!

Chrome, chrome, and more chrome. MMMmmmmm....