ash Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) I bought this lovely MIM Tele Bass as my original ‘72 is very heavy. Unfortunately because of problems with my fretting hand I’ve gone back to playing short scale instruments. All my long scale basses are to be sold and only my oldest basses with sentimental value will stay. It took me a while to find one of these that was light enough to justify the purchase. They are certainly not as heavy as the originals but most of these are around the 4.4/5kgs. This one is 3.9kgs and is incredibly comfortable to play. The construction is superb - better than the originals I would say and the pickup is a little more controllable with more mids than the full fat 70’s version. That’s my opinion anyway. It does look and sound great, the colour is stunning and it’s near spotless (rehearsed a couple of times but not gigged), even the clear plastic is on the three bolt neck plate. Strings are Roto roundwounds and it comes with the Fender gig bag. The ‘tug bar’ has been removed but it is included. I don’t want any trades on this and it’s UK only. Pickup preferred but I have a decent box so I could post it if you are at the other end of the country. The cheapest I’ve seen these is just over the thousand mark and there was an ex demo one for just under that. You will be getting a near new (light weight😄) bass at a bargain price. Postage would be around £25. Fender specs below - Alder Body 7.25" Radius Maple Fingerboard with Vintage Tall Frets Mid-'70s "C"-Shape Neck Vintage-Style Wide-Range Bass Humbucker Vintage-Style 2-Saddle Bridge Vintage-Style "Fender" Stamped Tuning Machines Specs: General: - Series: Vintera® II - Orientation: Right-Hand - Colour: Surf Green - Country of Origin: MX Neck: - Headstock: Telecaster® - Neck Material: Maple - Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane - Neck Shape: Mid '70s "C" - Neck Construction: 3-Bolt - Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm) - Fingerboard Material: Maple - Position Inlays: Black Dot - Side Dots: Black - Number of Frets: 20 - Truss Rod: Bullet Style - Truss Rod Nut: Bullet Style - String Nut: Synthetic Bone - Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm) - Nut Material: Synthetic Bone Body: - Body: Alder - Body Finish: Gloss Polyester - Body Shape: Telecaster® Bass - Body Material: Alder Hardware: - Bridge: 2-Saddle Vintage-Style Adjustable with Steel Barrel Saddles - Bridge Mounting: 3-Screw Vintage-Style Hard-Tail - Pickguard: 3-Ply Parchment - Pickup Covers: Chrome - Control Knobs: Knurled Flat-Top - Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome - Tuning Machines: Fender® '70s Vintage-Style Stamped Open-Gear - String Trees: Vintage-Style Disc - Strings: Fender® USA 7250M Nickel Plated Steel (.045-.105 Gauges), PN 0737250406 - Neck Plate: 3-Bolt "F" Stamped with Micro-Tilt™ - Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style Electronics: - Neck Pickup: Fender® "Wide Range" Humbucking Bass - Pickup Configuration: H - Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone Last pic shows it with its elder brother. Edited April 17 by ash Now sold 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveybass Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Beauty, glwts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Great bass, great price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Biggs Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Hi Ash, Do you know what the colour is called, I'm trying to see if it's a blue or green from the photos. Thanks, Darryl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Hi Darryl it’s surf green. Sorry meant to post the specs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl Biggs Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Ohhhh it's surf green, I just looked it up. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 My favourite colour . I used to own an original '77 which was heavy . Times are hard . This will fly . Glwts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Balls. Like that. Nowt to sell, nowt to swap…Yamaha BEX is sweating as we speak… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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