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Post subject: Musicmaster II Mystery Guitar
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:36 am
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During Christmas my girlfriends dad showed me a vintage Musicmaster guitar that he wanted me to investigate for him. According to the headstock it's a Musicmaster 2, but the serial number (40009) and a pencil marking under the neck date it to 1959, before the Musicmaster II was produced.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72864083@N06/6573705421/
Note the strat style bridge, jack and the dual humbuckers. Wiring is NOT spliced on pickups. The jack is original too, there is not a hole under the double pick guard for a Musicmaster style jack.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72864083@N06/6573705699/
Hole to adjust truss rod unusual for the time from what I understand. Serial number dates 1959-1960.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72864083@N06/6573711837/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72864083@N06/6573711519/
Tuners are new.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72864083@N06/6573712265/
Paint is original black as you can see and unusual bridge.

So what is it we have here? Seems like a hybrid of multiple styles but missing the signs of a Frankenstein.


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Post subject: Re: Musicmaster II Mystery Guitar
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:08 pm
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looks to me what you have here is a "cocktail" guitar. Someone slapped togather lots of parts, but it does look very cool. How does it sound?


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Post subject: Re: Musicmaster II Mystery Guitar
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:48 am
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BOBROX24 wrote:
looks to me what you have here is a "cocktail" guitar classes. Someone slapped togather lots of parts, but it does look very cool. How does it sound?

^ Totally agree. It looks like a hybrid guitar. So yeah, how does the guitar sound? Is it fairly okay?


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