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70s Telecaster Bass body

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godofthunder:
  I've been on a Telecaster Bass kick latley, I love thier simplicity and the big beefy Wide Range pickup. This body had been floating around Ebay for a while and finally the price dropped to a point where I couldn't resist the BIN. Often these bodies have a added pickup route so I felt pretty lucky getting one without mods.
   The body is ash and quite light, original the yellowish vintage white it has been professionally refinished natural that has a very nice player wear patina. I may do the body in CAR or leave it as is. I'm in no rush on this, I need to gather parts, I'll probably look for a original neck and flesh the rest out when Ebayers start parting out Vintera II Tele basses.
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Dave W:
Nothing wrong with a refin, especially since it's already had one.

Basvarken:
Make it into a Telebird.

slinkp:
Oh yeah... like this Mike Watt beast:
http://hootpage.com/watt-1956-pbass-181210.jpg

Pilgrim:
I kind of like the original battle-tested finish. It's not really rough, just looks experienced. I hate fake aging, but that's no fake and looks like a good candidate to leave the finish as is.

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