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Fender (CBS) Duo-Sonic Series U.S.A. Available 1965 to 1969 Standard Colors: Dakota Red, Olympic White, Daphne Blue. Pick Ups: 2 Single-Coil Pickups. Body: Alder. Neck: Maple. Fingerboard: Rosewood. Number of Frets: 21. Scale Length: 22 ½ inches. Options: Double-cutaway Slab Body Angled Pickups Nickel Hardware Kluson Deluxe Tuners With White Plastic Buttons Plastic Pickguard with Chrome Control Cover Tortoise Shell Plastic Pickguard with Black Pickup Covers (Olympic White Finish) 1 Volume Control 1 Tone Control 2 3-way Pickup Control Switches Above Each Pickup (On-Off-Reverse Phase) Optional "Long" Scale (24 ¾") Neck 1966 Changes: Fender "F" Tuners 1967 Changes: Short Scale Option Discontinued
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| Quality: | 9 | Features: | 9 | Sound: | 9 | Playability: | 10 | Value: | 10 | Overall: | 9.40 |
Review by: Jimmy the Saint from England, Apr 15 2008 12:24PM
Originally Bought Used in 2007 in Black (repainted from Olympic white).
Jimmy the Saint's Style: Rock, Grunge
This is a cracking little guitar. Mine is a 3/4 length version which has a great tone, and a beautiful, slim neck that is the fastest and nicest I've ever played. It IS a Fender mustang, minus the patented Fender bridge, but who really uses a tremelo these days anyway? It certainly doesn't go out of tune as often as a trem model and doesn't require a complicated locking down procedure to render it inoperable, a la Kurt Cobain. It's a Mustang with a simple, low maintainance bridge. I've not played a '60s Mustang, but I can tell you that my vintage Duo-Sonic II plays immeasurably better than the new Japanese Mustangs, and indeed, better than all of the modern US Fenders I've played recently (Jaguar, Telecaster, Stratocaster). I love mine and wouldn't part with it.
I would like to know what they go for these days in the UK, though, just for reference. They are a very under-rated, under-valued, and (due to them being broken for Mustang parts) increasingly rare guitar. Mustang's of the same age as mine go for over a grand, in the UK.
I would like to know what they go for these days in the UK, though, just for reference. They are a very under-rated, under-valued, and (due to them being broken for Mustang parts) increasingly rare guitar. Mustang's of the same age as mine go for over a grand, in the UK.
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| Quality: | 10 | Features: | 10 | Sound: | 10 | Playability: | 10 | Value: | 10 | Overall: | 10.00 |
Review by: Jan Hall from jhall230@comcast.net, Jun 11 2007 7:33PM
Best little guitar I ever had. I still look for it everywhere. I wish I would have kept mine now I'm sorry I didn't . Does any one know where I might find one. I bought mine in Dec. 1968. It was White with a red pick gaurd. Later on I had it painted orange which I regret.
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