![]() ![]() One of the neat things about these old Fenders is that every one is different, and every one has it's own musical personality. It plays amazingly well, and although it exibits similarities in feel to "smokey" above, this one has more attack and a noticibly different overall feel. #1965 fender musicmaster professional#After confirming it had never been modified it was put back together and received a professional set-up. In fact, the first time this one was ever opened up was just prior to my purchase of it. 100% original, including the pickup, wiring, pots, pickguard, Kluson tuners, etc. The heel date on the neck confirms this is indeed a '69 though, so its an oddball for sure. This has some interesting and somewhat unique details, as most 1969's I've seen have the later/revised block letter "MUSIC MASTER" headstock logo, whereas this one has the early style Musicmaster II logo and gold Fender script usually not seen this late into the 60's. ![]() its just a beautiful original Fender, and a joy to play. Aside from a few tiny marks on the finish this could almost pass for "new old stock". This one is as clean as a pin, and probably was never played outside of the original owner's home. Fender replaced the Mustang line with the short-lived Fender Bullet line of guitars and basses before relegating production of their student guitars to their Squier division.On the other end of the spectrum is this 1969 "Dakota Red" Musicmaster II. These were the last of the offset student models to be made. In 1982 Fender discontinued both the Mustang and the Musicmaster II. Its wiring with the original pickups also led itself to custom modifications, which means that surviving models with original parts are even more valuable. Before that, its relatively low cost and marketing as a student guitar made it an obvious candidate for aftermarket upgrades, particularly pickup changes and also amateur finishes. This short scale, combined with a unique and extremely direct tremolo arm would make the Mustang a cult guitar in the 1990s. The short scale may improve ease of use for people with small hands, and also enhances the ability to use the tremolo arm for upbends. #1965 fender musicmaster full#A 24-inch scale is still relatively short, the same as the Fender Jaguar but a full inch and a half shorter than the Stratocaster and three-quarters of an inch shorter than the Gibson Les Paul. After the release of the Mustang, the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic were redesigned using the Mustang body These were branded the Musicmaster II and Duo-Sonic II but the decals were not consistently applied.Īll three Mustang-bodied models (Mustang, Musicmaster II and Duo-Sonic II) were offered with optionally the 21 fret 22.5-inch (or 3/4 scale) neck, or a 22 fret 24-inch neck, but the 24-inch was overwhelmingly more popular and 3/4 scale examples are rare. ![]() The Mustang has an offset waist, reminiscent of the Jazzmaster, but its overall styling closely followed the existing student models the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic, the slight waist offset being the main change.
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