This is my own Bandmaster, an October 1966, and you won't find a cleaner one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/TIME-CAPSULE-OCTOBE ... 0190594320
I'll do a special deal for RRF members, if anyone's interested.
1966 BLACKFACE BANDMASTER---MINTY FRESH!
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Re: 1966 BLACKFACE BANDMASTER---MINTY FRESH!
Jeez, Paul, that looks like it was brought out of the past on your time machine!
Re: 1966 BLACKFACE BANDMASTER---MINTY FRESH!
I can testify on this one..cleanest one on the planet!
Re: 1966 BLACKFACE BANDMASTER---MINTY FRESH!
If you would please, tell us about the DuoSonic.
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Re: 1966 BLACKFACE BANDMASTER---MINTY FRESH!
First off, the Bandmaster sold on a BIN last night for $1899.00.
The Duo-Sonic?
It'll take a few words. Back in 1980, I purchased an ex-Ry Cooder '59 Duo-Sonic from Frank Lucido (California Guitars) in Studio City. This guitar was mine until 2005, when I sold it to another Cooder fan, and immediately regretted its departure...
So I built a couple of replicas from parts I had lying about. The two replicas are identical, but one is a real '59 and is as mint as the Cooder Guitar. The second (a player) was built from an '01 MIM Duo-Sonic that I reshaped and stripped, then refinished. Except for serial numbers, the two are indistinguishable, and both have vintage Duo-Soniic cases, too. The one shown in the Ebay listing is the newer one. Both have vintage pickups and electronics, too.
I'm working on a third; haven't decided on a color but it won't be Desert Tan. This one is a bitsa built from gennie '58 parts. I dunno--Fiesta Red, Sonic Bue, Seafoam Green, Shell Pink?
The Duo-Sonic?
It'll take a few words. Back in 1980, I purchased an ex-Ry Cooder '59 Duo-Sonic from Frank Lucido (California Guitars) in Studio City. This guitar was mine until 2005, when I sold it to another Cooder fan, and immediately regretted its departure...
So I built a couple of replicas from parts I had lying about. The two replicas are identical, but one is a real '59 and is as mint as the Cooder Guitar. The second (a player) was built from an '01 MIM Duo-Sonic that I reshaped and stripped, then refinished. Except for serial numbers, the two are indistinguishable, and both have vintage Duo-Soniic cases, too. The one shown in the Ebay listing is the newer one. Both have vintage pickups and electronics, too.
I'm working on a third; haven't decided on a color but it won't be Desert Tan. This one is a bitsa built from gennie '58 parts. I dunno--Fiesta Red, Sonic Bue, Seafoam Green, Shell Pink?