Telecaster bass

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The Fender Telecaster Bass was an electric bass guitar introduced in the late 1960s by Fender. Upon its introduction it was essentially a straight reissue of the original 1951 Precision Bass design (which was in fact influenced by the Telecaster guitar), with a large pickguard, small Telecaster-shaped headstock, single pickup, and separate chrome control plate. Within a few years, however, the old-style pickguard was redesigned to eliminate the control plate, and the single-coil pickup was replaced with a large humbucking unit. The Telecaster Bass was produced alongside the contemporary Precision Bass through the '70s.