![]() Down at 1/8 of an inch it both sounds and looks great!Īlso the change from the black knobs, pickguard, and pickup cover to the brown tortise pickguard and cream pickup and knobs gives it a great sexy, classic, vintage look. I originally had it up at 1/4 inch but it was too bright and edgy and the strings could also stick to the rails. A lot lower than the stock pickup at 1/4 inch. Also the pick-up is pretty hot so I lowered it till it sits about an 1/8 of an inch above the pickguard. Rolling off the tone warms it up and takes the edge off. But more than that, this is a specifically designed bass pickup with a nice high output that produces overall fatness along with great clarity which will transform a Bronco or Musicmaster bass.With the tone control open it is nice and bright with a lot of string sound. All of which I know people love because I sell a bunch of replacement pickguards for them. From what I read in many other places I figured wiring it it series might make it sound muddy, so I followed MIJ-VI's advice and wired parrallel and it sounds great. The bass now looks and sounds awesome! I wired the pickup in parallel which gives it a clear punchy tone. Picked up a Dragonfire Rail in cream and chrome off of ebay for $20.00! Also replaced the black pickguard with a brown tortise shell and the black knobs with cream knobs. I just installed a new pickup in my 78 Musicmaster Bass. This bass guitar is in very good condition with only very minor cosmetic signs of play wear to the finish. This guitar has been given a full service by our luthiers at the Vintage Instrument Workshop, and includes a 3 year warranty.I'm new to this forum and this is my first post, but it was helpful in my project so I just want to share. The electronics and other hardware are original and correct, including the pearl pick guard that is only found on first year Musicmaster Bass examples. It is our opinion that this guitar was most likely refinished at some point in its life and the finish is in fact non original, however it certainly looks fantastic and lends a real unique quality to the instrument. As such, it is particularly difficult to authenticate these finishes in terms of their originality, as the same processes used on standard Fender custom colour finishes are not present. Fender did offer custom colour sparkle finishes, although these were outsourced to a local garage for spraying, with the finish not being applied in the Fender factory. Musicmaster bass guitars were original offered in flat Red, White & Blue finishes. The beautiful Red Sparkle finish is the real draw on this particular instrument. These basses are renowned for their punchy, rounded sound and are often praised for the way they cut through the mix in a recording setting. With an Alder body and Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard, the Musicmaster Bass features a single coil pickup as opposed to the split coil found on the Mustang bass, along with a shorter 30" scale length. This 1971 Fender Musicmaster Bass is a fantastic and unique example of the model from the first production year. The Fender Musicmaster Bass was introduced in 1971 to serve as a stripped down, entry level version of the Mustang bass, much like the 6 string Musicmaster guitar had been in the 1960's.
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