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Post subject: REPOST: What Should I do with my Duo Sonic?
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 2:16 pm
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Hi there!

I repost it here because I think its a better place than the Fender Lounge!!!

I recently bought a 1966 Fender Duo Sonic II. The purchase of this guitar was a real adventure!

See my other topic for pics

http://www.fender.com/community/forums/ ... db436a545d
At the beginning, the guy was selling it for 1000$. I offered him 850$ and he agreed. Obviously, when you buy a vintage guitar you have to look if everything is original. The pots, the neck, the body and the hardware are original. BUT, the pickups aren't!! I called the guy and offered him 2 options: refund me or pay me back 275$.


He accepted to give me back 275$. So the Duo Sonic cost me 575$ in the end.

Here is my question: If I want to resell it one of this day to the better price I could get, what should I do?

For me, the best option would be to get the best value for the lowest price.

1.Buy some genuine Fender Mustang pickups (As seen on the '65 Mustang reissue)
2.Buy some Antiquity series Seymour Duncan Duo-Sonic pickups
3.Keep the pickups that are on the guitar (Japanese Stratocaster)

I know that the best way to make this guitar a real vintage original, I should buy REAL pickups from a 1966 Fender Duo Sonic. I saw a pair at 300$ Does it worth it?

Thanks!


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Post subject: Re: REPOST: What Should I do with my Duo Sonic?
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:39 pm
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Tomyyy wrote:
Hi there!

...I recently bought a 1966 Fender Duo Sonic II..The pots, the neck, the body and the hardware are original. BUT, the pickups aren't...If I want to resell it one of this day to the better price I could get, what should I do?

For me, the best option would be to get the best value for the lowest price.

1.Buy some genuine Fender Mustang pickups (As seen on the '65 Mustang reissue)
2.Buy some Antiquity series Seymour Duncan Duo-Sonic pickups
3.Keep the pickups that are on the guitar (Japanese Stratocaster)

I know that the best way to make this guitar a real vintage original, I should buy REAL pickups from a 1966 Fender Duo Sonic. I saw a pair at 300$ Does it worth it?

Thanks!


Greetings,

1. If you bought the current day Mustang pickups, you'd be getting some kind of generic, imported concoction so that's out as this is clearly no help to you as you'd inevitably have a very similar set to what's in there now.
2. The Duncan Antiquities are overkill. Further, for what they would cost you, when you do decide to sell the guitar, the price differential would be the same. Meaning, if you paid say, $300 for the pickups, you could probably sell the guitar for $300 more because of them so it is a wash in this respect.
3. In light of my 1. and 2, unless you do not like the way the pickups you have in there now, I'd leave them. If you don't like them, get a set of Seymour Duncan SSL-2s. These would be almost identical to the originals all around save for a bit more power, they will obviously look new and will cost you considerably less than the Antiquities. You can even buy one of them RW/RP so that when both pickups are on together, they will be humbucking.

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