Of my new 12 string Gretsch Country Gentleman with Cream City was a transaction beyond perfect.īrian at Cream City was extremely helpful, honest, professional and communicative - and the guitarĪrrived in perfect condition two days ahead of schedule. Buying an expensive guitar online can be a nerve racking and treacherous process - but the purchase.Paul Schell for helping with the whole process and making my purchase worry-free. I just received my guitar and its fantastic. I've never purchased a guitar online before, so I was bit weary at first.It was my first time buying a used guitar but I would definitely recommend this company. If fact I'm still haven'tīeen able to put it down. Just received my used 1997 Les Paul Studio DC. Pickups/Electronics: Original Fender single-coil pickup with master volume and tone controls. Open-gear Fender tuners, 30” scale length. Neck: Very nicely rounded, slender maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. The finish has developed a beautiful patina giving the finish an authentic aged look! Top-load bridge with two adjustable saddles, black skirted control knobs and a 3-ply black pickguard. All electronics and parts are in perfect working condition.īody: Solid double-cutaway body in Olympic white finish. One pot dates to 1977, the other to 1974. The pickguard is unoriginal however all the electronics are original. The neck is super comfortable with great action up and down the fingerboard and the truss rod functions perfectly. There are a few very small cracks along some of the pickguard screws but the screws and pickguard both stay in place just fine. Fingerboard and frets are in very good shape with only light play wear and plenty of life left in them. There are various scratches, nicks, dings, dents and small chips throughout the bass with some buckle rash on the back. Add to that a great vintage look and feel and you have a great sounding, affordable vintage bass!Ĭondition: Very good overall shape for the instruments age. This makes the bass particularly versatile. Rolling the tone control down about half way results in a highly useable warmer sound that still have plenty of body and just the right amount of high end remaining. The pickup provides a very clear sound that is very punchy with the tone control up all the way. The bass is stylishly finished in Vintage White over old Olympic White, over what is likely either the original blue topcoat, or possibly original blue primer - 45 years later, it's no longer possible to be 100%.What’s special about this bass: This is a phenomenal sounding vintage Musicmaster bass with a great feel. Cosmetically, a matched set of Tele-style knobs gleam against the black of the custom cut scratchplate. Torres, one of Fender's great neck shapers), and Rosewood board, this phenomenal 1973 model now pumps out the bottomest of bottom notes thanks to a pair of elite Bartolini Jazz Bass pickups, aided by a legendary BadAss II bridge for maximum tone transmission. (For those playing at home, American retail prices at the time were around US$140 for the Musicmaster Bass US$240 for the Mustang Bass US$300 for the Precision and US$375 for the Jazz)īuilding on the original's solid Alder body, Hard Rock Maple neck, (stamped J. The original Musicmaster Bass, in production from 1970 to 1983, was a 30" scale, single pickup model, designed to fit the budget of those players who couldn't manage the price ticket on a Mustang, Jazz or Precision bass. A quick glance at some past and present Musicmaster players includes such luminaries as Jonny Greenwood, Kim Gordon, Colin Moulding of XTC, John Lent, (Mac Demarco), Tina Weymouth, Mike Dirnt, Jim O'Rourke, Eddie Vedder, Lucas Skinner, (King Gizzard), and the legend that was Dee Dee Ramone. Why is the Musicmaster Bass so incredibly popular right now? It's no doubt largely down to the fact that people these days really pay attention to what their heroes played in the past.
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