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Pupuquek
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 Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:20 pm Post subject: Duo-sonic vs Musicmaster (early 60s) |
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Is the former more sought for? Is the hardware and neck all identical? I am looking at couple of maroonburst musicmasters but there's only a $300 ish difference between the duo-sonics on the market. Need to make an informed choice before spending that kind of dough.
PS: what would be a good price for them at the moment? |
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Thomas
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Just remember that most of the maroonburst ones will be 22.5" scale not 24" (if you're unsure count the dots/frets in the photo). All the hardware, heels, tuners etc are the same on all the 24" scale necks.
The last Musicmaster neck I bought was early 70s and cost me $120. That was about 3-4 months ago I think. |
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Pupuquek
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't all the early 60s with A width necks and clay dots come in 22.5 only? |
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Thomas
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| Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| Clay dots were on all rosewood Fender necks until 64. |
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singlepup
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| 24" necks were also introduced in 64 IIRC - so any "early 60s" will be 22.5. |
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Doug
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:31 pm Post subject: Re: Duo-sonic vs Musicmaster (early 60s) |
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| Pupuquek wrote: |
Is the former more sought for? Is the hardware and neck all identical? I am looking at couple of maroonburst musicmasters but there's only a $300 ish difference between the duo-sonics on the market. Need to make an informed choice before spending that kind of dough.
PS: what would be a good price for them at the moment? |
Given similar condition and age, I'm pretty sure the 2-pickup Duo-Sonic will often sell for more than the 1-pup Musicmaster . A few years ago the industry-researched range for Duo-Sonics was $950 to $1,650.
The range for Musicmasters was $600 to $1,600 (up to $2,100 for the '56 to '64 Blond).
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Thomas
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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| singlepup wrote: |
| 24" necks were also introduced in 64 IIRC - so any "early 60s" will be 22.5. |
Jaguar necks from '62. |
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