The Musicmaster was clearly a success, remaining in continuous production until 1982. Cream City Music is one of the world's finest gutar shops with selections including the 1978 Fender Musicmaster Bass White. Fender Fender Squier Affinity Stratocaster HSS - with mini-amp, picks and cord 299 Brand New 14-Day Return Policy Electric Guitars Solid Body Fender Fender Musicmaster Bass Amp 1978 Used Good 325 + 65 Shipping Looks like someone already grabbed this gear Don't fret, we have plenty of gear for you. As Fender put it in the 1976 catalog "Begin with a Musicmaster, and graduate to stardom!".
This fact was demonstrated on the cover of the 1958 'Down Beat' brochure - an adult plays a Fender Stratocaster, whilst a child looks on, Fender Musicmaster in hand. The body is taken from a Mustang, while the single coil pickup is from a Stratocaster. A very unique part of Fender history, the Musicmaster instruments were introduced in the early 70s as the brands entry-level range. The bass is all original, bar the strap pins and frets. But in truth, most experienced guitarists wanting to play widely spaced chords or the extra speed afforded by closer frets would chose the dual pickup Duo-Sonic - assuming price was not an issue!įender always believed that if beginner guitarists chose Fender, they would more likely continue playing Fender guitars as they got older. For sale is this well-loved 1978 Fender Musicmaster bass. The 1950s Fender Musicmaster was described as three quarter size, but the difference in size was not so great: Fender also suggested these models for more established players with smaller hands.
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Although these 'student' guitars were shorter scale than the Fender standard (22 1/2" vs 25"), they were not 'student' in terms of build quality - in fact very much in line with the Fender professional models such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. It was joined shortly afterwards by a dual pickup companion model, the Duo-Sonic. The three-quarter size Fender Musicmaster debuted in 1956, as a new student model in the Fender solid body range.
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