Bass of the Week: Retrovibe T32 Telenbacker
This week we’re checking out a cool and affordable bass by Retrovibe called the T32 “Telenbacker”. The medium-scale bass is a mashup of Telecaster and Rickenbacker basses that weighs in at 8.2 pounds.
The bass is built with a basswood body and bolt-on maple neck that’s carved on the back of the heel area to fit the telecaster neck pocket. Retrovibe fits it with a pair of their black HyGane single-coil pickups with adjustable pole pieces.
“[The T32] has traditional Rickenbacker VVTT controls with a 3-way pickup selector giving a great range of tones,” the company writes. “It sounds like the love-child of a Precision and a 4001/3 with a focused low/mid and plenty of clang available should you need it.”
Retrovibe T32 Telenbacker Bass Specs:
| Scale: | 32″ |
| Body: | Basswood |
| Body Colour: | Gloss White |
| Body Binding: | Double Black |
| Neck: | Maple, bolt-on construction |
| Fretboard: | Maple |
| Frets: | 20 |
| Width at nut: | 42mm |
| Markers: | Black dot |
| Pickups: | Retrovibe HyGane (Black) |
| Controls: | Volume, Volume, Tone, Tone, 3-way selector |
| Bridge: | 4-string P-style, high-mass, chrome |
| Tuners: | Closed type |
| Weight: | Approx. 8.2lbs |
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Looks fantastic, I would order one right away if it was a 5 string
I don’t have a problem with this.