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Hey all,
you all may have seen my thread about a white Musicmaster i picked up recently for £250. all original parts except for someone had routed if for a bucker at the bridge.the guitar had obviously been refinished as the white finish was of poor quality and was very flakey and loose but luckily the neck was in awesome condition including original tuners and the original bridge and the neck pickup are intact.




i decided i would refinish it in natural but after taking some of the finish off i have discovered somebody has refinished it in a green stain at some point very Francis Rossi. I then decided to refinish it in sonic blue and convert it to a DuoSonic style guitar with the chrome control plate. i picked up a few parts for the upgrade

-Fender Custom Shop 69 pickup (abigail ybarra)
-black smooth top covers
-Cts 250k pots
-.47 sprague cap
-phase switches
-switchcraft jack
-mustang knobs
-mij control plate (going to need to ream the holes)

a friend of mine had an old 60s duosonic pickguard which he made a template of and will be making me a new pickguard

so with all the parts sorted its down to the work

The guitar partially stripped as you can see there is some nasty green stain on the guitar


Paint testing


Old pickguard



i will keep you all updated as i go will start painting on monday.

Cool project. Musicmasters are hidden gems in the Fender stable, look forward to seeing your progress.

should look something like this when done
just not with a pearloid guard

Love reading projects like this!

+1 on NOT the pearloid guard. Haet them things.

I liked it as it was... loads of character. I real pawnshop Fender !!

othomas2 wrote:I liked it as it was... loads of character. I real pawnshop Fender !!

Good point.
He could have scribed 4 REL into the body in protest against the new shiny faux pawnshop seriez as well.

othomas2 wrote:I liked it as it was... loads of character. I real pawnshop Fender !!

I liked the pickup layout, a simple paintjob would be all I'd do to that bad boy.

yeah, i think i would've just played as was.

Hey the White wasn't bad but it was flakey and dusty and leaving marks on my clothes besides I think what I'm doing is an improvement

Steve! wrote:Hey the White wasn't bad but it was flakey and dusty and leaving marks on my clothes besides I think what I'm doing is an improvement

I was originally in the 'it looked great as it was' camp but given that it was coming off, you're doing the right thing and I'd definitely agree it's an improvement. Still, I'd stick with pearloid. I'm not usually a fan of it but it works on daphne blue mustang style bodies. An off-white could still look class, though.

Hey Steve! Fantastic find mate..and it's now in good hands so u'll do it justice whatever you choose to do!
I did however like the way it looked with black/white combo, and wouldve just dropped a hot black bucker in there and called it quits!
But you've started so you'll finish!...so go with what you think suits...maybe post a few ideas up here and get a poll going?...I really like the original guard...any plans to sell it on?..

James wrote:Still, I'd stick with pearloid. I'm not usually a fan of it but it works on daphne blue mustang style bodies. An off-white could still look class, though.

MINT GUARD + DAPHNE!!

Fran wrote:

James wrote:Still, I'd stick with pearloid. I'm not usually a fan of it but it works on daphne blue mustang style bodies. An off-white could still look class, though.

MINT GUARD + DAPHNE!!

^this

or...
now stay with me...


GREEN PEARL

I like pearl guards but o each his own! It will look nice either way!

UPDATE........Spraying is now complete just waiting on it hardening
all the parts ready and waiting to go on
should be finished by Saturday

Steve! wrote:UPDATE........Spraying is now complete just waiting on it hardening
all the parts ready and waiting to go on
should be finished by Saturday

Awesome! I think your original picture didn't show the poor quality of the finish so everyone ragged on you for wanting to sand off the mojo. Good call on refinishing it though! Can't wait to see it!

That's actualy a great job on the pickup and switch routing. I would be tempted to put a p-rail in there <@;)

I have painted almost every color--sometimes just to try them out. You have to go with a color you like or you won't be happy. That old white guard is pawnshop enough to carry it.