The color availability was commonized with the Mustang offering also. The Duo-Sonic’s selector switch was changed to two slider switches also found on the Mustang. These models were unchanged until mid-’64 when the overall design was upgraded to match the new Mustang. White guitars were fitted with Tortoise Shell pickguards with stark white pickup covers. By mid-’62 the fretboard went from slab to curved Rosewood, and by mid-’63 the standard color changed from Shaded Sunburst to White. By mid-’61 the standard color was changed to Shaded Sunburst (sometimes called “Maroon Burst” or Sienna Burst) and the plastic pickguards became stark white. At that time the standard finish was changed to a tan color (name unknown), the pickup covers were changed to dark brown plastic and the pickguards were changed to a cream colored plastic. In mid-’59, the fingerboard was changed to a slab of Rosewood on these models, along with the rest of the Fender line. These models were offered only in Desert Sand (sort of an opaque “Blond” color that was already being applied to lap steels). The Duo-Sonic had a three position switch on the shorter horn of the body. Both models had one volume and one tone control and used the same knurled knobs found on the Telecaster & Precision Bass. Both of these guitars were equipped with anodized gold finished metal pickguards, a one piece maple neck and stark white pickup covers. The one pickup version was the Musicmaster ($119.50) and the two pickup version was the Duo-Sonic ($149.50). In the spring of 1956, Fender released a pair of “student” electrics with 22-1/2″ scale and 21-frets.
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