Telecaster Bass!

[bluescube]

[Bones]

Sold!

[EsquireOK]

If that is a short scale, I'm gonna buy one just for the neck.

[ThreePlyGuy]

Here's another 32" scale.




Squier is very proud to introduce its new Telecaster Bass, which presents an exciting new sonic and stylish twist on a long-familiar design.

Its time-honored body and headstock shape are well balanced by a comfortable medium scale length (32") that will appeal to bassists and guitarists alike. Remarkable tonal versatility comes from a single powerful Duncan Designed™ PB-102 SCPB single-coil pickup and three-way switching among special tone circuits, which feature a modern bass sound (middle switch position, volume and tone controls), softer "double bass" sound (neck switch position, volume control only) and authentic tic-tac "baritone" sound (bridge switch position, volume control only).

Other distinctive features include black "barrel" switch tip, knurled chrome control knobs, vintage style bridge with two brass saddles, vintage-style tuners and strap buttons, and single-ply pickguard (white on Black model, black on Vintage Blonde model).

[ThreePlyGuy]

mas

[Progbusters]

that is so cool. I wonder how it sounds. If it has a P-bass sound I'm gonna get one.

[Bulldog87]

Seriously? I hadn't heard anything about this one. I've been looking for a cheap little bass to learn a bit on! THATS MY GIRL!

[oramac7891]

Love it

[Immo]

I love both of them.
I'll buy at least one.
Damn.

[Gunny]

I'm curious about the weight. It's not listed in the spec's on the website. My preference would be the single coil version 032-5202-507 (vintage blonde).

[losergeek]

Man, I just spent a lot of time and effort building this basic bass (mine is a 34" though) - not saying that I'd give up that experience, but I definitely would have given it more thought knowing this was coming out.

[ThreePlyGuy]

Nice take on back to basic, looks nice geek, er looser.

[Frontier9]

Originally Posted by Progbusters

that is so cool. I wonder how it sounds. If it has a P-bass sound I'm gonna get one.

If that Seth Lover style humbucker is the same one that is on the Squier Vintage Modified Precision TB Bass, then it is a fantastic pickup - lots of low end with a good amount of low mids. Sounds like an old school mud-bucker with less mud - good for classic rock, reggae, blues, folk...

[Tim Armstrong]

I'm not surprised that they finally did this, after all the Tele bass builds around here (I think Rhomco did the earliest one, which inspired mine).

I think they erred in going with a 32" scale, though, unless they're using heavy bodies. The upper bout on a Tele body doesn't go out very far (compared to traditional Fender bass bodies), and the longer the neck, the more likely is neck dive.

Tim

[gypsymoth]

imagined balance issues aside, 32" is a very nice playing scale length.

[Frontier9]

Originally Posted by Tim Armstrong

I'm not surprised that they finally did this, after all the Tele bass builds around here (I think Rhomco did the earliest one, which inspired mine).

I think they erred in going with a 32" scale, though, unless they're using heavy bodies. The upper bout on a Tele body doesn't go out very far (compared to traditional Fender bass bodies), and the longer the neck, the more likely is neck dive.

Tim

Looks like they elongated the body a bit, so perhaps that solved the balance problem.

[Tim Armstrong]

Originally Posted by gypsymoth

imagined balance issues aside, 32" is a very nice playing scale length.

Experienced balance issues, actually, with a 30" scale neck on a regular Tele body. I had to put Hipshot Ultralite tuners on it to compensate!

Tim

[Shufflepig]

Cool, the very first Tele guitar bodied basses, were made for me, Tony Dukes by Steve Kaufman DeMarizio fame, when he worked w/ESP, I had two made one pink with cream binding the other a fretless neck as I was starting to getinto uprites then. Yea I remember Ronnie Woods was in Steve's office ordering up the orig runs of Fender clones ESP's when I turned in my concept, being the FIRST pro bassist to put this vision to reality. Good luck guys, thanks for concurring, rock on brothers, and so it goes.

[Gunny]

Shufflepig. I'm already on this bandwagon; did a conversion of my own. Got any old photos? Love to see 'em.

[ThreePlyGuy]

Close to balance perhaps, I like what they have done with the bod. The classic tele shape would appear to hold it's charm with the stretch?