So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

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Colour?

Keep it Black
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28%
Tahitian Coral
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58%
Some other splendid colour? (please specify)
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So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by JSett » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:03 pm

Usually I drink too much Fortaleza tequila and go Reverb-diving but booze is off the menu these days. Turns out that I can be just as reckless on the little white tablets the neurologist gave me too :D I woke up with this waiting to be paid for:

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1978, rattlecan-black. Hopefully it's got one of the fabled baseball bat late-70s MM necks I've long desired. My long-standing plan has been to get hold of one of these cheap (I paid a woefully small amount for this, about the same as one of those "Offset Series" Duo-Sonics were new :o ) and move the pickup to the bridge position, either using the existing one or picking something else snappy and bright.

I'm guessing, seeing as someone repainted it black that it must have started out life white. I might paint it Tahitian Coral (If I can find a source for that colour in nitro cans). I might keep it black. I don't really know yet.
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Re: So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by GreenKnee » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:18 pm

Great find. These are fantastic guitars and so much fun!

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Post by HedonismBot » Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:44 pm

I was just looking at this Musicmaster today and thought it was a great deal. Money’s tighter than ever, though, so not for me. Great score!

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Post by JSett » Wed Aug 03, 2022 11:48 pm

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I was just looking at this Musicmaster today and thought it was a great deal. Money’s tighter than ever, though, so not for me. Great score!
Yeah, I couldn't really pass it up once the seller started the haggling process with me. Any vintage Fender sub-£500 is a bit of a no-brainer really, even with a shonky refin.
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Post by JamesSGBrown » Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:48 am

Wonderful! I miss my '72 MM :(

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Post by JSett » Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:20 am

Spoken to the seller, he's going to delay shipment until I'm back from Slovenia so that gives me plenty of time to mull over colour and pickup choices
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Re: So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:23 am

minus the wide range in the neck and modding it for a super hot singlecoil....... you just bought one of my dream guitars.
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Post by MattK » Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:31 pm

oh my god that's the same seller as my 80s Jag which is also on the way. Nice guy Boris!
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Post by BTL » Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:56 pm

I'm pretty sure the original finish is CAR... ;) Congrats!
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Post by LVC » Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:06 pm

Ah, the MM from Reunion island! I had been watching it and playing "let's see if I can scrape up the money before it sells to someone else"... A game I always lose :D
Glad it went to a fellow OSG member! :)
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Hopefully it's got one of the fabled baseball bat late-70s MM necks I've long desired.
I secretely hope it hasn't, and we see it turn up in the FSOT section soon...
Can I call dibs if it does? :ph34r:
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Re: So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by marqueemoon » Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:41 pm

Sweet. I’m generally a fan of leaving things as-is, but that finish looks awful.

How about CFM?

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Post by CROSS_guitars » Thu Aug 04, 2022 4:45 pm

I have handled one of these Musicmasters before. i remember the black factory finish feeling "rubbery" like the paint had never cured. It's probably why a lot of these guitars were stripped.

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Re: So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by JSett » Thu Aug 04, 2022 6:15 pm

MatthewK wrote:
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:31 pm
oh my god that's the same seller as my 80s Jag which is also on the way. Nice guy Boris!
Yes! He does indeed seem a lovely chap!
BeeTL wrote:
Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:56 pm
I'm pretty sure the original finish is CAR... ;) Congrats!
Maybe I should paint it CAR and start a paradox?
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Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:06 pm
I secretely hope it hasn't, and we see it turn up in the FSOT section soon...
Can I call dibs if it does? :ph34r:
Someone always does, looks like you got dibs this time! :D
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Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:41 pm
Sweet. I’m generally a fan of leaving things as-is, but that finish looks awful.

How about CFM?
I love them in their natural 'murdered-out' look but, indeed, that is a terrible job. CFM is a great suggestion
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I have handled one of these Musicmasters before. i remember the black factory finish feeling "rubbery" like the paint had never cured. It's probably why a lot of these guitars were stripped.
The white ones are the same...like a strong fingernail would leave a dent. Rubbery is the correct word, almost like the surface of those disposable 'grippy' work gloves.

I can see a messy and smelly day of paint-stripping in my future!
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Re: So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by JSett » Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:10 am

*cough*...

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Re: So, in my (prescription) drug-addled haze I bought a Musicmaster...

Post by Pacafeliz » Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:49 am

johnnysomersett wrote:
Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:10 am
*cough*...

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Oh God... :derp: :-*
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