Taa Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Hello folks I bumped into this bass, i am not sure if it's a fake one or not, i have seen Telecaster Basses around but never seen one with this kind of decal Anyone knows about these? I have been told that it's from 1967 - 68 Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 I've never seen that decal before, and the whole thing looks a little shonky to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Taa Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, wateroftyne said: I've never seen that decal before, and the whole thing looks a little shonky to me. I feel the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Wow, look at that string spacing at the nut...I doubt even in Fender's darkest days of QC that'd have left the factory like that...I agree with the Shonky diagnosis above... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Its a fake, a real one would have the truss rod section filled in behind the nut. Oh gosh, and that logo... 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 At least the relicing is genuine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taa Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Chiliwailer said: Its a fake, a real one would have the truss rod section filled in behind the nut. Oh gosh, and that logo... 🤣 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Chiliwailer said: Its a fake, a real one would have the truss rod section filled in behind the nut. Oh gosh, and that logo... 🤣 Actually - to be fair I've just seen that a few of the very early ones seem to not have the rod access... But like I said.... that logo! (translates to beware). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Logo on headstock is totally wrong, the logo is 70s style and the font for the words Telecaster Bass is wrong also, it's called Sans Serif and would never have been used in 50s or 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 It's got an interesting bridge: not sure if its the Wilkinson one you could buy a few years ago where the twin saddles pivoted on the central screws so you could get some semblance of adjustment across the adjoining strings? Headstock has been redone, as it's a different colour to the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taa Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Thank you all for your help ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 17 hours ago, yorks5stringer said: Headstock has been redone, as it's a different colour to the neck. Possibly, or - being devil's advocate - the headstock face could be nitro while the neck is poly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Didn’t all the basses designated “Telecaster” have the big mud ucker type pickup at the neck end back in those days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Grahambythesea said: Didn’t all the basses designated “Telecaster” have the big mud ucker type pickup at the neck end back in those days? That was the Mk2. When it was first re-issued in '68, it had the old single coil for a few years. Edited February 8, 2019 by wateroftyne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I don’t remember the Mk 1 then, just that the slab body weighed a ton and was rather uncomfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said: I don’t remember the Mk 1 then, just that the slab body weighed a ton and was rather uncomfortable. Here's one. I had a '72, with the humbucker. Unusually, it was a featherweight and played beautifully, but I couldn't get a single usable tone out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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