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1965 bandmaster5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Many other models suffered the same miserable fate of being over mass-produced and cheapened by corporate zealots. Fender now employed the infamous "3 bolt neck" and one piece die cast bridge on the Strat, ruining it's tone and feel. Buy Head Amplifier 1/4 Ply Economy Tuffbox Light Duty Top Loading Road Case Fits Fender Bandmaster Band Master 1965: Bags, Cases & Covers. And by 1968, polyurathane replaced the original nitrocellulose lacquer that was used from Fender's conception. ![]() Indian rosewood replaced the beautifully figured Brazilian rosewood on the fingerboards. Pearl fingerboard inlays replaced the original "clay" dots. Newer (and less attractive) plastics were used for the pickguards. The "custom contoured" bodies Fender was famous for no longer were as sculped and sleek. The "large peghead" (starting in late 1965) as used on the Fender Stratocaster was one example of the (bad) changes to come. Fender Bandmaster 1965 Black Used Good 500 + 100 Shipping This piece of gear has sold View similar gear from other sellers on Reverb View similar gear Watch Watch this gear and we'll notify you if it becomes available again. All collectors feel the quality of their instruments and amps suffered as CBS employed more "mass production" manufacturing processes to the Fender guitars. By the end of 1965, the general look and feel of the Fender guitars had changed significantly. ![]() Although CBS purchased Fender (officially) on January 3rd 1965, it took some time till the guitars changed (though by mid 1964, six months before CBS bought Fender, things were already "on the way down"). " onclick="window.open(this.href) return false įor most collectors, pre-CBS (pre-1966) Fender vintage guitars and amps are the desirable ones. ![]()
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