While the 2‑pickup Duo‑Sonic and Mustang guitars have been reissued, the Musicmaster has yet to reappear as a mainstream model. However, the Musicmaster was designed and manufactured by the same people in the same factory, using the same materials as their more upmarket models. Probably because of its low-priced origins, the Musicmaster doesn’t have the prestige of its professional grate bigger brothers. The Musicmaster continued in various forms until 1982, when it was superseded by the budget Fender Bullet. The headstock was also redesigned with a distinctive larger (CBS-era style) profile and the model decal now carried a ‘II’ after the model name. Neck construction was also changed with the option of 22½” scale with 21 frets or 24” scale with 22 frets – the latter becoming by far the most popular option – with a choice of rosewood or maple fingerboards. The volume and tone controls were moved to a separate chrome plate adjacent to the main scratchplate. The Musicmaster’s alder slab bodies still had no body contours and came in basic Red, White or Blue nitrocellulose finishes. In 1964, the Musicmaster was given a design facelift to match the general style of the newly introduced slightly offset‑body Fender Mustang.
The 1‑piece maple neck comprised 22½” scale and 21 frets. The Musicmaster began as a ¾‑size guitar with a fixed non-vibrato integrated bridge/tailpiece on a simple slab body with a solitary single coil neck pickup.
1965 fender musicmaster ii upgrade#
Fender’s head of sales, Don Randall, believed in establishing a ‘step-up’ program in which beginners could follow a clear upgrade path to their higher quality guitars as their guitar skills improved. The low‑cost Fender Musicmaster was originally released in 1956 and was the company’s first ‘student’ model.
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