This is a 1971 Fender Tele
Bass, factory Left Handed, 100% Original with OHSC. It’s almost impossible to
find an early 68-71 Tele Bass with 4-Bolt Neck & Single Coil Pickup in
Lefty!
What makes this Lefty Tele
Bass even more remarkable, is that it comes with a 1968 Neck! Fender started
production on the Tele Bass in mid-1968,
which is when they made a batch of lefty necks for this model. When it was time to assemble this bass in
1971, they reached in the parts bin and found out they still had a Lefty Neck
in inventory! You can make out “23SEP68C”
on the neck stamp!!
The Tele Bass was used by Billy Cox at Woodstock with Jimi Hendrix. Telecaster basses were instantly popular with the "stars." Taj Mahal's bass player used a '68 tele bass at Newport in '68, and Jeff Beck's bassist (Ron Wood) used one in Boston at the original Tea Party in '69.
The bass has been inspected
and setup by Scott Freilich of Top Shelf Music, who is the most qualified
person in the world To inspect a vintage bass.
Scott has owned an authorized Fender repair center since 1979, has worked on
hundreds of Vintage Fender basses over
the years, has a vintage bass collection, and is also a terrific pro bass
player!
The bass sounds and plays
great – Needs nothing.
Date Codes:
- Neck Plate: 335362
- Neck Stamp: 23SEP68C
- Pot Codes: 304 7116
The bass is in very nice
condition, with some minor wear on the treble side of the fingerboard. The
frets show no wear. There is some minor worming
On the back, with a little paint chipping around the neck plate. Overall, a
very clean and original Left Handed Tele Bass!
Includes OHSC – Factory Left
Handed Case with the Tail Logo.
Buyer pays $75 FED EX Ground to Continental US. International buyers welcome - please contact me for shipping quote.