honeyiscool wrote:Yeah, to me, the subsequent redesign of the MM/Duo-Sonic line is just a blatant case of uglifying them just to differentiate them from the Mustang. Which worked, I guess. I find them hideous compared to the MM IIs and the Duo IIs.
nah it wasn't about differentiating from the mustang it was about making them cheaper. the bronco style pickguard used less parts. also, they switched to strat knobs on all the shortscales at the same time.
about 76 or so. I think it was the same time they changed the tele "notch" on the upper bout of the tele. none of the shortscale websites have much of any info about the 70s guitars. they are the ultimate underdogs of fender guitars.
Oh man, that is kinda ugly. They should have used the MM Bass pickguard on the guitar instead. That was a nice guard style. I actually prefer it to Mustang Bass pickguard.
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Nothing wrong with making it a Duo if you get one that already has the Bridge route. MM used the same bodies as Duo until they discontinued the Duo in 1969. Some time after that quit doing both routes on the body.
i think it might have been slightly later, my '76 was the 'classic' style (for want of a better term) and i've seen '77s the same. i always took it to be a '78 onwards thing.
taylornutt wrote:Nothing wrong with making it a Duo if you get one that already has the Bridge route. MM used the same bodies as Duo until they discontinued the Duo in 1969. Some time after that quit doing both routes on the body.
I don't know. I feel like the fact that every MM owner wants to Duo makes it even less appreciated. If I had a nice MM, I wouldn't want to Duo it.
taylornutt wrote:Nothing wrong with making it a Duo if you get one that already has the Bridge route. MM used the same bodies as Duo until they discontinued the Duo in 1969. Some time after that quit doing both routes on the body.
I don't know. I feel like the fact that every MM owner wants to Duo makes it even less appreciated. If I had a nice MM, I wouldn't want to Duo it.
MM forces you to work the knobs to get your tone versus switching to another pickup. It's completely different from my Jaguar and Baja Tele which is one of the reasons I love it so.
With the same scale and offset body, it sits in the same place as the Jaguar/Jazzmaster, but the smaller body is fits really nice and you can get it really close to you. Very comfortable. Musicmasters are the best deals out there, but a Bronco is really nice as well and I want one down the road.
Not sure what you mean by tone suffering. I assume you are asking whether the tone is affected negatively due to the smaller body. Not at all, just different. Great guitars.
Not sure what you mean by tone suffering. I assume you are asking whether the tone is affected negatively due to the smaller body. Not at all, just different. Great guitars.
