Fender Musicmaster Solid Body Electric Guitar (1971)
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Fender Musicmaster Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1971), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 313168, Dakota Red lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, black chipboard case.
This is a nice playing example of Fender's perennial student model the Musicmaster, made at the beginning of the 1970's but still with a '60s feel about it. This is mostly due to the body finish, which remains the very attractive earlier style Dakota Red lacquer without a heavy clear lacquer or (dreaded) Poly overcoat. The pickguard is the sparkly pearloid used since 1964, also soon to be relegated to history. The neck is finished in clear poly with a lacquer overcoat to the headstock face. By 1975 this model was redesigned and lost most of its cheerful 1960's character, becoming a starker black & white thick-skin product of the 1970s
The neck date is May 71 and the pots date to the 16th week of that year; the guitar was likely assembled and sold in the high summer of 1971, now 51 years ago. It features the longer scale 24" neck making for a more player-friendly instrument than the shorter scale 22 1/2" used on many earlier models. The deep red finish is worn but still vibrant and the guitar is completely original, with components unchanged from their later 1960's form. These simpler vintage Fenders have been gaining appreciation in recent decades as great-playing and handy guitars and even this early 1970s version is no exception.
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This Musicmaster shows some general wear to the body finish but remains all original. There are some fairly deep dings, scratches and dents to the body lacquer, the result of indifferent handling probably decades ago; these guitars didn't get much respect "back inna day"! A few small touch-ups are evident but the body finish is practically all original. The red color is still excellent with a deep hue showing only very minimal fade. The neck is much cleaner with only light wear.
All hardware is original and complete; the older 1960's style threaded steel saddles have some corrosion but nothing that affects function. The pearloid pickguard has shrunken up just a bit as is often the case but there are no cracks at a corner screw holes. The original frets and fingerboard show some light wear bur playability remains undiminished. This is a cool example of a solidly CBS but still older looking and feeling Musicmaster, as always a neat little guitar with a super friendly vibe. It is housed in a typical '70-80s chipboard case, probably not original but pretty close. Excellent - Condition.
This is a nice playing example of Fender's perennial student model the Musicmaster, made at the beginning of the 1970's but still with a '60s feel about it. This is mostly due to the body finish, which remains the very attractive earlier style Dakota Red lacquer without a heavy clear lacquer or (dreaded) Poly overcoat. The pickguard is the sparkly pearloid used since 1964, also soon to be relegated to history. The neck is finished in clear poly with a lacquer overcoat to the headstock face. By 1975 this model was redesigned and lost most of its cheerful 1960's character, becoming a starker black & white thick-skin product of the 1970s
The neck date is May 71 and the pots date to the 16th week of that year; the guitar was likely assembled and sold in the high summer of 1971, now 51 years ago. It features the longer scale 24" neck making for a more player-friendly instrument than the shorter scale 22 1/2" used on many earlier models. The deep red finish is worn but still vibrant and the guitar is completely original, with components unchanged from their later 1960's form. These simpler vintage Fenders have been gaining appreciation in recent decades as great-playing and handy guitars and even this early 1970s version is no exception.
Overall length is 39 3/4 in. (101 cm.), 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 in. (610 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This Musicmaster shows some general wear to the body finish but remains all original. There are some fairly deep dings, scratches and dents to the body lacquer, the result of indifferent handling probably decades ago; these guitars didn't get much respect "back inna day"! A few small touch-ups are evident but the body finish is practically all original. The red color is still excellent with a deep hue showing only very minimal fade. The neck is much cleaner with only light wear.
All hardware is original and complete; the older 1960's style threaded steel saddles have some corrosion but nothing that affects function. The pearloid pickguard has shrunken up just a bit as is often the case but there are no cracks at a corner screw holes. The original frets and fingerboard show some light wear bur playability remains undiminished. This is a cool example of a solidly CBS but still older looking and feeling Musicmaster, as always a neat little guitar with a super friendly vibe. It is housed in a typical '70-80s chipboard case, probably not original but pretty close. Excellent - Condition.