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paulo
 Post subject: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted out
PostPosted: October 4th, 2023, 5:19 pm 
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Sad to see it and this one looks like was in mint condition with a true lefty case.
Body is not listed at least not yet.

Neck:
https://reverb.com/item/74199223-fender ... al-lacquer
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Pickup:
https://reverb.com/item/74199446-fender ... rey-bobbin
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Covers:
https://reverb.com/item/74200105-fender ... 968-chrome
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Bridge:
https://reverb.com/item/74200596-fender ... 1968-steel
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Neck Plate:
https://reverb.com/item/74200002-fender ... 968-chrome
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Lefty Case:
https://reverb.com/item/74200382-fender ... lack-tolex
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bbl
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 4th, 2023, 7:48 pm 
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Seller says the bass "came with some homemade body ...that was a fine piece of wood but had been butchered ..by someone ......who had no idea"
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paulo
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 4th, 2023, 8:15 pm 
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From what I've seen these where often butchered by righty players who played them with reverse headstock.
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Marc40a
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 5th, 2023, 11:17 am 
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paulo wrote:
From what I've seen these where often butchered by righty players who played them with reverse headstock.



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bobjones2260
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 5th, 2023, 7:30 pm 
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Ya think he could get a pair of tweezers and get that hair off where the D string is?

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crescenze
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 5th, 2023, 11:31 pm 
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Looks like the head stock is refinished & the decal isn't original. It's not under the finish and I don't believe it's the correct configuration.
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Bootsy
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 6th, 2023, 12:31 am 
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3000 USD for a neck? Ridiculous.
There was an 1968 Tele Lefty Neck for sale last year for I guess 400-500 USD that was a fair price...
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donahue
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 6th, 2023, 12:10 pm 
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I have a '68 righty neck that's missing the logo I'll sell right now for $600.
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bbl
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 6th, 2023, 12:16 pm 
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^ Sounds like the start of a Dusty Hill bass project!
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paulo
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 6th, 2023, 3:43 pm 
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bobjones2260 wrote:
Ya think he could get a pair of tweezers and get that hair off where the D string is?

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If you look at that bridge you can clearly tell it was setup to play righty so no wonder the body is not listed, someone must have chopped the upper horn and moved the controls.
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bbl
 Post subject: Re: Rare 1968 Fender Telecaster Bass unfortunately parted ou
PostPosted: October 7th, 2023, 8:33 am 
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It was a HOMEMADE body.

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