Frets are low, they have been worked on recently and it plays well but they will need replacing once any wear emerges on them. Typical cosmetic use for the age I'd say better than average. The fretboard has finger wear and edge wear. ![]() ![]() The back of the neck has light nicks and scuffs and discoloration. The finish on the fretboard and the back of the neck is original.Ĭosmetically, the headstock has a few light nicks. The nut looks replaced and done professionally the frets are presumably original. I do not see signs of overspray, it arrived as a Duo Sonic. Whenever I see 65 year old decals clean, I am always suspicious for the sake of disclosure. One thing is definite - it is an original short-scale Fender neck. It looks like it but it is getting harder to ID as the value of the necks go up. It has Duo Sonic on the headstock - I am not 100% sure it is an original decal. Fender Musicmaster.Up for sale is a 1956-dated Fender maple short-scale guitar neck. Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic: How Fender’s original short-scale models went from students to legends. Dean Ween plays Superstar on 1959 Musicmaster. Patti Smith playing her Duo-Sonic (Eno, 2018) Demonstration of a Musicmasterĭemonstration of a 1962 Musicmaster by John Willis Guitars (2016).Īmericanshaft. Rory Gallagher (BlogSpot) Patti SmithĪmerican singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses (Wikipedia). Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist Rory Gallagher played many Fender guitars including a Musicmaster. Watch this gear and well notify you if it becomes available again. View similar gear from other sellers on Reverb. It is used mostly in alternative pop and rock music genres today. Fender Musicmaster 1956 Gold Anodized Aluminum Pickguard - Vintage late 1950s. Genresįrom the mid-1950s, the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic appeared in rock ‘n’ roll music through to the blues. The Musicmaster was produced until 1982 when it was dropped in favour of the newer Fender Lead series (Wikipedia). The redesigned Musicmaster was named the Musicmaster II and its stablemate the Duo-Sonic II, both using the Fender Bronco body and pickguard shapes (Wikipedia, 2018). The 24 inch scale proved to be the most popular of these options. In 1964, the Musicman and Duo-Sonic were produced with the option of a 24-inch scale and 22-fret neck or a 22.5-inch scale and 21-fret neck both models were also offered with the choice of round-lam (slab neck), or veneered, rosewood or maple fingerboard (Wikipedia, 2018). Musicmasters that were produced between 19 featured a slab 21 fret fingerboard made of Indian rosewood (Wiki collecting, 2015). In June 1956, the second production run of Musicmasters and the first Duo-Sonic models, were distinguished by an additional single-coil pickup at the bridge position (Owen & Duffy, 2018).Įarlier models produced between 19, featured a truss rod skunk stripe of walnut along the back of the guitar neck. The Musicmaster body was made of ash with black paint on its aluminium pickguards. ![]() Both guitars had slightly smaller bodies and Strat-like headstocks and single-coil pickups (WikiCollecting, 2015). They were the first 3/4 scale – 22.5” student-model guitar Fender produced. Early advertisement for the Fender Musicmaster (Gear Review) Featuresīoth the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic are a solid body electric guitars. ![]() And of course, there was Jimi Hendrix with his Duo-Sonic before he discovered the Stratocaster (Owen & Duffy, 2018). Perhaps that’s a big reason why they were favoured by so many indie artists who played them throughout later years. They were well-designed, solidly built and highly affordable guitars. It’s worth noting that while the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic were smaller student models aimed at beginners, in no way were they lacking in the quality present in Fender’s pro-level instruments such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. They played an important role in Fender’s history: they were one of the first student models Fender ever produced and were incredibly popular among novice guitar players due to their simplicity (Reverb, 2018). The Fender Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic electric guitars were produced by Fender from 1955 – 1982. Artists like Bill Halley and His Comets spent the summer of 1955 at the top of the charts with ‘Rock around the clock’, with that in mind, Fender Sales Chief Don Randall urged Leo Fender to develop a student model (Owens & Duffy, 2018). Rock ‘n’ roll was taking hold in popular culture in the 1950s.
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