what is this bass? (Warning : Mike Watt content!)

[Romeo2]

http://youtu.be/5kChM9O868U?t=51m26s

not sure if the link is going to start at the time I want it to for you all but there's a pretty good view of it at 51:26, or couple of seconds on from that. can't work out what bass that is ...

[KK Jale]

Looks like a bitsa... a maple Telecaster Bass neck jammed onto some kind of 80s body with P/J pickups, one of the old high-mass bridges and a 51-style control plate.

[Romeo2]

Thanks KK - I thought so but had doubts and imagined BCers will come up with some specific, obscure bass extravaganza trivia.

[Musky]

I think Mr Jale is right. That bridge looks like one of those Fender aftermarket jobs that Fender never fitted as standard to a production bass. I think it was nick-named 'the claw'.

[wingnutkj]

From the man himself:
[quote]the fender tele bass I used w/the minutemen and fIREHOSE was stole from my apartment in pedro when I was out on tour (actually, I was playing charlottesville, va that night) w/the crew of the flying saucer in the fall of 1995.[/quote]

[quote]the neck was a '68 [Fender Telecaster bass] but it was the only thing original (plus the tuners)! the body was a heavy ash Schecter.[/quote]

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/threads/minutemen-firehose-tele-bass.61987/"]http://www.talkbass.com/threads/minutemen-firehose-tele-bass.61987/[/url]

[Romeo2]

Oh wow, BCers on the case, thanks!