WTF is going on here then?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:08 am

Depends how low it stays.
Thing is, if your lucky enough to find a vintage Mustang neck in the UK your looking at around Â£150. So the other parts are a bonus, but the body either wants reshaping or throwing in the bin imo.

wwrrss · Post by **wwrrss** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:15 am

Fran wrote:Depends how low it stays.
Thing is, if your lucky enough to find a vintage Mustang neck in the UK your looking at around Â£150. So the other parts are a bonus, but the body either wants reshaping or throwing in the bin imo.

I'll have the body if you're gonna bin it!

George · Post by **George** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:32 am

oh you undercutting slag!

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:47 pm

Yeah it's mine and there's a project thread about it.. circumstances have changed and a clear out is needed, plus i can't make my mind up to fix the body back to proper shape

so selling was the best option and the next owner can make their own mind up about it.

http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=39142

Plus don't have enough posts on here to sell via this forum so ebay it went, otherwise it would have been posted here first foryou guys to pick at.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:49 pm

...isn't that a musicman body?!

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:54 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:...isn't that a musicman body?!

Dude , you need glasses

Its a Mustang that got smashed up on stage... then repaired but with a strat template I would guess, as the top horn is way too long. The bottom curve is more or less ok, its just that top horn that really needs sorting.
Re: filler -- doesn't look like much filler was used, just a few mm to cover the join and smoth things out. the guitar itself plays fine, action is ok, I guess the frets could do with some work as some past owner (probably the dickhead that smashed it up) added some laquer/varnish type stuff over the neck which has gone over some of the higher frets. A few string bends and its all off.
It's also quite loud "acoustically" for an electric solid body.. one of the louder electics I've owned over the years.

Would be nice to see someone fix it up properly and make use of it. I'm not going too thats for sure, I'm currently going around the house & attic looking for the bits of old projects to sell off and raise some funds.

astrozombie · Post by **astrozombie** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:43 am

I wouldn't.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:04 am

Someone did though, gone to some chap for his 12 year old Nirvana nut daughter to learn to play on.. it will get shaped properly and finished in Sonic blue.
So in future if you come across a blue Mustang with a maple fretboard then it could be this old geetar