basshead56 Posted Sunday at 08:59 Posted Sunday at 08:59 (edited) Hi All, Had a punt on an auction site yesterday and ended up winning. Soon I will take delivery of a 1975 Fender Musicmaster in what was once Olympic White. All original except for the pickguard, which the previous owner has swapped out for a custom cut stainless steel one (ngl, don't hate this!) Given it wasn't anywherenear expensive as I thought it might be, I'm in two minds as to whatto do - keep her as is, or make it a project bass. I do quite dig the Mojo on this bass in terms of it's look. But I'm also intrigued by the thought of doing it up. Options I'm considering are: sanding it back and respraying it in another colour from the period - Daphne Blue or Dakota Red. Would add a white plastic pickguard and maybe strat knobs and a tugbar too. Then theres the pickup. Keep it stock or add something like a Curtis Novak pickup that sounds a bit more familiar. Would love a lipstick style pickup. Then, do I make it my only bass with flats? Oh the possibilities... Keen to hear thoughts/suggestions on this ☺️ Edited Sunday at 09:08 by basshead56 9 Quote
Geek99 Posted Sunday at 09:06 Posted Sunday at 09:06 Leave it like it is cosmetically is my vote pups maybe change if needed 3 Quote
HeadlessBassist Posted Sunday at 10:38 Posted Sunday at 10:38 I'd do a 'Nick Campbell Destroys' clone. If only we knew what that bridge pickup was... 2 Quote
Wotcher2 Posted Sunday at 12:09 Posted Sunday at 12:09 Good luck with this, and do as you see fit. I found a fairly wrecked one several years ago and did a bit of a resto. Looks a lot tidier now, and kept as much original as possible including pickups and all electrics. Will post pics later Quote
crazycloud Posted Sunday at 12:46 Posted Sunday at 12:46 2 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said: If only we knew what that bridge pickup was... It's a Jazzmaster guitar pickup. Actual brand, I don't know though. I'm definitely not a vintage guy, but if it were mine and I was going to do routing, I'd pick up an aftermarket body from somewhere like Guitar Fetish and mod that so it can be restored to stock. 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted Sunday at 17:48 Posted Sunday at 17:48 Mint guard, Monty’s stuff on the fretboard- laaaahhhhverly! 1 Quote
DF Shortscale Posted yesterday at 00:15 Posted yesterday at 00:15 If you’re feeling brave and don’t mind paying shipping / taxes etc, Woodcraft in the US sell excellent replacement parts for Musicmaster basses. Their bridges and pickups are really good and should be an easy fit. Dealing with them can be a bit hit and miss at times but check out their replacement bridge, it’s nice: https://www.ampshopbassexchange.com/product/albridge-parts-mms18-vintage-bridge-for-musicmaster-short-scale-direct-replacement/ (No affiliation, I bought one of their Ampmaster basses a while back, wasn’t the smoothest transaction but the bass is great) 1 Quote
tall_martin Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago I've got a 1978 music master. It was my first bass in 1995. I sanded it in 1997, and never finished it until 2018. The respray job I did in nitro was poor and I chipped it within a week. I do wish I'd just kept it as dented and chipped as it was when it came to me. The original pickup sounds good to my ears. Maybe give yours a proper try when it arrives. The tuners has seen better days so mine has recent hipshot tuners. 2 Quote
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