Up for sale, a 1980 Fender Musicmaster Bass in excellent condition and in perfect working order. This vintage short-scale Fender bass features an ash body, maple neck, and rosewood fretboard, loaded with a gray bobbin single coil pickup. Weighing 9lbs 15oz, this Musicmaster offers more midrange heft and treble grind than earlier examples, with a focused upper midrange, treble growl and present, taut low end punch. This Musicmaster Bass benefits from a professional setup here at Mike and Mike’s Guitar Bar with 45-100 roundwound strings, comfortable action, and accurate intonation.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Maple
• Shape: Chunky U, measuring .905” 1st fret, 1.020” 12th fret
• Fretboard: Rosewood, 7 1/4” radius, pearloid dot inlays
• Frets: Slender, leveled/ crowned, faint wear on frets 1-3
• Scale Length: 30”
• Nut: 1 5/8"
• Tuners: Clover button
• Serialization: S8-prefix on peghead face

Body Specs:

• Wood: Ash
• Pickups: Gray bobbin single coil, 1980 stamp on bobbin
• Harness: CTS pots date to 44th week of 1979
• Hardware: Two-saddle bridge, neck plate (replacement)
• Plastics: Three-ply black pickguard, Strat-style knobs, thumb rest

The gloss Olympic White finish shows some yellowing of the clear coat, broad horizontal checking and darker spots along the lower bout edge from contact with a guitar stand. Signs of honest use include an area of shallow buckle wear on the back and various small dings, scuffs and finish chips. The neck retains its smooth gloss with several shallow marks along the profile length that have no impact on playability.

A padded gigbag is included.