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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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Fender Musicmaster bass
Short scale solid body electric bass
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| Short scale strings suitable for the 30 inch scale Fender Musicmaster bass |
After the sucessful introduction of the Fender Mustang bass in 1966, it was perhaps not surprising that another short scale bass would be offered. The Fender Musicmaster guitar had been available since 1956, at the student end of the Fender range, and had proved very sucessful.
In 1970 Fender introduced the Musicmaster bass. It was a simple instrument; one pickup, tone and volume control - but well-built: good, heavy duty tuning keys and a good bridge. To some degree aimed at students, but a relatively good quality instrument none the less. Summed up in the 1970 Fender catalogue "Fender's lowest price bass offers ruggedness and high performance". The pickup was probably the weakest link, being a guitar rather than bass pickup, but still adequate.
The Musicmaster was available from 1970. Initially available in red, white, or blue finishes, but also black and white, from the mid 1970s. Production ceases in 1983.
The Musicmaster bass offers good value for money - and although the tonal range does not compare with many basses, the basic sound (with perhaps a little amp tweaking?) is good for most applications. I like the basic sound of a Musicmaster with flatwound strings - have a listen to these Fender Musicmaster bass soundclips and see what you think.
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Fender Musicmaster basses for saleIf 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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