![]() ![]() Those are replacements and they were a little loose and vibrating annoyingly now and then, so I added Teflon tape to the threads to keep them in sync and rattle-free.ĭid you also notice the original case? Sheesh number two. This is a rippin little short scale Super fat and thumpy with the flatwound strings. The guitar itself is completely original save the adjuster posts/set-screws for the saddles. It's cuffently wearing 46w-10s and it feels stupidly fast to play. If you are outside the 48 states, contact me first for a shipping quote before you buy. 12 watt amplifier with 1 12AX7 preamp tube and 2 6V6 power tubes. Work on this was for a customer and it got a fret level/dress, electronics spray-out, minor cleaning and adjustments, and some very light compensation adjustment to the saddles (via bending the travel screws a tiny hair). 1978 Fender Musicmaster 1 X 12 Bass Combo Amplifier in very good shape. The pickup sounds like you'd expect it - like a burlier Strat pickup due to the shortened scale that makes it a little mellower and "rounder" overall. ![]() It's even stamped Pedro in the pocket and features the '72 date as well. The neck on this one is home base for me - a medium-slim, round-C profile topped with a steeply-radiused fretboard. I do like the feel of the "little offset" body shape, though, and its 24" scale (in this case) neck. ![]() The cat's out of the bag, though - good guitars always increase in value and when you pick up any old vintage Fender and you pop the pickguard to check them out, you can see that they're quality products from the outset - with metal plates for shielding in all of the cavities, tidily-wired harnesses, and higher-spec parts used throughout. The Shawn Mendes Foundation Musicmaster is a one-of-a-kind guitar that complements Mendes unique style combining classic Fender tone and exquisite. We can play the, "I remember when these only cost." all day long because of that. Musicmasters are a gateway drug into vintage Fenders, for sure. Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.Musicmasters are a peculiar guitar - just a DuoSonic without a bridge pickup - and DuoSonics are already just a Mustang without a whammy. Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. It fits in well with everything else that Fender is doing at the moment in terms of promoting offsets, and it would more than likely satisfy at least a few players. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. The closest Fender has ever gotten to a reissue is with the Squier Bronco and shortlived Vista series model, but there has never been a Fenderbranded Musicmaster. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price). ![]()
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