![]() ![]() There is some light buzzing on the lower strings high up the neck, especially after the 15th fret or so. The headstock has some nice checking that really adds to the vintage look and feel. The neck is in excellent shape and the frets, although worn, still have some life left. A beautiful body with no modifications and just a bit of wear from the years. There are some indentations and finish chips at the side of the body near the control plate. 1964/65 Fender Musicmaster II body (or Duo-sonic II) Original Daphne Blue finish. Cosmetically it is in excellent shape for its age with some general finish dings and playwear throughout. It is very lightweight, coming in at roughly 6 ½ lbs. The grain really pops off the finish on the back of the neck! It has been set-up by our in-house guitar tech for optimal playability. The maple neck is thin and very comfortable, measuring about 1 5/8th” at the nut with a rosewood board. As with other late ‘60s Musicmasters/Duo-Sonics/Mustangs it has the white-tip “F” label tuning machines and grey/gold Fender “spaghetti “logo. It has an “F” labelled neck plate with a serial of 211706. It is the 24” scale version (which Fender indicated by adding the “II” to the model name), sporting the three saddle Duo Sonic/Musicmaster non-vibrato bridge and pearloid pickguard. It has a single coil neck-positioned pickup that sounds full without losing the twang that people love these guitars for. Don’t let that fool you…this is a fantastic playing and sounding American-made vintage piece! Featuring a beautiful Daphne blue finish on its off-set small scale body this Musicmaster is, to put it simply, a true joy to play! The serial number on the back plate reads 211706 with the neck stamp dating to July of 1967. 1966 Fender Musicmaster II Olympic White Medium profil maple neck Rosewood veneer fretboard 22 frets and pearl dot-inlays 3-layer tortoise pickguard 1. The Musicmaster was Fender’s original entry-level musician’s model.
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