Incredible (but too expensive) orange compstang

glitchathon · Post by **glitchathon** » Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:08 pm

ebay link

I wonder what this will finally sell for. Matching headstock '69 competition orange in amazing condition and OHSC.

Dice · Post by **Dice** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:38 am

That is beautiful!!

I'll take a clean '65 at half the price, though...

glitchathon · Post by **glitchathon** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:01 am

yea but this one has free shipping.

i'm starting to see evidence of what you are talking about. I've seen a few '65/'66 original finish Mustangs sell for same or less than my '72 compstang. Might have to pick one of these suckers up eventually!

Do you know when they stopped using nitro finish? '68-ish?

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:10 am

They stopped using nitro on bodies in 1968. The necks were a little later and the headstock faces were still nitro for a couple years after they started using poly on the rest of the neck.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:11 am

holy shit i'd let them do nasty things to me for that guitar...

Pat.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:12 am

Me too. A Competition Orange Mustang is near the top of my list of things I want but probably won't have.

D34dBaWx · Post by **D34dBaWx** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 3:39 am

I had a red comp mustang when I was a teen. Eventually I will get another and I hope its orange.... That's a beautiful guitar

glitchathon · Post by **glitchathon** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:28 pm

Richard wrote:Me too. A Competition Orange Mustang is near the top of my list of things I want but probably won't have.

yea same here. i may end up doing a refin project as an alternative.

James · Post by **James** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:51 pm

For three grand you at least want pictures of the neck stamp, back of the neck and under the pickguard.

The guitar shows mostly mild play wear for 40+ year old instrument with a few nicks, dings, and scratches thrown in for free. Frets are good and fingerboard wear in minimal. A real "WOW" guitar in person and you won't want to put it down!

But really the main problem I have with it is that guitar is 40 years old but it looks more like four. It's missing 36 years of play wear. Despite what the description says that guitar has been put down for most of it's life. I'd much rather one like robvondon's that have been played a lot.

glitchathon · Post by **glitchathon** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:10 pm

James wrote:For three grand you at least want pictures of the neck stamp, back of the neck and under the pickguard.

The guitar shows mostly mild play wear for 40+ year old instrument with a few nicks, dings, and scratches thrown in for free. Frets are good and fingerboard wear in minimal. A real "WOW" guitar in person and you won't want to put it down!
But really the main problem I have with it is that guitar is 40 years old but it looks more like four. It's missing 36 years of play wear. Despite what the description says that guitar has been put down for most of it's life. I'd much rather one like robvondon's that have been played a lot.

i agree. i've seen a couple new-looking compstangs and they don't look nearly as cool as mine, which has great looking dings and gouges and a nicely worn and aged pearloid. I guess if i wanted a new looking one, i could get a MIJ competition orange for under $1k.