The Fender Musicmaster is an electric guitar by Fender, and was the first of their 3/4 scale guitars. Tilia is a Genus of about 30 species of Trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, in Asia (where the greatest Acer ( maple) is a Genus of Trees or Shrubs They are variously classified in a family of their own the Aceraceae, or A pickup device acts as a Transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped Stringed instruments such as the Electric guitar A single coil pickup is a type of magnetic Transducer for the Electric guitar and the electric bass. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Fender Musical Instruments Corporation of Quincy Illinois is a manufacturer of stringed instruments such as solid-body Electric guitars including the For the musical (rather than instrumental scale, see Pythagorean tuning. With a single pickup and no tremolo arm, it was a basic but functional instrument. A pickup device acts as a Transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped Stringed instruments such as the Electric guitar A tremolo arm or tremolo bar (also called a "whammy bar" or "wang bar" is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the Tailpiece of

Design work on the Musicmaster and a two-pickup version the Duo-Sonic began in late 1955 following a request from the sales department. The Fender Duo-Sonic guitar was introduced by Fender in 1956 as a “student” model guitar Prototypes were made in early 1956, followed by sales literature announcing both models. Production of the Musicmaster began in late April of that year, using a body routed for two pickups to be common to the Duo-Sonic, which followed a little more than two months later. The Duo-Sonic and Musicmaster also shared a single-piece maple neck and fingerboard, with a 22. 5 inch scale length and 21 frets. For the musical (rather than instrumental scale, see Pythagorean tuning.

There was one major redesign of these two Musicmaster-bodied guitars, in 1959 when the entire Fender catalog was updated. At this time, the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic both received a plastic pickguard in place of the previous anodized aluminum one, and a two-piece maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.

Profiles of a 1956 Musicmaster (left) and a Mustang, both with 22. 5" necks and Musicmaster headstocks.

In 1964, following the release of the Fender Mustang, both the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic were redesigned using the Mustang necks and body. The Fender Mustang is an Electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's This body was larger and slightly offset, and was fitted with a plastic pickguard but with the volume and tone controls mounted on a separate metal plate; The necks had larger headstocks. All three models were offered with the option of a 24 inch scale 22 fret neck or a 22. 5 inch scale 21 fret neck with the choice of "round-lam" rosewood or maple fingerboard. The 24 inch scale proved by far the most popular of these options. The redesigned Musicmaster was named the Musicmaster II and its stablemate the Duo-Sonic II, both using the Bronco body and pickguard shapes, although decals with and without the II designation were used without any real meaning. For the amplifier of the same name see Fender Bronco Amp The Fender Bronco was an Electric guitar model produced by the Fender

The Musicmaster was produced until 1982 when both it and the Mustang were dropped in favor of the newer Fender Lead models. The Fender Lead Series was produced by the Fender/Rogers/Rhodes Division of CBS Musical Instruments

The Fender Swinger, another 22. The Fender Swinger (also known as the Fender Musiclander and Fender Arrow – as the "Swinger" name is usually missing from the headstock was a short-lived 5 inch scale guitar, was produced using the Musicmaster bridge, electrics and scratchplate but with a modified Fender Bass V body. Background The original Fender Bass V was a quirky and unusual electric Bass guitar model produced by Fender between 1965 and 1970

See also

• Fender Swinger

References

• Fender's 3/4 Scale Guitars, a two-part article by Tim Pershing in 20th Century Guitar Magazine, December 1996 and January 1997. The Fender Swinger (also known as the Fender Musiclander and Fender Arrow – as the "Swinger" name is usually missing from the headstock was a short-lived

External links

• Inside a pre-production 1956 Fender Musicmaster
• Fender's 3/4 Scale Guitars