Telecaster Basses by BaCH

Basvarken · November 04, 2012, 08:43:07 AM

Yesterday I had three BaCH Telecaster bass guitars in the house.

Two Honey Burst Telecasters

And one Creme Telecaster

I made a quick video to give you an impression of the sound.
It was a bit of a rush job because the bass was going to be picked up in ten minutes :-)

These brave little basses kick ass!

gweimer · November 04, 2012, 09:04:15 AM

Nice!

ack1961 · November 04, 2012, 11:11:08 AM

the honeyburst is really nice looking...

Pilgrim · November 04, 2012, 01:40:21 PM

I have more than a leeeetle Telebass lust in my heart.....

Big_Stu · November 04, 2012, 04:18:48 PM

V Nice! I think I prefer the darker honey one. Great vid too! Lovely tight tone off the bucker.

Dave W · November 05, 2012, 08:24:36 AM

Are these as low priced as their Tele guitars?

Basvarken · November 05, 2012, 08:35:12 AM

Quote from: Dave W on November 05, 2012, 08:24:36 AM
Are these as low priced as their Tele guitars?

Yes. The Honeyburst Telecaster Bass is 250 euro.

And the Creme one is even cheaper: 223 euro

Dave W · November 05, 2012, 08:41:27 AM

If I were in the market, it would be for the cream single coil with the traditional bridge.

Pilgrim · November 05, 2012, 09:25:43 AM

I played the sample on my laptop (lousy speakers) but I admit I liked the sound of the double pickup model.

jumbodbassman · November 05, 2012, 11:56:01 AM

what doe sthe toggle do on the singlke pup bass?? And it appears it does not do the same on the 2 pup version

Basvarken · November 05, 2012, 03:36:34 PM

Here's what BaCH told me in their own cryptic English...

"Its switch works this way -
1. position - PU directly
2. position - tks to Tone pot You adjust a tone color and You get just this sound
3. position - a fix sound tks capacitor and resistor inside the bass "

I played it a bit and it sounded like two different kind of treble cuts. Quite nice actually.

Pekka · November 06, 2012, 07:30:13 AM

The single coil sounded great but both pickups on it sounded almost the same. I would think a humbucker would affect the sound much more than it did, is it wired differently than the usual series wiring when both on?

Basvarken · November 06, 2012, 08:17:25 AM

Yeah it sounds almost the same. But slightly more compressed.
I have no idea how it's wired exactly. Haven't looked under the hood...

jumbodbassman · November 06, 2012, 09:34:54 AM

does the one pickup come in the sunburst also or only solid color??

sorry guys I am a hardcore SB fan, especially on fenders...

Basvarken · November 06, 2012, 09:55:19 AM

Nope. They only have them in Creme. And in Butterscotch (sort of half transparent /opaque).

But I do think it would be good idea to introduce the Honeyburst Telecaster with just in single coil too!