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TWISTER RANGE - DUALMASTER - SPECTRATONE - FIBRATONE

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BURNS-WEILL (1959) - OTHER BURNS & RELATED (1958-1992)

 

Dualmaster, 1963-1965

 

 

First introduced c.1963 as with a glued-in heel-less neck, revised to a bolt on neck with a small neckplate of scratchplate material around 1964. Final version (c. late 1964) has smaller and more rectangular pickups - same as the ones used on the 'Spectratone' models

 

This guitar was available in off-white, see-through green and see-through cherry red, with a blown-in black neck. On the early, set neck versions, the finish is a melamine plastic coat, whereas the bolt on variants tend to have a regular nitro-cellulose coat.

 

The usual Weill dot arrangement at the twelfth fret (one large central dot flanked by two smaller dots) seems to have been abandoned on later models for a regular two dot layout.

 

Dualmasters are comparatively common in the UK, as they were also sold here via mail order and accordingly became the final Fenton-Weills to remain in production, before Henry switched all his attention to the growing disco business.

 

 

1963 Dualmaster in Green

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

1963 Fenton-Weill Dualmaster

 

 

And another set-neck example in green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964

Introduction of bolt-on necks, rectangular and/or 'Penetrone' pickups, and fibreglass experiments

 

 

1964 DualMasters

 

 

(Above is a sympathetic rebuid with some non-original fittings/pickguard)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964/5? Dualmaster

bolt-on neck, rectangular pickups,  changed tuners?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964/5? Dualmaster

bolt-on neck, rectangular pickups

 

 

 

 

 

1964/5? Dualmaster

bolt-on neck, rectangular pickups

Fenton Weill Dualmaster

 

Fenton Weill Dualmaster

 

Fenton Weill Dualmaster

 

1964 Dualmaster

Serial No.4245

Unusual (unique?) natural finish neck

 

 

 

 

 

 

1964/5? Dualmaster Bass