![]() ![]() Although Fender used the term "three-quarter size" in publicizing the new student models, only the neck and the resulting scale-length were smaller, designed for younger hands that were just starting to play guitar. The Musicmaster was the single-pickup version.Despite their budget status, the student models were still playable instruments: Fender seemed to have cut the right corners" (Tony Bacon and Paul Day, The Fender Book, p. They had smaller, lighter bodies, shorter necks and basic appointments. "Fender's new 'student' guitars, the Duo-Sonic and Musicmaster, first appeared in 1956. ![]() Housed in a later three-latch rectangular black hardshell case with gray plush lining (9.00). Overall this all original little guitar is in excellent-plus (8.75) condition. Keep in mind that Fender serial numbers are not necessarily consecutive and the plates are easily swapped out using only a screwdriver. There are a few small surface chips mainly on the edges of the body. Here is a nearly comprehensive list of Fender serial numbers for Stratocasters, Telecasters, Jazzmasters, and Jaguars made from 1950 until the 1980s. The Dakota Red color is fresh and shows no signs of darkening. The neck is stamped "8 APR 65A." The potentiometers are stamped "304 6512" (Stackpole, March 1965). Combined bridge/tailpiece with three adjustable 'threaded' saddles. Black plastic control knobs with seven sides and white line marker. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and jack socket, all on the three-layer pearloid over black and white plastic pickguard with twelve screws. One black bakelite, gray bottom single-coil Musicmaster pickup, angled at neck, with an output of 5.17k ("5-26-65" written in black pencil on the underside). The neck is stamped in black "8 APR 65A". Four-bolt neck plate with serial number "L78705" between the top two screws. Individual 'double-line' Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic oval buttons (each one stamped on the underside "D-169400 / Patent No.". Fender 'Transitional' logo with "Fender" in gold with black trim, beneath that "Musicmaster ll" and beneath that "Pat. Solid alder 'slab' body, maple neck, and veneer rosewood fretboard with 22 original thin frets and pearl dot position markers. and has a narrow 'A' nut width of 1 1/2 inches and a scale length of 24 inches. This 12-inch wide, one and a half inch thick guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. ![]()
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