Took months to get it:

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:56 pm

Nice stang, tell your friend it was originally LPB and it's worth restoring it back to that colour.

Would he be cool with that ? is it yours for life ? will you ever see your friend again ?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:28 pm

manicsix wrote:Another vote to restore it to the orig colour!

WTF. This post is like 10 months old you necrophile.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:33 pm

haha, didn't realise that...

Wonder what state it's in at the moment.

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vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:38 pm

shame, I haven't done a thing with it yet..................................

Post by **dots** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:39 pm

whoah, hey vic! haven't seen you for days. how's it goin?

william · Post by **william** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:01 pm

non stripe LPB would be really nice.

OTM would be too. not sure ive ever seen an ocean turquoise mustang.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:07 pm

vic108 wrote:shame, I haven't done a thing with it yet..................................

I looked through to see your last post and that was ages ago, so there me thinkin we wouldn't get a response from you.

Get it painted.

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:22 pm

just busy as get out at work...........

yah, i miss this bunch!

Post by **dots** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:22 pm

vic108 wrote:just busy as get out at work...........

yah, i miss this bunch!

well, we miss ya too, and will allow your absence THIS time. =]

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:32 pm

hey thanks for the grace period!

so how is it wit yous guys?

nsv · Post by **nsv** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:10 am

I say go with lpb.

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:00 pm

OK folks...

Hope all is well. Thought I'd give y'all an update.

Finally got the 'Tang to =CB= to work on it. Here's what he posted on the WARMOTH forum:

Vic sent me his 65 Mustang.

Wooooh a basket case almost.

Needs a refret, so I'm doing that. The metal is uniformly pitted. The neck cleaned up ok on the finsih, a little wear, nothing big. So, it'll get a new nut, new frets, a quick overspray of the dulled headstock, and a not so good buff out... to keep the aging looking right.

The body... is heavilly worn, once stripped, and has white brushed on latex house paint over clear poly. It all has to be stripped down. Then wood filled, then dyed a sort of musty brownish amber, then hit with some shell pink, then clear.... then leveled, buffed, and allowed final drying... then hit with burlap, steel wool, keys, knives, old Harley parts, etc etc.. .to relic it a bit. I'll have to match the wear to the neck's wear.

Of note - the original frets are much smaller then regular Fender frets. They're more like mandolin frets. About .070 wide and .038 tall, very narrow, also, they have VERY short tangs, about .045. The short tang thing, I suspect, is because Fender was using thick veneer for the fretboard, about .062 thick or so (by estimation, not measured).

So... we'll get some pics of this. Shell pink, maybe a little amber on it in places. The white shell guard is very yellow now.

Also missing trem springs, and pickup cover (just one) if anyone knows a source.

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 10:01 pm

it's an early 70's 'Tang not a '65 as =CB= stated.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:11 pm

Thought you were going for the original LPB? Shell Pink??

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:14 pm

LEL @ 'tang

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:23 pm

Naw, shell pink won out. very few of 'em.
have a few blue guitars as it is.
besides, some of my fav things in the world are pink...

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 11:34 pm

so, as stated above, looking for the following:

trem springs, and pickup cover (just one)

anybody know where to pick one up?

MrMaxima · Post by **MrMaxima** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:05 am

Is the rear pickup original? The pole pieces look a bit "proud" compared to the 60's pickup I'm used to seeing--which are completely flush. I ask since I've never seen a "naked" 70's pickup...

Here is a photo of a 65 pickup for comparison. http://fendermustangstory.com/gphotos/mustpu.htm

Mr.Maxima

vic108 · Post by **vic108** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:45 am

Yup, as far as I know, it's all original with parts from the '60's and early '70's...

MrMaxima · Post by **MrMaxima** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:15 pm

vic108, can I get some close up photos of your pickups if the polepieces aren't flush for my website? My e-mail address is at the bottom of my website. TIA.

Mr.Maxima