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70s Telecaster Bass body
« on: December 07, 2023, 05:13:02 AM »
  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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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2023, 09:48:57 AM »
Nothing wrong with a refin, especially since it's already had one.

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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2023, 11:25:00 AM »
Make it into a Telebird.


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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2023, 11:55:46 AM »
Oh yeah... like this Mike Watt beast:
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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2023, 01:56:13 PM »
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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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2023, 02:02:36 PM »
Watt absolutely treats all his basses as tools.

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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2023, 12:57:05 PM »
  I paid a premium for a unrouted original 70s body even ze butcher has the sense to leave it alone.  :mrgreen:
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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2023, 09:34:02 AM »
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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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2023, 01:41:56 PM »
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.

Scott said that it's been refinished.

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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2023, 02:44:07 PM »
Scott said that it's been refinished.

Understood, but the refin looks battle-tested too. Poor phrasing on my part.
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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2023, 12:51:50 AM »
imho CAR is the way to go.

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Re: 70s Telecaster Bass body
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2023, 07:10:23 AM »
Understood, but the refin looks battle-tested too. Poor phrasing on my part.

I'm with you.  It still looks great.