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New 1976 Musicmaster day
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:42 am
by Johno
Well, this arrived yesterday just in time to lay down some guide tracks in the studio last night..... I bought this off Ben/Singlepickup24.
Guitar sounds great & the neck is lurvley.
Apologies for the Ipod picture quality, will take some better quality/gutshots over the weekend.
With one of my Jazzmasters.....
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:55 am
by Fran
Awesome! Great score Johno
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:53 pm
by Doog
do an bridge hambucker
(Lovely stuff, Johno)
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:16 pm
by Johno
Doog wrote:do an bridge hambucker
(Lovely stuff, Johno)
Am considering adding a bridge pup, although that will require routing.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:58 pm
by Fran
It may already be pre routed for an single coil, some models were.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:10 pm
by Johno
Fran wrote:It may already be pre routed for an single coil, some models were.
Not this one sadly, I checked when it arrived. It does have mojo brass plates though.
According to this info
http://www.marcelroy.com/68_76/ Fender stopped routing out the bridge pup due to ending production of the Duo Sonic.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:25 pm
by Mike
Definitely get a bridge pickup in there, I couldn't live without one.
Congrats on teh guitar!
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:55 pm
by robroe
NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
don't listen to them. jesus.
if you want one with a bridge pickup, buy mustang or a bronco, don't ruin that one. fuck sake.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:35 pm
by jculpjr
What year is she?
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:07 pm
by Pens
robroe wrote:NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
don't listen to them. jesus.
if you want one with a bridge pickup, buy mustang or a bronco, don't ruin that one. fuck sake.
I agree. Don't cut into a vintage MM. Check to see if it was factory routed like a Duo, and only then get a new pickguard made for the bridge pickup and save the original.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:17 pm
by stewart
it won't have been factory routed. lovely guitar.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 6:51 pm
by Leisureclub
When did they stop on the duo routes for MM's?
My '64 has both.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:28 pm
by jculpjr
jculpjr wrote:What year is she?
edit- missed it in the subject line- carry on
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:02 am
by singlepup
Love that avatar
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:43 am
by robroe
FUCK 2 PICKUPS
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 2:57 pm
by Sidney Vicious
Sweet guitar - I own its black pickguard sibling.
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:33 pm
by JohnnyTheBoy
Nice bit of history there, Don't change that by re routing it...
My 78 MM sounds fab with just the neck pup...
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:59 am
by Phil O'Keefe
Fran wrote:It may already be pre routed for an single coil, some models were.
Up until at least 1969, all Musicmasters were. Sometime after the Duo Sonic II was discontinued, they stopped routing the Musicmaster bodies for the bridge pickup. I have no hard evidence on the exact date, but I don't think I've ever seen one later than '72-73 with the factory bridge pickup route in place. I had to have my '75 Music Master's body routed for the second pickup when I converted it to a Duo Sonic II... but my Music Master was in bad shape when I got it - stripped, and in dire need of restoration. I wouldn't have had the routing done (which was done at Fender by a Custom Shop master builder) if it had been as nice and clean as that one is.
That's a beautiful Music Master - congrats on the cool new acquisition.
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:38 pm
by Allanr
robroe wrote:NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
don't listen to them. jesus.
if you want one with a bridge pickup, buy mustang or a bronco, don't ruin that one. fuck sake.
...what he said
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:57 pm
by HNB
Allanr wrote:robroe wrote:NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
don't listen to them. jesus.
if you want one with a bridge pickup, buy mustang or a bronco, don't ruin that one. fuck sake.
...what he said
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