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1973 Fender Musicmaster bass
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 Pictures, description and soundclips from a 1973 Fender Musicmaster bass. The Musicmaster bass changed very little between it's introduction in 1970, and it's deletion in the early 1980s. Although often regarded as a student bass, the Musicmaster was of high enough quality, both in terms of components and build, to sell to student guitarists and more advanced players looking for an affordable shortscale bass.
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1964 1965 Fender catalogue
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 Entitled Fine Electric Instruments, the 1964 1965 Fender catalogue was circulated from mid 1964, and despite being just eight pages long, contained a large number of guitars, amplifiers and other instruments. This was the first catalogue to show the new Fender Mustang guitar, which was available in normal or 3/4 scale at that time. This catalogue was included in the 1964 annual guitar issue of Down Beat magazine (July), massively increasing the potential readership, both in America and worldwide.
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Fender Coronado Thinline Semi-Acoustic Guitar
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 This was Fenders first go at a thinline - a guitar style that had been growing in popularity throughout the 60s. The Coronado was Fenders ES335....
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Fender Quad Reverb
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 The Quad Reverb: 100 watt guitar amplifier with four twelve inch speakers. These amplifers were available with different speaker cones fitted. Fender, JBL D110F or Fender PS, with price rising accordingly.
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Big Bass Sound of Fender
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1969 Fender bass catalogue, featuring 5 basses (Precision, Jazz, Telecaster bass, Coronado and Mustang), and 5 amplifiers (4 valve and one solid-state Bassmen amps.
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Fender Jazz Bass
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Page update: includes parts lists, wiring diagram, catalogue apperances and more.
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1973 Fender Musicmaster bass
Short scale solid body electric bass
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This 1973 guitar is a completely typical example of an early 1970s Fender Musicmaster bass. Have a look at the 1970 Fender catalogue, which has an almost identical example pictured. The only real difference is the position of the thumbrest. The bass, although very simple, has some sturdy components; especially the bridge. The single coil pickup is scratchplate mounted, and has one tone and one volume control.
1973 Fender Musicmaster bass control knobs: volume and tone. The 4-bolt neckplate has the serial number impressed into it. This gives a date of 1973. The Musicmaster fingerboard is typically rosewood, with faux pearl dot inlays.
1973 Fender Musicmaster bass headstock details. The Fender logo is a decal, as is usual with Fender guitars.
1973 Fender Musicmaster bass body and neck details. Note the codes on the base of the neck.
Back to the FENDER INDEX If you are looking for specific vintage guitars for sale, you may have to keep an eye on numerous vintage guitar stores, classifieds websites and ebay listings. Below are just the auctions - Vintage guitar stores tend to advertise theirs in their ebay online vintage guitar stores - have a look because there are some different listings.
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