Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Brow on June 17, 2007, 09:01:02 PM
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Hey guys.
Just thought I'd make a thread about a guitar I've bought, just incase anyone was interested, and apologise for the less than great pictures :)
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It's a 1976 Fender Music Master which has been modified with a bridge pickup :)
It currently has a Hot Rails in the bridge and the original pickup in the neck position. It also has a push/pull on the Tone control for coil split of the Hot Rails.
I plan to change the pickups for a pair of Slowhands (as per Tims suggestion) and to use the push/pull control for series/parallel switching when both pickups are used.
Just thought I'd share incase anyone was interested :)
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Blimey Brow, I haven't seen one for years.I love the colour-nice plank.I knew someone who had one way back in the day.
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Nice, I always liked that musicmaster/mustang/duosonic shape, and I love the aged white colour too. Plus you have the advantage over the mustang of not having to deal with that....interesting trem ;).
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I used to have one back in 1973, it was the first 'good' guitar I owned. I traded it in on a 68 strat after about a year. However I played a lot of gigs with the musicmaster. Mine was olympic white too. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Just get the hot rails out as soon as you can!! You could just replace the bridge pickup initially and get a better sound!
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Nice guitar!
Never played a Music Master, but I have a guitar I put together using the body of a 70s Bronco, which is basically the same shape. I bought it for £15.
Whatever you do, don't refinish it! Removing the finish was an absolute nightmare. Under the outer coats there's a sort of thick "plastic" undercoat which seems to be impervious to anything short of a nuclear explosion. I had to sand it all off by hand in the end.
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Hey guys, thanks for the comments :)
I have no plans whatsoever of re-finishing it, I love how old and battered it looks (in person atleast, not so good in my pics)
The Hot Rails in it now isn't THAT bad, but it's definitely coming out for something more 'traditional', and BKP made :D
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Looks like a girly guitar; should go perfect with your Emo band! PDT_008
I kid; nice headstock and cool colour!!
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Nice purchase Brow !
I love those cool retro designs :D
I see from the bridge and controls it is like a Telecaster meets a Jaguar.
Cool item ... 8)
F.F.
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Looks like a girly guitar; should go perfect with your Emo band! PDT_008
I kid; nice headstock and cool colour!!
Oh be quiet and go back to playing your 80s fag metal! PDT_008
And how many times do I have to tell you: I'm not in an EMU band :band1: :D
Cheers mate :)
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Cool guitar. Nice big 70's head, simple layout, cool color and a real relic.
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should go perfect with your Emo band!
Oh be quiet and go back to playing your 80s fag metal!
JERRY! JERRY! JERRY!
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shes a real beaut ;) congrats!
whats the scale length? can you get on with it?
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that's very nice, seems to be in pretty decent nick too!
:drink:
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Thanks for the kind words guys :)
shes a real beaut ;) congrats!
whats the scale length? can you get on with it?
The scale length is 24", which is shorter than the Gibson and Fender scale lengths I normally play, but it's not too hard to get used to it :)
I was playing my Gibson LP in my room a few nights ago, and then switched over to the Music master, and it felt almost felt like a toy in comparison :lol:
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Black pickups on a white pickguard always looks good.
Why are they slanted forward?
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Why are they slanted forward?
To make rthe bass notes a bit more bass heavy and the treble ones a bit more trebly (opposite to what Jake E Lee did)
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Black pickups on a white pickguard always looks good.
Why are they slanted forward?
Because it looks really cool 8) 8) 8)
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I don't understand why you'd have it that way? Surely its one extreme to another?
Extra bassy one end, extra trebly another.
Nice guitar though.
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I don't understand why you'd have it that way? Surely its one extreme to another?
Extra bassy one end, extra trebly another.
Nice guitar though.
or nicely balanced out.....
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I don't understand why you'd have it that way? Surely its one extreme to another?
Extra bassy one end, extra trebly another.
Nice guitar though.
Couldnt you say the same for slanted Jake E Lee style pickups though? I would've thought itd balance well like that..
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Nope because it tightens it all up ;) the bottom of the pickup doesnt move, it just pivots backwards for the lower strings.
I`ve never seen two slanted forward like this. Just curious.
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it makes more difference to the bridge pickup if its slanted than it does the neck pickup - but aesthetically it makes sense to slant them both.
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Nice buy Brow! I love the colour too, I've always wanted a Strat in Vintage White.
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Thanks for the new posts :)
When I get around to taking the Hot Rails out, I'm going to have a word with Tim about aging a pair of Cream covered Slow Hands for me so that they match the guitar :D