![]() I'm asking $2k or best offer plus shipping.įeel free to reach out with any questions. It’s sounds terrific and plays wonderfully and full despite it’s short scale. The guitar is currently setup with D’Addario light jazz strings (12s) with a sound g string. The latch springs don’t provide resistance but the locks work and case functions properly. Strap buttons in gold are Fender from the 80s or 90s.Ĭase: Period correct in good condition with “Pearl” written inside which seems appropriate. Other: the neckplate and knobs are new brass parts from Armadillo guitar parts in Austin. Pickup and electronics: Rewound 1965 Musicmaster pickup with black 60s cover 1965 pots and wiring harness. Screws are new.īridge: original bridge off a 1959 Musicmaster/ Duosonic with screws. Pickguard: original 50s anodized aluminum with most of the gold worn away. Tuners are correct single line Klusons from 1958. It plays effortlessly and feels great up and down the 22.5 scale neck. Neck: 1959-1960 Duosonic slab board neck in excellent condition with original finish and almost no fretwear. A nice amount of natural aging and great color. Here are the details:īody: 1958-1959 Musicmaster/ Duosonic body refinished olympic white. As much as I would like to keep this one and it’s companion which I assembled alongside it (listing coming soon), it’s ready for a good home. Although Fender used the term "three-quarter size" in publicizing the new student models, only the neck and the resulting scale-length were smaller, designed for younger hands that were just starting to play guitar.Up for sale is a recently completed and setup Musicmaster project that plays and sounds great. The Musicmaster was the single-pickup version.Despite their budget status, the student models were still playable instruments: Fender seemed to have cut the right corners" (Tony Bacon and Paul Day, The Fender Book, p. They had smaller, lighter bodies, shorter necks and basic appointments. "Fender's new 'student' guitars, the Duo-Sonic and Musicmaster, first appeared in 1956. Housed in a later three-latch rectangular black hardshell case with gray plush lining (9.00). Overall this all original little guitar is in excellent-plus (8.75) condition. There are a few small surface chips mainly on the edges of the body. There is little, if any, difference between the ‘student’ model’s standard ‘white’ colour and Olympic White used on other Fender models. The Dakota Red color is fresh and shows no signs of darkening. Guitar Description: For your delectation is a fantastic 1965 Fender Musicmaster II in ‘faded’ white which has become a lovely buttery colour as the clear top coat has yellowed. ![]() The neck is stamped "8 APR 65A." The potentiometers are stamped "304 6512" (Stackpole, March 1965). Combined bridge/tailpiece with three adjustable 'threaded' saddles. Black plastic control knobs with seven sides and white line marker. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and jack socket, all on the three-layer pearloid over black and white plastic pickguard with twelve screws. One black bakelite, gray bottom single-coil Musicmaster pickup, angled at neck, with an output of 5.17k ("5-26-65" written in black pencil on the underside). The neck is stamped in black "8 APR 65A". This 12-inch wide, one and a half inch thick guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. Four-bolt neck plate with serial number "L78705" between the top two screws. A beautiful 1965 USA Fender Musicmaster Guitar with Original Fender Hardshell Case.The original finish on this guitar was gone. Individual 'double-line' Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic oval buttons (each one stamped on the underside "D-169400 / Patent No.". Fender 'Transitional' logo with "Fender" in gold with black trim, beneath that "Musicmaster ll" and beneath that "Pat. Solid alder 'slab' body, maple neck, and veneer rosewood fretboard with 22 original thin frets and pearl dot position markers. and has a narrow 'A' nut width of 1 1/2 inches and a scale length of 24 inches. ![]() This 12-inch wide, one and a half inch thick guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. ![]()
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