Shell Pink Fender Musicmaster Vista Series , NOS

blane · Post by **blane** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:32 am

it came today.

It's aged to a peach color over the years... You can see where the original pink is under the pickguard

The frets edges stick out a bit and cut your fingers... hence the reason it never sold.

This is common and easy to fix with a metal file, sand paper, and some masking tape.. Didn't even bother to plug it in just took it apart.

The wood grain on the neck is good though once the frets are taken care of should play nicely.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:24 am

Just peachy!

Good on you for picking that thing up, I imagine given the chance have bought it for $225 as well.

A little TLC and you've a got a very pretty Vista-era Squire, and that's all that matters, methinks.

blane · Post by **blane** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:34 am

thanks ultra,

it's a cool little guitar. I did a quick pass over with the file and it's all ready way better. Going to do one more pass tomorrow and then start to work on the rest of the set-up.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:25 pm

man, a white p-rail would be awesome in thar.

blane · Post by **blane** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:32 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:man, a white p-rail would be awesome in thar.

maybe, I don't even know how the bucker sounds... I plugged it in and tapped on the thing to make sure it worked, but i've yet to play a single note on the guitar.

blane · Post by **blane** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:25 am

So i've got it all set-up and it's a really fun guitar to play. The humbucker has a great deal of crunch to it.. playing on a clean channel it all comes down to how hard you hit the strings. If you're playing lightly its got a really well rounded clean tone, but as soon as you hit the strings with any force it crunches and gets a bit muddy... it's a noisy feedback prone guitar in general. The coil tap drives the white noise over the edge... however, It can be tamed with a light touch.

After filing the frets down I was actually impressed with the neck on the guitar. It's not a satin finish but it's not quite a a poly finish either.. and shallow C shape with great grain patterns and over all very comfortable. The 10 guage strings I use on the tele are way too tight on this thing and makes the 10's feel like 11's or even 12's when trying to do bends.

Not a single nick dent or scratch of the thing anywhere..

Phil O'Keefe · Post by **Phil O'Keefe** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:37 am

Awesome - thanks for the gut shots too.

blane · Post by **blane** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:46 pm

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SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:54 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:man, a white p-rail would be awesome in thar.

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:57 pm

never knew these had a factory push-pull coil split. Is that tele knob original?

blane · Post by **blane** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:12 pm

BillClay wrote:never knew these had a factory push-pull coil split. Is that tele knob original?

yes, it's all original stock

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:14 pm

Sounds good blane, two very usable settings there with that split coil option.

kim · Post by **kim** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:18 pm

nice score blane !!!

love the way it looks, something about the shape of that pg on mustang style body i find so attractive.

+1 for teh eelstones.

Clam Slam · Post by **Clam Slam** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:29 pm

Thanks for this blane, learned a lot! I am gassing for a vista Musicmaster bass in either shell pink or surf green.

blane · Post by **blane** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:36 pm

Clam Slam wrote:Thanks for this blane, learned a lot! I am gassing for a vista Musicmaster bass in either shell pink or surf green.

thanks guys (and gal)

yeah a bass to compliment it would be sweet, keep us informed so we don't bid on the same one... a shortscale bass is my next purchase without a doubt

Clam Slam · Post by **Clam Slam** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:56 am

blane wrote:
Clam Slam wrote:Thanks for this blane, learned a lot! I am gassing for a vista Musicmaster bass in either shell pink or surf green.
thanks guys (and gal)

yeah a bass to compliment it would be sweet, keep us informed so we don't bid on the same one... a shortscale bass is my next purchase without a doubt

Will do. Theres a black one on the 'bay but meh.

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:56 am

I have a Vista shortscale bass, in black (wish I had the shell pink one!) but it is a really fun little bass!

Clam Slam · Post by **Clam Slam** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:33 am

Nice Lucamo, hope I can find myself a nice one too!