COMPETITION ORANGE & BLUE by request

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:46 am

Dopeness. Some of those pics are too dope.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:35 am

I just got done with band rehersals and I played #2. That is now my favorite orange one.

James wrote:I need to start requesting more threads.

Go ahead and request a competition blue thread.

James · Post by **James** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:42 am

rodvonbon wrote:
James wrote:I need to start requesting more threads.
Go ahead and request a competition blue thread.

If you have them (and with your mustang collection I wouldn't doubt it), consider it requested.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:16 am

Awesome thread!

You should make a thread dedicated to your entire Mustang collection!

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:07 am

mezzio13 wrote:Oh hell.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:21 pm

Thanks for all the feedback guys.
Instead of starting a new thread I'm just going to cahnge the title of this one and include my blue guitars.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:30 pm

Bloody hell. This is great. Love those old blue ones...maybe even more than the orange!

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:49 pm

# 5
This one is my baby. It's the first competition Mustang I ever owned. I bought it while I lived in Minniapols from a guy in the band Guzzard some time in the early 90's. I think I paid 350 or 450 for it, I can't remember. It was well used when I got it and have always thought of it as being in a really worn condition, but I found some pictures from a couple years after I got it and it wasn't as faded as it is now. I once had a decent Mustang collection of about 10 guitars in the 90's and this is the only one that survived.
The neck, neck plate and pickups are all 1969. The neck stamp has the number 16 stamped over top with a number 21. I will say this, no other Mustang neck plays like this one. It has the flatest back contour I've ever come across and action is super low. I've had to have it refretted twice since I've owned it, I love it so much. It has a matching headstock with white kluson tuners. There are some spots on the front of the body where I took off a couple othe pin up girls that left etching marks. The back shows where I had a couple of stickers and you can see the faded out line from them. The over all color is kind of greenish except for the forearm wear. I had to replace the switches and volume pot about 8 years ago because they would cut in and out and it has an early version of the hotrail in it. Aside from that it is all original including the warped/shrinking pickguard.
edit: I forgot to say also the the underside of the pickguard has the name and address from what I would assume was the original owner and much like Mezzio it has roots in Canada.

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Mr Mustache · Post by **Mr Mustache** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:14 pm

wow this thread makes me want a comp stang, really bad.

Rob you've got 2 of the best looking mustangs i've ever seen the #5 and #3 are fantastic.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:17 pm

# 6
This one is a '69 also. The neck and body are original to each other and the rest was pieced together from vintage parts by forum member sven (again thanks Mark

). It has a baseball bat neck contour with matching headstock and F tuners. It has faded to a nice green color, but under the pickguard this thing is a brilliant purple/blue color. I'm half tempted to buff it out and bring back the color. It came with a vintage pearloid pickguard that I switched out for a mint one. I didn't want to have to enlarge the pickup holes on the old one to put the rail in and mint looks hot on blue. Instead of putting a hotrail in it I tried a Duncan Performer and at half the cost of a hotrail it is my new favorite. The neck has a bit of a top bow to it so right now I have the truss screw backed out with the strings tightened to correct it. On a cheesie note I am getting a neck plate made for this that is one number off from the other blue '69, i know its goofy but what the fuck.

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rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:20 pm

Mr Mustache wrote:Rob you've got 2 of the best looking mustangs i've ever seen the #5 and #3 are fantastic.

And they are the best playing too.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:00 pm

# 7
Pretty standard '69 reissue. Not much to say about this one really, I don't like it too much (no matching headstock). It was a drunken eBay purchase. When I got it there was a RI Jaguar neck on it that I have since replaced. My biggest complaints on this guitar are the bridge saddles, the scratch guard and the overall build quality. There are gaps between the bridge saddles and when I do string bends they move, thus throwing off the string spacing. In the picture you can see how I've pushed them together and both E saddles are angled in. The scratch guard (IMO) is too reflective and effects the sound in a bad way. And when I had the pickguard off of it I could see where the screws were splitting the wood around the body cavity. Also the forearm contour is more like a Strat than a Mustang, the orange RI is the same way it just doesn't bother me as much. I know some will say why keep it? The best answer I can give is, I dunno it's just sitting around and will stay that way.

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rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:35 pm

And here are the cavities. Again the pictures don't do them justice, guitar 6 is way purple under the control plate and pick guard.

