Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required. Often forgotten amongst Fender’s many classics, the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic were conceived to capitalize on teenagers taking up the guitar in droves as Bill Haley and the Comets’ Rock Around the Clock rode the Billboard charts for 10 weeks in the summer of 1955. Stay safe, be kind and hope you’re all well Enjoy this new episode of GuitarOfTheDay: mikelemmo playing an Original 1978 Fender Musicmaster available here. Very clear and precise tone with the bigmuff in the sense that it could handle and reproduce the low end very well. Excellent with guitar fuzz pedals and specially with my bigmuff. Sounded really nice for both guitar and bass. Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. With original fender 6V6 output tubes and Jensen speaker. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. Used Electric Guitar Fender 1958 Music Master Light Beige SN 29408 Opens in a new window or tab. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).
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