Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

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Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by FenderBob » Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:44 am

Never heard of this guy before. Never seen this guitar of his before!! Kinda cool / Kinda crazy but very lightweight.

his name is John Mayall.

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by alexpigment » Sat Aug 03, 2024 12:14 pm

Can’t tell if the post is meant to be tongue-in-cheek or not. Much like the Yardbirds, John Mayall’s band was a bit of a farm team for musicians who would later become big in their own right. So while I can understand not having heard of John Mayall, you are probably familiar with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (Cream); Peter Green, John McVie & Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac); Mick Taylor (Rolling Stones), etc. If you ever see a Marshall Bluesbreaker amp, a Bluesbreaker pedal, or any other gear with that name, it’s usually referring to the sound from Mayall’s “Beano” album. The Fender Bassbreaker amps are also a reference (Bassman + Bluesbreaker).

Anyway, apologies for the long-winded paragraph here, and I’ll feel really stupid if you intended your post to be tongue-in-cheek.

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by PJazzmaster » Sat Aug 03, 2024 2:46 pm

:-* I kinda like that Duo Sonic, in a way :unsure:

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by FenderBob » Sun Aug 04, 2024 4:17 am

PJazzmaster wrote:
Sat Aug 03, 2024 2:46 pm
:-* I kinda like that Duo Sonic, in a way :unsure:
I do too in a weird way. Would love to just hold it and look it over.

My post wasn’t tongue-in-cheek at all. 😊

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by R_T_Hermit » Sun Aug 04, 2024 11:09 am

Something about that thing says… Yeah. Just yeah.
Isn’t Sunburst a guarantee it’s NOT a refin?

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by fuzzjunkie » Tue Aug 06, 2024 7:23 pm

Just a plank of wood and some strings is all you need.

Steinberger probably took a look at that and thought “You know, don’t really need that headstock either.”

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by hulakatt » Sat Aug 10, 2024 8:19 am

Mayall had a bad habit of doing that. He did it to a couple of strats too.
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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by FenderBob » Mon Aug 19, 2024 11:17 am

There is the input jack! and volume knob?

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by LVC » Thu Aug 22, 2024 10:13 am

Just get a Höfner Shorty FFS :fp:
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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by eilrahc » Tue Aug 27, 2024 6:08 am

LVC wrote:
Thu Aug 22, 2024 10:13 am
Just get a Höfner Shorty FFS :fp:
He'd been using cut down guitars since before the Shorty, he was playing guitars like this in the sixties. He apparently liked decorating them too.

Interestingly he started using cut down Squier Affinity/Bullet Strats eventually.

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by B.T. » Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:06 pm

Did the silver headstock thread get deleted?

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Re: Sliver of a Vintage Fender Duo Sonic

Post by SonicJazz » Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:29 pm

B.T. wrote:
Thu Sep 05, 2024 5:06 pm
Did the silver headstock thread get deleted?
Do you mean the thread about finish flaws on the Squier CV sparkle FSR? Yep, that's gone for some reasons.

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