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Musicmaster ii1/16/2024 This vintage Musicmaster II is in incredibly nice condition with some very minor nicks plus. This guitar made its way back to you after 20 years, so I'm guessing it has some importance to you. It has a fantastic playing dark rosewood neck with great frets. I've done that with some vintage Gibsons that had the dreaded "hump" where the neck meets the body. Also, if you don't mind installing taller frets than vintage Fender spec, you can sometimes use that height to get a good level on a less than level board. I'd first try to steam/press the neck or try a higher string gauge. I would never have a vintage rosewood board like that planed unless absolutely necessary. There's not much to work with in terms of planing it without ruining the guitar. You bring up a good point about the thickness of the fretboard. I'm sure there are luthiers in other places with lower overhead who would do it for a bit less, but unless they are in your town you're going to lose the difference in shipping charges anyway. Bonjour Je vends cette ’musicmaster II’ de 1966 100 d’origine,en finition Olympic White qui est devenu crme par le temps,trs beau faenage gnral,manche birdeyes short scale magnifique,touche palissandre bien fonce ,mcaniques avec numro de srie et patent,quelques pocs au niveau du talon mais sinon tat incroyable pour une guitare de presque 56 ans. That's what any good luthier here in NYC would charge at a minimum to do it correctly. I don't think $475 is a bad price for the work. How bad is the backbow in the neck? Is there any chance that a heavier string gauge or steaming the neck will get enough relief into it? Or as someone else mentioned, would you consider setting it up for slide with higher action? If not, you can obviously have it planed and refretted as your luthier suggested. If someone doesn't want to use a guitar, I'd humbly suggest giving it to a kid who can't afford one and who will be thrilled to play the crap out of it.Īs for repairing this one so it's playable, that's a bit more complicated. Secondly, I'd hate to see it end up as wall art. and while they are very nice guitars, none of them is the same as a well worn vintage one. A lot of people here will disagree with me, but I've owned and played modern recreations by Tom Murphy, Danocaster, Vince Cunetto, MJT, GVCG, Fender CS Masterbuilt, etc. No amount of "relic" work is going to recreate the patina on your Musicmaster. And no, it shouldn't go on your wall as a decoration!įirst of all, that's a very cool guitar. A $300 modern Squier is never going to be a 60's vintage Fender. I'm going to throw out another opinion, since that's what we do here on TGP.
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