Guitar 5

Guitar 6

5 & 6 together

5 & 7 together

and 6 & 7

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:14 pm

Please, Can I has comp red?

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:31 pm

astro wrote:Please, Can I has comp red?

I've had 2 comp reds before. One was a '68 that had faded to a copper color with matching headstock and black decal. The neck on it was the fat baseball bat shape and at the time I was so used to playing my favorite blue one I never gave it a chance and got rid of it. I can dig around and see if I have any pics of it (doubtful though). The other one is a '69 Reissue that I actualy like quite a bit. I gave it to my nephew a couple of years ago for christmas.
For some reason after the '68 I've been kind of turned off on red, but did put getting the Gold Top Mustang in motion. I took pictures of that one as well if you want to see them.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:39 pm

rodvonbon wrote:
astro wrote:Please, Can I has comp red?
I've had 2 comp reds before. One was a '68 that had faded to a copper color with matching headstock and black decal. The neck on it was the fat baseball bat shape and at the time I was so used to playing my favorite blue one I never gave it a chance and got rid of it. I can dig around and see if I have any pics of it (doubtful though). The other one is a '69 Reissue that I actualy like quite a bit. I gave it to my nephew a couple of years ago for christmas.
For some reason after the '68 I've been kind of turned off on red, but did put getting the Gold Top Mustang in motion. I took pictures of that one as well if you want to see them.

A gold top mustang? MUST SEE THIS!

Dude, you've got the coolest collection. Mustangs are my favourite guitars, and all these pics you've posted in this thread are the ultimate in guitar pr0n for me! How many Mustangs do you have in total?

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:46 pm

astro wrote:
rodvonbon wrote:
astro wrote:Please, Can I has comp red?
I've had 2 comp reds before. One was a '68 that had faded to a copper color with matching headstock and black decal. The neck on it was the fat baseball bat shape and at the time I was so used to playing my favorite blue one I never gave it a chance and got rid of it. I can dig around and see if I have any pics of it (doubtful though). The other one is a '69 Reissue that I actualy like quite a bit. I gave it to my nephew a couple of years ago for christmas.
For some reason after the '68 I've been kind of turned off on red, but did put getting the Gold Top Mustang in motion. I took pictures of that one as well if you want to see them.
A gold top mustang? MUST SEE THIS!

Dude, you've got the coolest collection. Mustangs are my favourite guitars, and all these pics you've posted in this thread are the ultimate in guitar pr0n for me! How many Mustangs do you have in total?

Thanks, We're almost at the end of the Mustangs. Besides the gold top I have a beat up '65 and the one shaped like a gun (which to me is still technicaly a Mustang........sort of).

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:36 pm

Guitar # 8
This is the last of my Competition Mustangs. It's a Warmoth body and neck with vintage parts thrown in. The color is Gold Top Gold and the stripe is vintage white. The most obvious thing is that the stripe is in the wrong spot and follows the forearm contour. I must admit I was a little dissapointed when I opened the box and saw it, but it took the better part of four months and I wasn't going to send it back. The body it's self is made out of swamp ash and aside from Warmoths insistance on routing every guitar for humbuckers, it's a closer match to vintage Mustangs than Fenders reissues. The neck is maple with brazilian rosewood for the finger board. I went with the compound radius on it and I dig the way it feels, it's super flat like a Gibson but has the same width and back contour as a Fender. The scratch plate was cut for a single pickup with no switches and is made from pearl celluloid. The whole guitar was set up as kind of a hot rod. The trem is locked and the tone knob is bypassed. I also used Warmoths modified bridge that works well with the compound radius. I was going to retire guitar # 5 due to sentimental reasons and use this as my main guitar, I just can't bring myself to do it.

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I just noticed the neck plate and trem plate while previewing the pictures. The neck plate is from the early 70's and the trem plate is a pat pend. I know they were in my parts box, but have no idea what they came off of.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:39 pm

That is Bloody Beautiful. I think it would look better with a black pickup though.

rodvonbon · Post by **rodvonbon** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:52 pm

Zaphod wrote:That is Bloody Beautiful. I think it would look better with a black pickup though.

I never thought to put a black one in, for some reason I thought white would look classy, but I do have a black one thats still in it's box and the guitar is ready for a string change.......hhhmmmmmm.