Heartwarming to see this classic saved! Great you used as much as humanly possible of the original parts. Hats off Sir, Brilliant work.

Original pick guard most likely caused the corrosion, the material used back then was known for that.  Great restoration video.  nice bass!

Fun fun fun.  I have a bass with a 1968 telecaster bass body.  Tomorrow I receive a 1973 telecaster bass.

Now that was a beautiful piece of restoration work!  NICE JOB!!!!!!!!!

Well done with restoring that scrungy looking telebass.it adds to your experience files
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Lovely work.

I have one, 1968 serial number 247742 changed the neck for a freetless and P Jazz Bass DiMarzio pickups and stacked potentiometers

Great work, sir !!!

Nice save - I think the slab bodies are cool. Great tube.

Nice work!! I almost shed a tear at the start of your video.

This bass didn't get wet - it sat in its case too long.   The pattern of the damage is a classic symptom of off-gassing damage from the original cellulose nitrate pickguard.  The upper frets, the truss rod nut,  the strings right over the PG, the severely corroded screws, the damaged pickup, and the control plate where it meets the pickguard.    This has been well documented.  Also, several early examples of the Tele Bass had the lollipop tuners as well.    Nice restoration - nice results!   I'd would have liked to see what was used to clean up the metal parts....

Awesome job! Congratulations!

That was great 👍🏼

I would have purchased it from the guy in its original state and fixed it up for myself.  I also would add the  tug bar.  The original 2 screw holes appear in the early part of the video.  This was an excellent video for documenting the before-after conditions.

My favorite bass that fender made! the pickups tend to die, but the sound and big neck!!!!

awesome job, Sir!!

Looks at those frets...wow. Ya know I always looked at it like this never leave your guitar somewhere/overnight you wouldn't sleep yourself....

It’s so cool that you brought her back. I’ve got a 72.

Good lord.....there was a bass under all that mess lol. I'm convinced you are the guitar wizard👊😎

Beautiful piece and all complete. Not the end of the world. Great call on maintaining it all original. Like you say; this poor thing got exposed to quite a bit of water. It will definitely need a refret to be in tip top playing shape.