Both guitars featured a 22 1/2” scale bolt on, soft V style maple neck with a maple fret board. The 3/4 sized Fender Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic guitar guitars were both offered in the spring of 1956. The introduction of this guitar coincided with the year Elvis Presley became popular, which caused an increased interest in the guitar.īy 1956 Leo Fender thought it might be a good idea to introduce a student model to the Fender line up, which would have a shorter scale for small hands and also had a reduced price point.ġ956 Fender Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic Guitars Moving forward to 1954, Fender introduced the Stratocaster. So the word "Broadcaster" was cut off of subsequent headstock decals.īy the summer of 1951 the guitar was renamed the Telecaster. In the fall of that year Fender added an additional pickup and called that guitar the Broadcaster, which didn’t last long as Gretsch had trademarked that name for their drum sets. This "Spanish-style" electric guitar was made in the style of Leo Fender’s lap steel guitars, with a single slanted pickup placed right next to the bridge and saddles. This guitar made its way back to you after 20 years, so I'm guessing it has some importance to you.Fender introduced their solid body electric guitar, the Esquire, as early as 1950. I've done that with some vintage Gibsons that had the dreaded "hump" where the neck meets the body. Also, if you don't mind installing taller frets than vintage Fender spec, you can sometimes use that height to get a good level on a less than level board. ![]() I'd first try to steam/press the neck or try a higher string gauge. I would never have a vintage rosewood board like that planed unless absolutely necessary. There's not much to work with in terms of planing it without ruining the guitar. You bring up a good point about the thickness of the fretboard. ![]() I'm sure there are luthiers in other places with lower overhead who would do it for a bit less, but unless they are in your town you're going to lose the difference in shipping charges anyway. That's what any good luthier here in NYC would charge at a minimum to do it correctly. I don't think $475 is a bad price for the work. How bad is the backbow in the neck? Is there any chance that a heavier string gauge or steaming the neck will get enough relief into it? Or as someone else mentioned, would you consider setting it up for slide with higher action? If not, you can obviously have it planed and refretted as your luthier suggested. If someone doesn't want to use a guitar, I'd humbly suggest giving it to a kid who can't afford one and who will be thrilled to play the crap out of it.Īs for repairing this one so it's playable, that's a bit more complicated. Secondly, I'd hate to see it end up as wall art. and while they are very nice guitars, none of them is the same as a well worn vintage one. A lot of people here will disagree with me, but I've owned and played modern recreations by Tom Murphy, Danocaster, Vince Cunetto, MJT, GVCG, Fender CS Masterbuilt, etc. No amount of "relic" work is going to recreate the patina on your Musicmaster. And no, it shouldn't go on your wall as a decoration!įirst of all, that's a very cool guitar. A $300 modern Squier is never going to be a 60's vintage Fender. ![]() I'm going to throw out another opinion, since that's what we do here on TGP.
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