So who on here has a Telebass?

[andy67]

dimarzio will power or model one?

these aren't mudbuckers - have a very definite tone on their own and...very customizable because of the wiring.

andy

ps - absolutely love telecasters basses! - [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.billysheehan.com/gear/images/instr_34body.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.billysheehan.com/gear/instruments_34.html&usg=__GC5b6nu4qmPX3u647KDx_slTCdo=&h=213&w=350&sz=29&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=XyIA-oH9y0QUYM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbilly%2Bsheehan%2B-%2Bthe%2Bwife%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"]http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...l%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url]

Edited February 21, 2009 by andy67

[Beedster]

[quote name='steve-norris' post='415991' date='Feb 21 2009, 09:52 AM']I take it your going for the Kent Armstrong lipstick? Nice pickups they have a smooth top end which should blend well, look nice as well![/quote]

That's the plan at the moment, the look certainly helps


[quote name='andy67' post='415993' date='Feb 21 2009, 10:01 AM']dimarzio will power or model one?

these aren't mudbuckers - have a very definite tone on their own and...very customizable because of the wiring.

andy

ps - absolutely love telecasters basses! - [url="http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.billysheehan.com/gear/images/instr_34body.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.billysheehan.com/gear/instruments_34.html&usg=__GC5b6nu4qmPX3u647KDx_slTCdo=&h=213&w=350&sz=29&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=XyIA-oH9y0QUYM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbilly%2Bsheehan%2B-%2Bthe%2Bwife%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"]http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...l%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url][/quote]

Thanks Andy, I seem to remember you did some mods to yours, are you talking Di Marzio at the neck or bridge?


Coupkle of Q's re PUPs at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41942&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=41942&hl=[/url]

[andy67]

neck pup: [url="http://dimarzio.com/site/#/pickups/"]http://dimarzio.com/site/#/pickups/[/url]

the will power has the proper string spacings for fender bass whereas the model one is a direct replacement for ebo/eb3 bass.

wired up the model one to a vm telebass - what a difference in tone, full, round, precise and....most definitely in your face.

put up some photos of your telecaster project please, would love to see it taking shape! my buddy has a 73 telecaster I'll need to try and praise it out of his hands!!

andy

[Beedster]

[quote name='andy67' post='416070' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:01 PM']neck pup: [url="http://dimarzio.com/site/#/pickups/"]http://dimarzio.com/site/#/pickups/[/url]

the will power has the proper string spacings for fender bass whereas the model one is a direct replacement for ebo/eb3 bass.

wired up the model one to a vm telebass - what a difference in tone, full, round, precise and....most definitely in your face.

put up some photos of your telecaster project please, would love to see it taking shape! my buddy has a 73 telecaster I'll need to try and praise it out of his hands!!

andy[/quote]

Cheers Andy, I'll look into the options. I'm keen, if I go the lipstick route, to keep the original PUP as is, as the tone is monster, but it's good to have some alternatives
Pics at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39239&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39239&hl=[/url]
Chris

Edited February 21, 2009 by Beedster

[orangepeelneil]

[size=3]Hello everyone,

A somewhat delayed but updated follow on from the tele-bass pickup topic....


I received my reworked Fender TEB101 hum-bucker pup back from Andy at Wizard promptly a few weeks ago. I installed it into the SVM tele-bass.
I also screened the all cavities and fitted new alpha 250K pots and a sprague 47nF cap.

Andy reworked the pup to be more akin to an over-wound P bass pup (it is still 16K Ohms mind), as I wanted more of a single coil sound-I always loved the way this bass sounded acoustically, but amped up it was just mud with no clarity.


[u]Results [/u]

-Fantastic... much more top and middle, the standard P bass tone stack works a treat, rolls of the treble to get more of the pup muddy original sound.

-I guess the pickup neck placement is still is a big factor, but I'm getting much closer to the P-bass nasal honk which is the sound I wanted.

-Winding up the gain on my tube amp allows the pickup to naturally overdrive the preamp tube and I get the Jack Bruce 'Badge' cream sound, whilst retaining some top end clarity.


£45 for the pup reworking and £5 for the pots and cap. On this bass the tuners are upgraded to Schallers and it has a reissue bridge cover... a totally useable bass ..!

Thoroughly recommended upgrade.


Cheers Neil.[/size]

[Beedster]

Now for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43404"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=43404[/url]

[Rick's Fine '52]

Resurrection of old thread that's just been bought to my attention. Not that anyone should need an excuse to see pics of tele basses. Here's my pair, both from mid-'68, same owner since new, both in fab condition, the paisley is almost mint, tags, cloth, cords etc still in the cases. The blue flower is all but sold now though

[Telebass]

Despite the nickname, I no longer have any slabs. A 57 style P with a Jazz neck turned my head...

[Beedster]

Just picked up a mid-70s Telecaster Bass in need of a LOT of TLC. Bridge, strings, PUP and neck are horribly misaligned, all made worse by a Kent Armstrong lipstick added in the P-PUP position even further off line. The micro tilt mechanism is broken meaning the neck is held in place by only with two screes, and so it doesn't stay in tune for very long, and the body shows signs of numerous poorly installed bridges and 4-bolt necks over the years.

BUT

The front PUP (mudbucker) sounds glorious through my V4B. Also, despite being off-line so to speak, the Lipstick soloed has a surprisingly high output and a completely usable tone somewhere between a Jazz and a Precision. Best of all the two PUPs mixed sound like a Precision on steroids, albeit with slightly looser articulation. Furthermore it's in a lovely and naturally roadworn 3tsb.

It is a very rock n' roll bass and is going to be shown some love over coming weeks to get it back to where it once was.

I'll be keeping y'all posted

C

[EssentialTension]

Chris, congrats but we need pictures.

