Fender duo sonic8/2/2023 ![]() ![]() The short scale is not what many modern players are used to but nonetheless this is a very cool genuine 1950s Fender guitar that plays and sounds great. They were designed to be good enough to get kids hooked on playing electric, but not so flashy as to stop them still lusting after a new Stratocaster down the road! This is neat package, including the original tan case. These guitars were many 1950s and '60s players' first electric, far more playable than most and stylish in an understated way. The neat, comfortable little neck has the classic '58 Fender rounded profile and is dated to August of that year. The face of the original anodized metal pickguard has some noticeable wear but still looks sharp! It has survived in fully original condition without being stripped of its more valuable parts (knobs, neckplate, strap buttons, pots, and wiring) as so many have. This guitar has beautiful undisturbed electronics featuring pots from the 25th week of 1958 and untouched wiring. ![]() The pickups are the same basic forms as Stratocaster units, wound a bit less and without exposed polepieces through the white plastic covers. The three-saddle bridge uses the same components as the Telecaster with a smaller baseplate stringing from the back edge. It features a short 22 1/2" scale maple neck and small alder body, finished in a tawny shade Fender called "Desert Sand". The Duo-sonic is built from the same components as the Musicmaster but adds a second pickup at the bridge and the an attendant selector switch while retaining the single volume and tone controls. A two-pickup version of the very basic Musicmaster seemed like a good idea, and The Duo-Sonic soon followed on the first student guitar's, introduced in the second half of 1956. By the late '50s interest in the Hawaiian steel guitar was on the wane, and the kids coming in for guitar lessons wanted to rock'n'roll. Christened with one of Fenders coolest names ever, this little package of plugged-in goodness was designed to expand the company's position the teaching studio/young student market. This is a somewhat worn in but still nice early example of Fender's first two pickup student guitar: the unjustly obscure Duo-Sonic. Fender Duo-Sonic Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1958), made in Fullerton, California, serial # 022673, desert sand lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck, original brown tolex hard shell case. ![]()
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