Vintage Musicmaster Bass w/case

[NoirBass]

This seems like a bargain, and has a Fender branded case which I've never seen the like of before.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1978-Fender-Musicmaster-Bass-/182089705042?hash=item2a65646652:g:1YsAAOSwjwlXBQyN

[roman_sub]

Not sure about the originality of the strings??

[NoirBass]

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Not sure about the originality of the strings??
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[Roger2611]

Not sure about the originallity of the case either it looks like one of those Ebay special Fender stickers has been stuck on, it may be an original case but I am not sure it is a Fender case....could be wrong through.

[howdenspur]

I had a Musicmaster back in the 70s, it had a mahoosive oblong case which I[i] think[/i] (I've had a few sleeps since then) was a Fender case. This one on ebay looks very odd...

[Cotswoldbassguitars]

The case looks original to me. Fender offered 'Economy Chipboard Cases' for Mustang and Musicmaster basses in the '70s which they described as 'soft shell flannel lined'. I had a '76 Musicmaster bass with the same case. They are not very strong!

[ash]

It certainly is an original case but I've only seen them with the earlier Musicmasters - with the funny non branded tuners. Maybe an earlier case with a later bass or just a creative use of mix and match 70's stock in the Fender factory. A nice vintage package for the cash however.

[BigRedX]

£500 for a Musicmaster Bass? That's a lot of money for something that will be out-performed by pretty much any modern sub-£100 instrument.

[keefbaker]

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£500 for a Musicmaster Bass? That's a lot of money for something that will be out-performed by pretty much any modern sub-£100 instrument.
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It has "fender" on it, therefore there are legions of people who will swear it's great even if it isn't.

[ash]

My first bass was a Musicmaster and it was a fine instrument perfect for me at the time. It cost £85 secondhand from Kingfisher Music and I got it in the January sale. This was in 1978 so with inflation...
Ok there are lots of lovely basses out there for less money but if I saw my old one - and it was in worse condition than this one was even then - I'd be happy to pay £500 for it. A case of 'what price nostalgia' or 'A fool and his/her money'? 😳

[BigRedX]

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My first bass was a Musicmaster and it was a fine instrument perfect for me at the time. It cost £85 secondhand from Kingfisher Music and I got it in the January sale. This was in 1978 so with inflation...
Ok there are lots of lovely basses out there for less money but if I saw my old one - and it was in worse condition than this one was even then - I'd be happy to pay £500 for it. A case of 'what price nostalgia' or 'A fool and his/her money'?
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That's fair enough. Back in the late 70s there wasn't a lot of competition at the sub-£100 price point, and I totally get the nostalgia thing.

But IME they are not particularly rare and unless you've upgraded/mod'd the bridge and pickup, they are just another cheaply made short scale bass.

[tauzero]

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But IME they are not particularly rare and unless you've upgraded/mod'd the bridge and pickup, they are just another cheaply made short scale bass.
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And if you do mod it then hordes of outraged Bssschatters will gather with flaming torches and pitchforks [1], howling "OMFG! How could anyone BUTCHER this poor bass?".

[1] No, not flaming pitchforks

[ash]

I wouldn't - I knackered the hell out of my Musicmaster 😖