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New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:53 pm
by Gone Fission
Literal Tele shape rather than the 70's Tele Bass style (which was essentially a '51 P style):
http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... 0325212507
http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... 0325202506Interesting. Should be retailing around $300 if consistent with the new offsets.
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:06 pm
by Achtane
The "Special" is ugly imo but I like the second one...
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:57 pm
by Gone Fission
Achtane wrote:The "Special" is ugly imo but I like the second one...
Agreed. The J pickup and the mudbucker don't seem to mix visually. Don't know what would have. Maybe the same '51 style or a Mustang Bass type split-coil?
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:07 pm
by Achtane
Mud - P - mud. My favorite combo
Wonder how useful the switching actually is with just that one pickup.
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:13 pm
by Mudfuzz
Doesn't spacelordmother have a older mij ss one of these?
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:02 am
by metalmariachi
if they had used the old style single coil mounted in a Tele bridge for 4 string it would look killer with the mud bucker.
and it should be string through.
MM
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:38 am
by spacelordmother
Mudfuzz wrote:Doesn't spacelordmother have a older mij ss one of these?
Yeah, but it's a shortscale Hohner. I added a Musicmaster bridge, pulled the SS and dropped in a Dimarzio model one with coil tap. The thing sounds HUGE now.
Love this thing:
(not my image, but I don't have one handy after the modssss)
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:34 am
by aen
Unless these turn out to be hunks of flaming shit,
IT WILL BE MINE.
Obviously I have to budget a proper set of strings for it, too. Flats, my friends. FLATS.
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 12:50 pm
by Jero
I'll take both please.
Any idea how much luthiers usually charge to make something string through?
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:39 pm
by MEC
Jero wrote:I'll take both please.
Any idea how much luthiers usually charge to make something string through?
You don't need a luthier...you need a drill.
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:51 pm
by Mudfuzz
spacelordmother wrote:Mudfuzz wrote:Doesn't spacelordmother have a older mij ss one of these?
Yeah, but it's a shortscale Hohner. I added a Musicmaster bridge, pulled the SS and dropped in a Dimarzio model one with coil tap. The thing sounds HUGE now.
Love this thing:
(not my image, but I don't have one handy after the modssss)
Much cooler then Fender. But then my tele is a Hohner too so I am biased
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:10 am
by spacelordmother
MEC wrote:Jero wrote:I'll take both please.
Any idea how much luthiers usually charge to make something string through?
You don't need a luthier...you need a drill.
Oh yeah - I also made my Hohner string through.
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 7:32 am
by univalve
Jero wrote:I'll take both please.
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:14 pm
by Jero
spacelordmother wrote:MEC wrote:Jero wrote:I'll take both please.
Any idea how much luthiers usually charge to make something string through?
You don't need a luthier...you need a drill.
Oh yeah - I also made my Hohner string through.
Did you just drill the holes directly on the other side of the bridge? And did you add the little metal things?
Re: New Squier Tele basses - medium scale!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:55 pm
by aen
Yep. Mark the holes. Make the holes. Then make the back holes the same size as your ferrules. Then stick all the parts back together. SUSTAIN FOR DAYS.