Vintage 1963 Fender Duo-Sonic Olympic White with OHSC
For fans of shorter scale guitars, or just vintage Fenders in general, we have something that will be sure to pique interest: an all-original Duo-Sonic in Olympic White, straight out of 1963. This is a bit of a rare bird and something you don't see very often.
The Duo-Sonic first debuted in 1956 as Fender's first student model as a 22.5" scale guitar, mean to be easier for kids and beginers to pick up. It was made to be a deuluxe upgrade from the Musicmaster. Here's one from the original era (1956 - 1964) before it was redesigned. Over the years, Duo-Sonic gained status as a cult favorite, and used by a diverse roster of players.....we're talking Jimi Hendrix with the Isley Brothers, David Byrne on the earlier Talking Heads albums and everyone from Liz Phair to Walter Becker to Kurt Cobain to Damon Albarn.
You get the classic alder body, two single-coil pickups and what seen as an innovative bridge at the time. This one, being post 1959, has a rosewood fretboard capping a maple neck. We're thinking it's a late 1963 build, due to the L serial number, more associated with 1964, but once we opened it up we found it to be 1963. So this is one of the last to have the original specs before being revamped in 1964.
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Vintage 1963 Fender Duo-Sonic Olympic White with OHSC
For fans of shorter scale guitars, or just vintage Fenders in general, we have something that will be sure to pique interest: an all-original Duo-Sonic in Olympic White, straight out of 1963. This is a bit of a rare bird and something you don't see very often.
The Duo-Sonic first debuted in 1956 as Fender's first student model as a 22.5" scale guitar, mean to be easier for kids and beginers to pick up. It was made to be a deuluxe upgrade from the Musicmaster. Here's one from the original era (1956 - 1964) before it was redesigned. Over the years, Duo-Sonic gained status as a cult favorite, and used by a diverse roster of players.....we're talking Jimi Hendrix with the Isley Brothers, David Byrne on the earlier Talking Heads albums and everyone from Liz Phair to Walter Becker to Kurt Cobain to Damon Albarn.
You get the classic alder body, two single-coil pickups and what seen as an innovative bridge at the time. This one, being post 1959, has a rosewood fretboard capping a maple neck. We're thinking it's a late 1963 build, due to the L serial number, more associated with 1964, but once we opened it up we found it to be 1963. So this is one of the last to have the original specs before being revamped in 1964.
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For fans of shorter scale guitars, or just vintage Fenders in general, we have something that will be sure to pique interest: an all-original Duo-Sonic in Olympic White, straight out of 1963. This is a bit of a rare bird and something you don't see very often.
The Duo-Sonic first debuted in 1956 as Fender's first student model as a 22.5" scale guitar, mean to be easier for kids and beginers to pick up. It was made to be a deuluxe upgrade from the Musicmaster. Here's one from the original era (1956 - 1964) before it was redesigned. Over the years, Duo-Sonic gained status as a cult favorite, and used by a diverse roster of players.....we're talking Jimi Hendrix with the Isley Brothers, David Byrne on the earlier Talking Heads albums and everyone from Liz Phair to Walter Becker to Kurt Cobain to Damon Albarn.
You get the classic alder body, two single-coil pickups and what seen as an innovative bridge at the time. This one, being post 1959, has a rosewood fretboard capping a maple neck. We're thinking it's a late 1963 build, due to the L serial number, more associated with 1964, but once we opened it up we found it to be 1963. So this is one of the last to have the original specs before being revamped in 1964.
