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NECK DEPTH 20mm at first fret, 23.NECK WIDTH 42mm at nut, 51mm at 12th fret.The Electric Mandolin, like the Esquire and Deluxe amplifier had a price tag of 169.50. The amplifiers are: Deluxe Reverb 229.50 Deluxe 169.50. ELECTRICS 3x single coils, master volume, 2x tone, 3-way switch July 1963 US list prices for the guitars shown on this page are: Telecaster Custom 239.50 Telecaster 209.50 Esquire Custom 199.50 Esquire 169.50 Duosonic 159.50 Musicmaster 129.50.HARDWARE Kluson single-line tuners, vibrato tailpiece with Fender bent steel ‘Patent Pending’ saddles.BUILD Alder body with bolt–on maple neck, rosewood veneer fingerboard, clay dot markers and 21 frets.DESCRIPTION Solidbody electric guitar.Special thanks to Steve Pontin and Gwyn Roberts for helping us learn about this wonderful guitar’s story. Sadly, David passed away in 2014 and we are very grateful to the Pontin family for letting us feature his guitar. 1973 Fender Musicmaster Bass with original hardshell case. Fender 1973 Precision Bass Fretless Sunburst Guitar - Pretty Clean. Vintage Fender MusicMaster 1973 short scale bass guitar works great 100.00 shipping. Gwyn recalls that David was “a very good player with a nice touch that was ideal for soul music”. Great deals on Fender 1973 In Bass Guitars. Even before he fell ill with the brain tumour that would confine him to a wheelchair in 1987, David would only occasionally get his guitar out for a quick play. Rather than sell his guitar, David stashed it away in its Selmer case and it was variously kept it under the bed or in a cupboard. Perhaps the high point for David was supporting Status Quo at Abergavenny Town Hall Ballroom on 16 March 1968, shortly after Pictures Of Matchstick Men had hit the charts.ĭavid met a girl at one of his gigs and when they married in June 1968, he decided to quit the band. By this time the band was gigging regularly, notching up 200 gigs in 1967 alone. The second sax player in the band was at Cardiff University and he knew a cash-strapped fellow student who had a Fender Stratocaster he wanted to sell.Īccording to Gwyn, David was “over the moon” when he bought the guitar for £50 in late summer 1967. There was a personnel shuffle, too, with the lead guitarist moving to saxophone and David combining lead and rhythm guitar duties. The band changed direction and became The Midnight City Soul Band. Former bandmate Gwyn Roberts remembers it sounded fabulous when he used his fuzzbox. Formed in the Gwent valleys by a bunch of friends, they were known as The Shape Of Things and by 1966 they were gigging regularly with David playing mostly rhythm.Īt the time David was playing a three-pickup Harmony double cutaway – possibly a H75 – through his Selmer Zodiac Twin combo. David Pontin began playing guitar in a band in 1965 when he was 17 years old.
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