Seeing this made me cringe a bit...

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:28 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-67-MUSTANG-S ... 45f4b710c6

I have nothing against a Floyd Rose, but to gut a vintage Mustang like this is just wrong.

I can't bear the horror

Caller · Post by **Caller** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 5:42 am

buy it for the neck

although that's still too much.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:22 am

I'll bet it plays like butta

Not against this one. I don't like that a Vintage guitar will never be the same, but that doesn't mean that this isn't a freaking awesome mustang.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 8:19 am

Caller wrote:buy it for the neck

the neck will have holes right through it for the locking nut.

do not want.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:07 am

Buy it, put a two-post strat bridge in place of the floyd, and pop one of them floyd rose nut replacers on the neck.

On and cover up the trem routs on top 'cause jesus christ...

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:40 pm

It also needs black pickup covers.

James · Post by **James** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:41 pm

taylornutt wrote:It also needs black pickup covers.

I get the impression they're not going for vintage correct.

The white covers suit the 80s look the bridge gives it.

bob the r0bot · Post by **bob the r0bot** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:49 pm

this makes me very sad

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:36 pm

I think it looks amazing. I want it.

Surely the Mustang body isn't thick enough for a Floyd Rose, though? Will the block not be sitting proud of the back of the guitar?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:32 pm

i think it looks really nice, and i don't really like the look of floyd's.

that rear route is really clean.

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 6:50 pm

looks like piss with spring holes from original trem, but i bet this sounds and probably plays better than original mustang trem.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:03 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i think it looks really nice, and i don't really like the look of floyd's.

that rear route is really clean.

I generally dislike Floyds too... but yeah, this kinda works.

Really, I think it works BECAUSE of the exposed Mustang routes; somehow the holes make an illusion of some sort of wing or something that works with the look.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:19 pm

Whats the main complaint about Mustangs? Floyds are a pain to set up but once done so correctly they're amazing.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:27 pm

my main complaint about mustangs is the fact they are not jaguars.

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 10:06 pm

It'd look cool on a Cyclone or a Jagmaster

Not this though

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:42 am

BacchusPaul wrote:I think it looks amazing. I want it.

Surely the Mustang body isn't thick enough for a Floyd Rose, though? Will the block not be sitting proud of the back of the guitar?

No, because this Floyd is top-mounted rather than recessed.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:31 am

It also looks pretty high on the top of the body judging from the height of the
pickups/neck relative to the body top.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:00 am

Dude , why didn't this guy just buy a Cyclone and fit a single coil in the bridge ?

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:46 am

Rox wrote:Dude , why didn't this guy just buy a Cyclone and fit a single coil in the bridge ?

I assume this was done decades ago when superstrats ruled the roost... You could say it was literally the then-equivalent of hacking up a Squier or import Fender rather than butchering an American Stratocaster. The Strats themselves got pretty cheap but were still something of an icon, so this seemed even lower-risk.

24HRS2MDNT · Post by **24HRS2MDNT** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:08 am

Something just isn't right