![]() The telephone number on the sticker is only seven digits, no listed area code, which I haven’t seen for at least a couple of decades. It identifies the shop as Musical Strings ‘N’ Things in Chatham, Ontario, which opened in 1972 and still operates. If you are used to a full scale guitar, it feels very slinky with regular gauge strings (10-46).Īn interesting side piece to this instrument is the oval sticker on the rear of the head, from a store where it was previously sold. This guitar plays well and all the controls function. ![]() The pickguard is a pearlescent plastic, though the full depth of the pearlescence doesn’t show well in the photographs. The neck finish shows that the guitar was used in the presence of cigarette smokers, with a fair amount of amber buildup. This one shows a number of chips but is largely intact. ![]() On this model, the coloured finishes tended to be thin and so they haven’t endured well. This shade of red is fairly dark and is quite different from the much brighter Fiesta Red on some Teles and Strats. The distinctive Dakota Red finish is original and in good condition. The headstock decal is another CBS-era item, and it is remarkably complete many have dried out and chipped away over the decades. At this point the sale to CBS had been completed and differences start to appear, notably the F stamp on the neck plate. This example is a largely original condition Fender Duo-Sonic II in Dakota Red finish and 24 inch scale length, dating to 1965 and built at the Fullerton, California plant. The bridge is a stamped plate with three threaded rod saddles (the threads providing easy string spacing), and Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic buttons were used at the head. As stock, the slider switches turn a pickup off (center position) or on, in or out of phase, in the outer positions. For electronics, there are two angled single coil pickups controlled by three-position slider switches, and master volume and tone controls. As usual on post-1960 Fender models, it has a maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. It uses a fairly thin double cutaway, offset waist Alder body. The Duo-Sonic II was available in 22.5 inch and 24 inch scale lengths. Fender introduced the Duo-Sonic in 1956 as a short scale, budget guitar, and with the company’s sale to CBS in 1965, a longer scale version named the Duo-Sonic II appeared.
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