#FENDER MUSICMASTER GUITAR DAKOTA RED SERIAL#

This Musicmaster shows some general wear to the body finish but remains all original. (3.2 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. (31.1 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 1/4 in. These simpler vintage Fenders have been gaining appreciation in recent decades as great-playing and handy guitars and even this early 1970s version is no exception. The deep red finish is worn but still vibrant and the guitar is completely original, with components unchanged from their later 1960's form. It features the longer scale 24' neck making for a more player-friendly instrument than the shorter scale 22 1/2' used on many earlier models. The neck date is May 71 and the pots date to the 16th week of that year the guitar was likely assembled and sold in the high summer of 1971, now 51 years ago. By 1975 this model was redesigned and lost most of its cheerful 1960's character, becoming a starker black & white thick-skin product of the 1970s The neck is finished in clear poly with a lacquer overcoat to the headstock face. The pickguard is the sparkly pearloid used since 1964, also soon to be relegated to history. This is mostly due to the body finish, which remains the very attractive earlier style Dakota Red lacquer without a heavy clear lacquer or (dreaded) Poly overcoat.

This is a nice playing example of Fender's perennial student model the Musicmaster, made at the beginning of the 1970's but still with a '60s feel about it.

#FENDER MUSICMASTER GUITAR DAKOTA RED SERIAL#

Fender Musicmaster Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1971), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 313168, Dakota Red lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, black chipboard case.

Fender musicmaster guitar dakota red