Fender Sparkle

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:22 am

Some original sparkle finish Fenders

1959 Musicmaster

1963 Duo-Sonic

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:44 am

Really original??? I won't believe that...

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 12, 2011 8:58 am

jagsonic wrote:Really original??? I won't believe that...

I think they are. There were some very similar guitars in the Book "The Golden Age Of Fender Guitars" Here is an excerpt:

"There are still great vintage Fenders to be discovered. My latest acquisition, which will of course be featured in the book, is an all original early 1964 Musicmaster in gold and red sparkle.

Fender sparkle guitars are exceptionally rare (see photos of a 1965 Blue Sparkle Jazzmaster in an earlier blog post) and each one is slightly different than the others as many were made as one offs for trade shows and artists.

The application of sparkle finishes deviates from the application of other factory finishes (i.e. sunbursts and custom colors). Many stories abound about why they are different, such as sparkle finishes were shot down the street at a car repair shop because the paint gun nozzles at the Fender factory were too small to apply the small aluminum metal flecks that give these finishes their sparkle. Regardless of the production techniques used to apply these finishes they are counted as the only true Fender "custom" colors."

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Thu May 12, 2011 9:51 am

okay....

i never thought that fender ever made such funky things

but... cool!

seb_ennis · Post by **seb_ennis** » Thu May 12, 2011 12:21 pm

Hang on, he said an all original 1964 Musicmaster in gold and red, but isn't that a 1963 duosonic in gold and red.

I would love whatever that gold and red one is.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:41 pm

seb_ennis wrote:Hang on, he said an all original 1964 Musicmaster in gold and red, but isn't that a 1963 duosonic in gold and red.

I would love whatever that gold and red one is.

This is the Musicmaster

George · Post by **George** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:46 pm

seb_ennis wrote:Hang on, he said an all original 1964 Musicmaster in gold and red, but isn't that a 1963 duosonic in gold and red.

I would love whatever that gold and red one is.

The neck could be '63 but it could have been assembled and out the factory in '64. It's pretty common, I think.

mellowlogic · Post by **mellowlogic** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:05 pm

OG spraklez, pretty cool. The flake looks huge on the green one though.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:20 pm

http://www.oliviasvintageguitars.com/fe ... tars/1105/

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:21 pm

http://www.premierguitar.com/gear/Guita ... aster.aspx

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Fri May 13, 2011 1:56 am

Painters need to dick around sometimes. Blame the peyote.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri May 13, 2011 2:00 am

neck pocket on the SIENNA SPRAKLEZ DUO looks like evidence of a refin.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:29 am

That Mustang Rob posted is incredible.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Fri May 13, 2011 8:11 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:neck pocket on the SIENNA SPRAKLEZ DUO looks like evidence of a refin.

Olivia's Guuitars wrote:1965 Fender Mustang with an extremely rare ORIGINAL Blue sparkle finish. In a recently published book titled Fender The Golden Age 1946-1970 there are exhaustive details and photos of just about everything Fender from that that bracket of time. Included among these informative details is a section about the history of Fender's sparkle finishes. The book states that these sparkle finishes were outsourced to auto spray shops as Fender did not have the equipment to handle the large metal flake used in these sparkle finish. The sparkle finishes were also usually applied over existing finishes while using the paint as a primer. This is an example of one of those original sparkle finishes over a red finish. You'll see in the photos below where the shop that applied the finish masked off everything in the cavities. There are even small strips from the edge of the masking tape left in some areas. Many years after 1965, the owner of this Mustang had the body over sprayed in a clear coat to preserve the finish as it had developed cracks in the finish. This rare Mustang has a very nice straight neck with great frets. It's all original and 100% complete including its original tremolo arm, bridge cover, and original hardshell case. It has nicks + dings, finish cracks, and other cosmetic wear. All electronics work and sound great.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri May 13, 2011 8:52 am

How bought this 1962 pink sparkle Jag?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:37 am

westtexasred wrote:How bought this 1962 pink sparkle Jag?

Was that "How 'bout" or "Who bought"?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri May 13, 2011 8:04 pm

NickS wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:neck pocket on the SIENNA SPRAKLEZ DUO looks like evidence of a refin.

Olivia's Guuitars wrote:1965 Fender Mustang with an extremely rare ORIGINAL Blue sparkle finish. In a recently published book titled Fender The Golden Age 1946-1970 there are exhaustive details and photos of just about everything Fender from that that bracket of time. Included among these informative details is a section about the history of Fender's sparkle finishes. The book states that these sparkle finishes were outsourced to auto spray shops as Fender did not have the equipment to handle the large metal flake used in these sparkle finish. The sparkle finishes were also usually applied over existing finishes while using the paint as a primer. This is an example of one of those original sparkle finishes over a red finish. You'll see in the photos below where the shop that applied the finish masked off everything in the cavities. There are even small strips from the edge of the masking tape left in some areas. Many years after 1965, the owner of this Mustang had the body over sprayed in a clear coat to preserve the finish as it had developed cracks in the finish. This rare Mustang has a very nice straight neck with great frets. It's all original and 100% complete including its original tremolo arm, bridge cover, and original hardshell case. It has nicks + dings, finish cracks, and other cosmetic wear. All electronics work and sound great.

oh shit, lookie there. amazing.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri May 13, 2011 10:17 pm

i'm sure i had pictures of a blue sparkle jazzmaster somewhere... aha, in the colour chart thread.

stewart wrote:

George · Post by **George** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:07 pm

With these guitars i think: far too gaudy and ostentatious - would i really have the balls to play wit one in a band? I even think, would shortscalers play one of these? Probably not, we wouldn't put a shit load of money into a guitar that isn't a more sensible colour sceheme. That said, I have a blu e spangle DAno 12 string coming in from Nick., and I think, you know what, i dont even care.

i can't belieeve you read that. loser.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:42 pm

The 2 at the top, the musicmaster and duosonic look pants. The green sparkle is nasty, and the gold/red burst looks so badly done lol. The red seems like a bit of an afterthought just randomly put around the guard.

The rest though, are amazing.