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Did Fender offer a replacement single coil pickup during the 70‘ies for these 68-72 first series Telecaster basses with the single coil pickups ? I have seen one which has a date stamp 11876 , which seems to be 1976 if i am not wrong and i was told by the owner that it is a rare item and that in these years Fender offered them as replacement if the original pickup was broken….? In 1976 , Tele basses already had a mudbucker pickup…..perhaps they used the bottom plate of a guitar pickup to rebuilt a 1. version Telecaster pickup for a customer ? 👻🤗 it‘s Fender 🥹

Hi everybody i have a 1972 Telecaster Bass with a B size neck ( 41 mm ) and tried last week a 1968 with a C neck ( 44 mm). These C necks are very fat Too wide and too fat for me. The neck was as wide as a pre CBS P bass , but with a rounder, bigger neck profile. Does only the neck width change early 70‘ies on the mudbucker Tele basses , or is there a difference in the neck profile too? i saw a 1968 Telebass for sale with a C neck and the seller pretends it has only 41 mm neck width …….is this possible ? are there also 1960‘ies Telebasses with a narrower neck , 41 mm like my 1972 B neck Telecaster Bass ? Thanks for your help

Hi Do these 5/40 fin on a hollow pre Ernie Ball saddle ? Or are they for later models? i am looking for saddles for a pre EB Stingray with hollow saddles …. thanks for your advice

Hi, great i need first a NECK pickup with the 51 P specifications, 4 poles only) but in the shape of a neck Jazz Bass pickup…to get close to the P51 sound….. and yes, it would be interesting to have also a matching bridge PU, ( with 4 polepieces only ) if i would later use the bass with both pickups together ….as it has 2 routings for jazz bass already

Does somebody use a P51 in a jazz bass housing/format ? My 72-79 Telecaster bass has a Jazz pickup in the position where the 68-71 Telecaster bass has its single coil…… Instead of making a larger routing for an original size P51, , i would first like to try and install one Jazz with 4 single magnets, i saw Nordstrand make these , Delano too ( but with much fatter Stingray -like magnets )

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Hi everybody here my experience with the early 90‘ies „pre serial „ NYC Empire models: the carved body/ neck heel came after 1999 , on the second generation of NYC Empire basses . The first series basses from 1994-1999 had standard Fender like bolt on necks and body shape and heel. They were built in small batches when Fodera was , as you mentioned, a small shop with a handfull of people working there. None of the bodies were exactly the same, they are hand carved. ( i had a pickguard made especially for one NYC bass which did not fit exactly on my other NYC basses ). I have played several of these old NYC Jazz basses , most of them ( 90% of the ones i ever saw later ) had 60‘ies Jazz bass pickup spacing ,( alder and ash bodies, maple necks or thick rosewood fretboards) and at that time , a lot of them were 4 stringers …..the reissue models/ second version ( starting 2001 I think ) were mainly 5 string basses , with the carved neck heel. and not the classic Fender neck/ body bolt on system . All of them have an active circuit , with active/passive switch or push/pull knob. Pickups are Bartolini, EMG , Lindy Fralin , Lane Poor or Seymour Duncan on early 90‘ies models, different hardware ( black, chrome or gold finish) sometimes even bridges found on Emperor or other more expensive models. Most of the 90‘ies models have a quilted top . ( a lot of them were even fretless models ! ) All of the 4 string basses come with a D-tuner . 5 stringers mostly had angled headstock and three piece neck, 4 string basses not. Some early basses had the back of the body painted in black ( while the top was quilted ) , these are NO fakes , but looked a bit cheap though ! The blue one above even had the back of the neck in black……. These old models are really nice basses , a bit heavy weight, but very reliable instruments. Best regards