Incoming Old Guitar Day 1977 Fender Musicmaster

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:33 am

Seller says it is all original. Do you all recommend I open it up when it arrives to check it out? I hear Musicmasters are routed for two pickups stock. Seems interesting. Here are pics from the seller. Once it arrives, I will do my usual flurry of pictures.

1 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

2 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

3 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

4 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:56 am

That's just how my 78 looked when I first got it...

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:01 am

How did you like it? Having just a neck pickup seems odd to me, but I will stay open to it. Normally I go for the bridge pickup to get my jangle on. I am excited to hear this through my Twin.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:05 am

When I got it it wasn't complete, and the electronics were dead. So I put a high output bridge pickup in the neck position

Anyway, it's got the most playable neck of any guitar I've ever played in my life. It's the only guitar that I like to play lead with.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:16 am

I heard these have great necks. It was cool to get one cheaper than my Mexican Toronado.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:24 am

I built a parts guitar that had a 1978 Musicmaster body and '72 neck.

I really liked the guitar except for the super chunky neck. If you miss the Bridge pickup, then you can justify picking up a Fender Bronco guitar to go with it.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:29 am

LOL too true.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:38 am

Here's a pic of my 78 to compare

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:39 am

Nice! Looks like yours had Bronco knobs?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:43 am

HNB wrote:Nice! Looks like yours had Bronco knobs?

Aftermarket. Can't stand Strat knobs, even on Strats.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:46 am

I had Bronco knobs with the arrows on my Musicmaster. Sadly, I am now out of Bronco knobs, though I have plenty of Randall amp knobs that are identical to Bronco knobs except for the R on top. My Bronco has the Bronco knobs with the numbers like you see on the Starcaster.

Late 70's they went to the Strat knobs.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:47 am

Cool. At first I wasn't sure if they came with strat knobs stock until I looked up more pictures. Do you think I should bother taking the guard off to check under the hood to confirm it is all original? The serial checks out fine for 1976. It would just be checking pots and pickup. (and maybe serial sticker under the guard.) I don't see anything that looks off with it.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:48 am

It looks mint, like it's live most of its life in a case under someone's bed.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:49 am

taylornutt wrote: My Bronco has the Bronco knobs with the numbers like you see on the Starcaster.

Like these?

HNB wrote:The serial checks out fine for 1976. It would just be checking pots and pickup. (and maybe serial sticker under the guard.) I don't see anything that looks off with it.

Maybe the neck code as well?

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:51 am

Nope. These knobs are from the early Broncos and showed up on the vintage Starcasters

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:52 am

taylornutt wrote:Nope. These knobs are from the early Broncos and showed up on the vintage Starcasters

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Those are seriously cool.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:54 am

Here are the ones I put on my Musicmaster.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:59 am

I have some of those.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:02 am

I want to get some more of the Fender ones.

I have a bunch of these right now:

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 5:07 am

taylornutt wrote:I want to get some more of the Fender ones.

I have a bunch of these right now:

Can't see a thing.