We found this in a corner at the Arlington guitar show. Nothing phased Ben, he was a cool guy is sadly missed by all who knew him. This one is really as good as it gets when it comes to 3/4 Offsets. He ended up wrapping it in all his families clothing, then duct tape, to get it on the plane back to California. Somewhere along the way, Ben went out to a local shop and came back with one of those massive acoustic Mexican guitars – I think it is called a Guitarron – without much thought we all ended up at the airport a few days later with no case for this beast. 1960 Fender Musicmaster in Blonde Muziekinstrumenten, Gitaren. I have done my best to accurately describe it to the very best of my knowledge based on all the items you see in the total descriptions here, so the potential buyer please read those carefully. The Musicmaster features a short-scale maple neck and a single pickup in the neck position with volume and tone controls. This is a one owner, me, original beautiful bass guitar. Why not take that old Fender?! It will fit in the airline overhead for sure! One of the other guys along for the trip – Ben Goldman – was a talented guitar player/singer and each night stirred up a sing-a-long around the fire, so I would bring out the little Musicmaster to add some accompaniment. Vintage Fender MusicMaster 1973 short scale bass guitar works great. Shortly after I got it, my wife and I were invited to a friends house down in Mexico for a weeklong vacation with three other couple. I instantly fell in love with this guitar – so tiny, so playable, and it was made the year I was born, 1959. The headstock was also enlarged.ĭuring the 90's the cheaper student guitars attained cult status largely as a result of it's use by a number of alternative rock and grunge bands, most notably played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, but also Rory Gallagher and John Frusciante played the Mustang once and again.Vintage 1959 Fender Musicmaster Electric Guitar The Mustang body was larger and slightly offset, and was fitted with a plastic pickguard but with the volume and tone controls mounted on a separate metal plate. In 1964, following the release of the Fender Mustang, both the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic were redesigned using Mustang neck and body blanks. The neck is straight and has a nice vintage vibe. The neck feels sweet and soft and plays effortlessly, the 22-fret rosewood fingerboard is really beautiful! The body shows several chips, dings, dongs and playwaer but there are no repairs or refins and all is legit.
The bridge saddles have been replaced and the originals are in the case, which is a 1970's Cheney England hardshell case. The nitro (For some reason, Fender continued using nitro finishes on Mustangs, Duo-Sonics and Musicmaster for much longer than on other guitars) finish on the body, neck and headstock are all original as are the plastics, pickups, pots (week 18, 1976), F-tuners, knobs etc.
The Musicmaster was Fender’s budget-priced bass at the time, made. As with Fender’s guitar bearing the same name, the bass was a simpler version of Fender’s Mustang Bass. Fender’s Musicmaster was first introduced in 1971, and in production through 1981. by Corey Brown Monday, November 21st, 2011.
This pretty cool All Black Fender Musicmaster from 1976 weighs just under 3.1Kg, has a lovely rich tone and is very resonant and light yet powerful! Old School: 1978 Fender Musicmaster Bass. As Fender put it in the 1976 catalog "Begin with a Musicmaster, and graduate to stardom!" A wonderful vintage Fender in time-capsule condition.
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