![]() ![]() NECK DEPTH 20mm at first fret, 23.NECK WIDTH 42mm at nut, 51mm at 12th fret.ELECTRICS 3x single coils, master volume, 2x tone, 3-way switch.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. Gwyn recalls that David was “a very good player with a nice touch that was ideal for soul music”. 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. 1-owner 100 original 66 Daphne Blue Musicmaster II This one is almost too good to be true, but it is Its a 100 original 1966 Fender Musicmaster II in Daphne Blue that was purchased new in 1967 for a 10 year old girls Christmas gift, along with a Mel Bay Beginners Guitar Manual. 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. 41 watching Fender Musicmaster Electric Guitar With Hard Case £1,500.00 26 watching 1978 Fender Musicmaster USA Fender Music Master 100 ORIGINAL £1,730.35 0 bids £21.96 postage 6d 20h Vintage 1978 Fender Musicmaster Black Rosewood Electric Guitar 1970s £1,295.00 £38. ![]()
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