Just received my used 1997 Les Paul Studio DC. Pots date to '65 & all electronics are in perfect working condition.Ĭase: Vintage chipboard case included - pretty beat up & rather delicate. Guitar weighs 6 lbs 9.5 oz.Įlectronics: Single coil neck pickup with black cover - 5.64K ohms. Top-loading bridge with three adjustable saddles & 3-ply white pickguard.
Neck dates to SEP '65.īody: Offset, solid poplar body refinished in red. Kluson Deluxe tuners are in good working condition. Frets show some wear, but have plenty of life in them. Neck: Rounded maple neck with Brazilian rosewood fingerboard & mother of pearl dot inlays. Overall the guitar has a cool vibe though with a beautiful patina. Various nicks, chips, dents & dings scratches & weather checking throughout. It appears the original finish was actually blue as evidenced in parts of the body cavity & was then refinished red at some point. Professionally inspected & set up with fresh strings & low action.Ĭosmetic Condition: Lots of finish wear, particularly on the body. This one is really worn but still plays quite well thanks to the nicely rounded & somewhat chunky neck. I have lived in the US since 1999, and also play guitar.The simplicity of these old Musicmasters is what makes them so attractive to players - just one pickup with a couple of control knobs & that's it really. I also build custom electric basses and guitars under the brand name Drew & Sebastian Custom Guitars ( I play bass in a band called drumfish, which is based in Northern Virginia ( What did we miss?
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The previous owner who dismantled it wasn’t able to figure out how to put it all back together again!!Īny notable bassists (other than yourself, of course) play the same instrument/use the same gear?Ĭolin Moulding of XTC, Jim O’Rourke and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones, Alan Lancaster of Status Quo.Īny special history or story behind this instrument or the company who made it? What’s your favorite story about the gear? The replacement pickup by Wizard Pickups is made specifically for these basses, and it makes this bass sound absolutely amazing. I obtained a new pickguard from a seller on eBay, the pickup is a custom handmade replacement made by Wizard Pickups in the UK, and the all-new electronics are two CTS 250k pots, a Switchcraft jack, vintage style cloth wire and a Sprague orange drop capacitor. Stock or customized? Give us all the specs!Īll stock, with the exception of the pickguard and electronics. The bass came to me as a box of parts which had to be reassembled. It was given to me by a friend who ran a studio in Orlando, Florida. Guitar technician and custom instrument builder Graham Drew shares his 1978 Fender Musicmaster Bass in this installment of Old School, and the story that goes with it. Squier reintroduced the Musicmaster briefly in 1997, replacing it a year later with the Bronco bass. Fender later offered many of the finishes offered on their other instruments as well.įender’s line of budget instruments was discontinued in 1981, when the company introduced the Squier brand.
The bass was introduced with three finishes: black, white and red, with a few early issues painted in daphne blue and sporting pearl pickguards. This was also a 30″ short-scale bass, the shortest production scale of any Fender bass. All of the electronics were mounted on a single piece of plastic. The bodies were from the Mustang production line, and 6-pole guitar pickups were used instead of the standard 4-pole pickups used in basses. The Musicmaster was Fender’s budget-priced bass at the time, made from surplus parts from other Fender models.
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