[Beedster]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1430040844' post='2757270']
Chris, congrats but we need pictures.
[/quote]

Hi Dave, with apologies for the delay, here's the evidence

[url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_4310_zpsctlcl3rv.jpg.html"][/url]

I've done the following[list]
[*]Taken it apart, had a good look around and ascertained that, obvious deviations excepted, it's original
[*]Installed a period incorrect Badass III which is the only bridge that will allow me to get the strings and the neck aligned without drilling new holes (you can see the quite extreme angles between the point at which the string comes through the body and the point at which it crosses the saddles).
[*]Replaced the neck tilt bolt with a substantial screw to stabilise the neck
[/list]
It sounds GLORIOUS, it plays beautifully, and the lipstick blended with the MB is marvellous, as it is soloed. The MB soloed is of course equally glorious and is, despite what a lot of folks appear to believe, entirely useable.

Next steps are to get a new neck tilt assembly sorted and to have the lipstick moved upwards a centimetre or so, probably doesn't need it for anything but aesthetic reasons but it being so far off line bugs me

And while I'm on though I'd mention these two beauties.....

Warmoth Dusty Hill Telebass

[url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_4304_zpstvt4ecvh.jpg.html"][/url]

Does it rock? Do fish have waterproof heads?

Fretless Telebass

[url="http://s80.photobucket.com/user/Beedster/media/IMG_4321_zpspy5cayoj.jpg.html"][/url]

Just getting into this bass but whilst is rather lovely, I'm not sure it's going to stay.

[EssentialTension]

Very good.

I like the idea of the lipstick alongside the mudbucker and I agree on the aesthetics of moving it to be properly in line.

[Beedster]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1431358455' post='2770433']
Very good.

I like the idea of the lipstick alongside the mudbucker and I agree on the aesthetics of moving it to be properly in line.
[/quote]

Yep, apparently having spoken to a man in the know it's a job somewhere between a b**ch and a f*****g b**ch to do and cannot be done without leaving at least some trace, but near enough will be good enough for me.

Played it in anger on Sunday and was pleasantly surprised at the balance between PUPs, specifically finding no real drop in volume when I switch to the back PUP. No doubt that this was in part because I tend to back off on the front and dig in on the back on all my basses, just seems to make more sense to me tonally, but the front-back balance on this bass is actually way better than that on my 4003.

[synthaside]

Doest my status vintage P count ;-) she's a telebass but not as we know it

[Bassnut62]

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1230751395' post='367372']
AWESOME! My one still has flatwounds on it. The best neck I've played(carlsberg moment)
If you're in a band what do the rest think?
Most comments have been "too wooly"
[/quote]
Used to have one too and regret selling it. The neck was fantastic on mine too and the bottom was at 10 on the Richter scale; but lacked top end and cut through. I was tempted to put a J pup near the bridge, but didn't want to mess up the originality. I got ripped off on the swap too, turned out the P Bass I got was a bitsa, not an original 70s as claimed.

I have since got another telebass though: an '89 G&L Asat Bass with Leo signature (like this pic) and that has every sound in the book and plenty of presence in any mix, or can be made to shake buildings like the old 74 Tele, if wanted.

Edited May 12, 2015 by Bassnut62

[andy67]

Job done!

[Coldflows]

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My squire telebass, just got the bridge cover which doesn't fit so its pretty low down.

[pfretrock]

Another Squier Telebass. Slightly modified: additional volume pot one for each pickup, chrome knobs replaced with black (never liked chrome!), 3 way Tele switch rewired as a two position high pass filter on the bridge pup. (thought original wiring was a bit 'muddy' on the neck pup). TI flats.

[Coldflows]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1431983149' post='2777038']
Another Squier Telebass. Slightly modified: additional volume pot one for each pickup, chrome knobs replaced with black (never liked chrome!), 3 way Tele switch rewired as a two position high pass filter on the bridge pup. (thought original wiring was a bit 'muddy' on the neck pup). TI flats.
[/quote]

Looks like there is a few of them around. What do you think of the bridge? Its a bit chunky for a tele I think.

Makes me want to change the paint job.

[pfretrock]

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1431983828' post='2777054']
What do you think of the bridge? Its a bit chunky for a tele I think.

Makes me want to change the paint job.
[/quote]

I thought about replacing the bridge, but doubt if there is a drop in replacement available for the mounting holes. Heaviest bbot I've ever seen though.
Yes colour options are a bit bland.
Main reason I got it was the 32 inch scale and the P-like neck. Short scales seem to be smaller nut size. Also have a HB shorty P which is also a wide neck

[Coldflows]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1432021382' post='2777239']


I thought about replacing the bridge, but doubt if there is a drop in replacement available for the mounting holes. Heaviest bbot I've ever seen though.
Yes colour options are a bit bland.
Main reason I got it was the 32 inch scale and the P-like neck. Short scales seem to be smaller nut size. Also have a HB shorty P which is also a wide neck
[/quote]

I'm not too worried about the mounting holes, the bridge seems a bit modern for the styling. Maybe I will strip it down and wax the wood.

[pfretrock]

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1432022437' post='2777253']
Maybe I will strip it down and wax the wood.
[/quote]
Might be engineered from 2 or 3 chunks of basswood - anyone ever done this? What does it look like?

[Coldflows]

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1432023722' post='2777265']

Might be engineered from 2 or 3 chunks of basswood - anyone ever done this? What does it look like?
[/quote]

I found a thread on it, give me a second and I'll pop a link in.

Here you go.

http://www.squier-talk.com/forum/squier-bass-place/62106-vm-telecaster-bass-refinishing-project.html

Edited May 19, 2015 by Coldflows

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