The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. Click on the images for full size versions, or click on the model names below for more about each instrument Guitars: Jaguarīy the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price). Pedal steel guitars are also a big feature of this catalog, covering twelve sides, from pages 31-42įor the sake of simplicity, this site splits this catalog in to two parts, with Fender amplifiers (pages 43-68) appearing in part 2, along with keyboards and banjos. The Musicmaster was naturally the lowest-price bass in the range, and as a student instrument was also sold as a package (see page 26) with the Musicmaster bass amplifier.Īnother bass debuting in the 1970 catalog was the (somewhat oxymoronic) Fretless Precision bass on page 23 the Precision was named as such specifically because of its frets - in comparison to older unfretted upright basses! The semi-hollow Antigua, was more expensive than all the other (solid bodies) basses in the range, with an April 1970 list price of $525, compared to $356 for a Jazz bass, and $293.50 for a Precision. Pages 20-29 featured Fender's 1970 bass guitar range three long (34") scale: Fender Jazz, Precision and Telecaster basses, and four short (30") scale: Mustang, Antigua, Bass VI, and brand-new for 1970, the Musicmaster bass. The Coronado and Coronado XII are both shown in Fender's new Antigua finish. This catalog contains eight solid bodies, and five semi-acoustics. These were quite a departure for Fender, but guitars that never made a significant impression on the guitar-buying public. Strong enough, loud enough, but more of a vehicle for pedals than something with enough character to carry its own.Amongst the well-known Fender solid electric guitars, 1970 saw the introduction of several new models, including the Montego and Hand Carved Ltd. It's also a bass guitar and I don't have a bass to put through it unlike the amps that I enjoy most that are a musical end in themselves, this one isn't. I tried to get him to audition my Jensen P12N in it - that alnico and 6V6s were alchemy. Anyway, it isn't for me, it has plenty of volume for his needs, and he has pedals that convert it to what he wants it to do. He sticks a pedal in front of it, and he's Ted Nugent, in part because he can play like Ted Nugent. He's a strong musician and adept recorder so the application is different. Paul has a couple of pedals that Marshallize the amp. I turn it to 4 and I either like it or turn it off it's designed for loud, clean, and later breakup but I like dirty early breakup. Gotta remember other than turning up the volume, I'm pretty much a doofless toe-tapper of a musician. but I thought it a little limited or pinched sounding. Hi Walter Plenty of signal, good enough sound-stage as the stereo geeks would say. Every Fender Bassman has a 50uf cap in the same location. The preamp cap acts like a low-pass filter it prevents higher frequencies from passing while allowing the lower ones to pass. ![]() ![]() The Musicmaster schematic below showing a large value 50uf cap on the left bypassing the preamp cathode resistor and a conventionally sized 25uf cap bypassing the output tube's cathode resistor on the right. In LTG's Voicing Amps thread, there's a lot of discussion about the effects of cathode bypass capacitors on tone and frequency response. In this discussion of the differences between Black and Silverface Fender amps, they say the Musicmaster is a 'tone monster'! Additional Musicmaster specifications at Ampwares According to them, this is the only Fender design with a coupling/inverting transformer and explains why there is only one preamp tube, rare for a twin or push/pull amp. They go on to say that the function of the transformer is to couple the audio stage to the output and achieve phase inversion without the use of another tube and its necessary sidekick resistors and capacitors that, in most amps, act as the phase inverter. According to Teagle and Sprung's Fender Amps, the Musicmaster was in production from 1970 to 1982.
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