Mar 10, 2018 · The Fender WRHB bass pickup is more like a giant PAF-style guitar humbucker with four mounting screws which either attach to the pickguard or to a trim ring (Starcaster bass for example). The baseplate of the pickup is wider than the pickup itself. A WRHB won't fit in a Gibson bass routed for a mudbucker without some serious re-routing.

Oct 21, 2010 · Differences in the new Telecaster Bass model of 1972 were readily apparent. Chief among them was the replacement of the small single-coil pickup with a large and powerful humbucking pickup. Staunchly single-coil Fender got serious about humbucking pickups in the late 1960s, hiring the inventor of the design, Seth Lover, away from Gibson in 1967.

Nov 13, 2011 · So, I was wondering if anyone had any updated (2014) opinions on the Fender Modern Player Telecaster Bass? I am one of those weird pick playin' punk rock bass players and have always been a fan of the bass player from The New Bomb Turks. He plays an old Telecaster, but mounted a very small mini looking humbucker by the bridge.

Nov 13, 2024 · I recently had the good fortune to come across a Fender Tele-bucker, like the kind out of the Modern Player series Telecaster Basses, and I decided to route and drop one into my MIM P-bass. Holy balls. Currently, I run Seymour Duncan SPB-2 (Hot P-bass) pickups, and the output and impedance of the WRHB Tele pickup match up almost perfectly with ...

Nov 6, 2023 · From “A Telecaster Bass History” on Fender’s website ~ "The Telecaster Bass also had a two-piece maple cap neck with no “skunk stripe,” although some models built later in 1968 did have the one-piece maple neck typical of the first Precision basses. Some early models had the paddle-shaped Fender-made tuners found on the 1966 Jazz Bass.

Feb 8, 2006 · I like the non Fender sound. I haven't tried the magnet trick but I can tell you from playing these basses off and on for over 30 years that I think Rotosound RS66 stainless swing bass strings are the brightest sounding strings I've found so far on a Tele II.

Apr 1, 2009 · The 1968 to 1972 Telecaster was a reissue of the first electric bass guitar. The 1951 Fender Precision Bass. As the Telecaster it had a different name and color combination.

Mar 10, 2018 · Here's my situation: I was gifted a Modern Player Telecaster, and after doing some maintenance and improvements, I like the bass ... just not the pickups. The bottom is too muddy and the highs are too tinny, like the E & A are from different basses than the D & G.

Aug 31, 2009 · I've had this for a few weeks now. I love the look, the feel, the neck, everything about this bass except the sound. I just can't seem to dial in a tone I like with the wide range humbucker. Its a really unusual sound, not like a Gibson Mudbucker, not …

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