"Custom" Tele bass

[spinynorman]

I think this would look really great with a pair of Kent Armstrong split tube chrome pickups instead of the black Jazz ones.

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Can't decide if it's worth the risk, though. If it plays like a dog, the parts might still be worth something.

[waynepunkdude]

No word strikes more fear into me on eBay than 'custom'

[spinynorman]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='357820' date='Dec 18 2008, 12:40 PM']No word strikes more fear into me on eBay than 'custom'[/quote]

Normally I'd agree. It's just all that retro chrome against the blue .... No, you're right. The "reinforcing strip" in the neck sounds ominous.

[budget bassist]

That looks.... interesting... It looks a bit hashed together

[Mr. Foxen]

That was up on local classifieds, probably same dude,woulda bought it if I had a job, could go take a look at it since I haven't and come up with a first hand description.

[thebeat]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='357820' date='Dec 18 2008, 12:40 PM']No word strikes more fear into me on eBay than 'custom'[/quote]


+1,000,000....been there done that...never again

[Bassassin]

Really hard to tell what that is, I think it's a Tele g*it*r body + a kilo of Polyfilla under all that blue crap. Either that or someone's taken a hacksaw to the top horn.

I do quite like the neck - the middle strip & zero fret puts me in mind of some of the 80s Eko electrics, possibly even the 70s Shaftesbury rebrands.

Jon.