Hot-rodded MM/DS gallery

• '56 Musicmaster (SN 15171)
  New bridge, refin, and new pickups.
  Owned by Dale Harley.
  
  
• Late '50s Musicmaster, refinished in metallic candy apple red
  A '56 neck on '57-'58 body. Came with a hardtail Strat bridge, new tuners, and a Duncan Hot Rails humbucker and 3-way toggle switch, plus a pro refin in candy apple red. Since then, I've put a '64 Duo-Sonic bridge and a white repro 'guard on it, and changed the pickups to a Duncan Vintage Staggered (neck) and Duncan Cool Rails (bridge).
  Owned by yours truly.
  
  
• Circa '58 MM-to-DS conversion, nicely refinished with a dark stain
  front and back views, in case | body, front | body, back | headstock, front and back
  Source: unknown (eBay)
  
  
• '60 MM-to-DS conversion
  Mickey Melchiondo's (Dean Ween) two main guitars from 1987-1995 were Musicmasters converted to Duo-Sonics. "For these two guitars, Mickey paid $150 dollars for one and $200 dollars for the other. He used these guitars on every recording and every gig (including the first 4 Ween albums). Mickey has practically done everything short of smashing the guitar pictured above. He has thrown it across stage and even set it on fire. It's on it's third fret job and third pickguard. As you can tell, it's a work of art. Mickey says he could never part with either of them: 'They just don't make em' like this anymore.' "
  Owned by Dean Ween (thanks, James!)
  
  
• '65 Musicmaster II, (amateurly) refinished in white
  Came with new tuners, replacement neckplate, and an awful refinish; subsequently added a Duncan Hot Rails bridge humbucker and 3-way toggle switch, and re-refinished it. Later I added MannMade angled Tele saddles and installed a Duncan Classic Stack neck pickup (which was almost too tall to fit!).
  Owned by yours truly.
  
  
• '66 Duo-Sonic II, in red (collage)
  No new bridge, but twin angled humbuckers and new tuners.
  Source: unknown (eBay)
  
  
• '75 Music Master, in blue (collage)
  New bridge, twin humbuckers, new tuners, and a pro refin. Not bad!
  Source: unknown (eBay)
  
  
• '78 Musicmaster, in black
  Full-sized humbucker installed in bridge position; new Tele-style bridge saddles added (can't tell if they're the intonated type or not).
  Source: unknown (gbase.com)