1961 #Fender #Musicmaster. Well, some would say that after playing and photographing a 1959 #LesPaul Standard yesterday, #MusicmasterMonday just *might* be a bit of a letdown! 🤣 Not me though...I love this little #guitar, the way it fits in my hands, and the way it sounds through a cranked tuxedo #FenderPrinceton! Best thing about this guitar is...I actually OWN this one! 🙂 #fendermusicmaster #smallguitars #studentguitars #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ced9viUrpjG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Flashback #MusicmasterMonday to earlier this year and my 1957 (left) and 1961 #Fender #Musicmaster 3/4 size student #guitars. . I acquired these (along with their original cases, beneath them) from @terry_foster, whose definitive history book of the Fender Company "Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970" appears at lower right, open to the Musicmaster/#Duosonic page! . To those who are wondering: the finish at left is called #DesertSand, but my understanding is the darker finish on the '61 does not have an official name. Don't shoot the messenger I'm just telling you what I heard! 😂 . . #fenderthegoldenage #terryfoster #studentguitars #smallguitar #FenderMusicmaster #guitar #guitarcollection #guitarphotography (at Peterborough, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBy3ZDv-K4/?utm_medium=tumblr

1957 & 1961 #Fender Musicmasters, with original cases, both acquired from the collection of @terry_foster...and the corresponding pages from Terry's book, coauthored with Martin & Paul Kelly, "Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970". . . #musicmastermonday #musicmaster #fenderthegoldenage #fendermusicmaster #smallguitar #studentguitars #desertsand #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4eGsuBpRY/?igshid=1eqpjvms07prp

#MusicmasterMonday from 1957 & 1961. Both acquired from the collection of @terry_foster (and that's Terry's book "Fender: The Golden Age 1946 - 1970" at bottom right, open to the appropriate page). . Don't write off these #studentguitars as mere toys...at least one incredible guitar player that I really admire loves them and has several in his collection! Can you guess who I am talking about? (Hint: his name begins with "T" and ends with "omo Fujita" 😉) . @tomojustfunky #fender #fenderthegoldenage #fendermusicmaster #desertsand #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCdr8qBh8G/?igshid=10hzmjl4q28xp

#FenderFriday with the 1966 #FenderMusicmaster II, 1965 #FenderDuosonic II, and @tomgibson3783's 1963 #Fender #Bassman with custom built compact 2x12. . . #smallguitars #studentguitars #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #amp #tubeamp #vintageamp #fenderamp #fenderbassman #fenderguitars #vintagefender #vintagefenders #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CCwd0PKBmSp/?igshid=2zl9d6dhr7ph

More fun things found in the basement that haven't seen the light of day in many years: a pair of mini Strats I bought back in my early collecting days. I love #smallguitars so much! . The one on the right is a bit of a mongrel someone put together from a #Squier mini body, a neck from a 1994 Mexican #Duosonic, and a top-loading, hard tail bridge (which I upgraded because the orginal was terrible). . But the the one on the left is like a real #Fender MIM #Stratocaster only smaller. It has a string-through body (rather than top-loading) hardtail bridge, rosewood Fender-branded neck, 3 ply pickguard, and three control knobs just like the real thing! The MZ3 serial number dates it to around 2003 but I havent been able to find much more info on Fender ever making a Fender-branded 3/4 size #Strat with all the features of a full sized version (except the vibrato of course). If anyone knows anything more about it, please let me know! . . #straturday #fenderstratocaster #squierstratocaster #studentguitars #miniguitar #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #guitargear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CD6Js3fh6uf/?igshid=1g7t818jsesan

Flashback to that time I had a bunch of cool 3/4 size #studentguitars hanging out at the house: . 1961 #Musicmaster 1959 #ES140 3/4T 1966 Musicmaster 1954 #LG2 3/4 (graciously on loan from Mark at @folkwaymusic) 1957 #Duosonic . . #gibson #fender #smallguitars #fendermusicmaster #fenderduosonic #gibsones140 #gibsonlg2 #musicmastermonday #gibsunday #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #fenderguitars #vintagefender #tone #guitargear #guitarsofinstagram #guitargear #vintagegear #guitarsdaily #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CBeWcRDjOK7/?igshid=upilze53hqh9

Instead of going "macro" this Monday, I want to go "micro" instead. As you may know, I LOVE small #guitars...they are so cool. And it doesnt get much smaller or cooler than this 1960 #Gibson #LesPaulJunior 3/4 spotted at Guitar Center in #NewYorkCity several years ago. It looks like they took a full sized #LesPaul Junior and smushed the neck into the body to make it smaller for kids! Then they had to push the bridge and pickup back almost to the end of the body to maintain some kind of reasonable scale length. It's a hideously beautiful Frankenstein's monster of a tiny #guitar and I want one very badly! The only reason I didn't buy this one (despite the attractive price tag) was that it had had a headstock break. I haven't seen one since...🙁 . PS: I also love the equally diminutive #Rickenbacker Model 1000 behind it, I just didn't know it yet at the time this picture was taken! 😄 . . #smallguitars #studentguitars #gibsonlespaul #guitar #guitars #guitarra #chitarra #guitarre #electricguitar #vintageguitars #vintagegibson #gibsonguitars #tone #guitargear #guitarsdaily #guitarsofinstagram #geartalk #vintagegear #gibsonsofinstagram #guitarphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CClK-uehAEs/?igshid=golzeyi7mekz