NGD! CIJ Mustang MG69

cixelsyd · Post by **cixelsyd** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:35 pm

Hello everyone!
New to the shortscale forum. Been rocking TGP, TDPRI, and OSG for a while (I play on a 52 AVRI Tele and CIJ Jazzmaster) but never had a shortscale and was never cool enough to justify joining shortscale

Anyway, that's about to change.
One of my backup guitars (Dillion DTT72) got stolen a few days ago and I've been looking for a new guitar to suppress some GAS...
and I came upon this.

97-98 CIJ MG69. Going to play it tomorrow to see how it fits my hand, but I wanted to know what you guys thought about the deal.
The asking price is about 500 in USD, and MG69s seem to go for about 600~700 here in Korea. Goddamn ebay is ruining everything.

Anyway, wanted to introduce myself and say hello.. and also get your two cents on the matter.

Thanks!

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:40 pm

Given that you're in Korea I can't comment on how much they are worth there, but $500 seems pretty fair as long as it's in good condition.

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:03 pm

500 sounds like a good deal anywhere, looks tight!

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:19 pm

Welcome aboard. $500 is not bad considering they retail for over $900. Not the best deal ever, but it looks hot. I actually like the red tort on Daphne Blue

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:59 pm

It's Sonic Blue, I thought. I had that '69 RI in Sonic Blue, and it's definitely a better color than the Daphne Blue on the '65 RI but as far as the guitar itself goes, no contest, '65 RI wins.

cixelsyd · Post by **cixelsyd** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:13 pm

I believe it's sonic blue.

i was actually confused at first, since the two other pictures that the guy posted... one looks surf green and the other seafoam.

But from what I understand, they didn't make MG69s in those colors?

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:14 pm

Doesn't matter, it's pretty and that's a good price. You should do it and post proper pics of it.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:00 pm

Nice 'Stang. Welcome to the forum

GreenKnee · Post by **GreenKnee** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:16 am

I had one of these with a mint pickguard, and black pickup covers. I only sold it because my other Mustang is my number 1.

The necks are superb.

Welcome!

Jack

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:27 am

Cool colour, cool guitar! Welcome to teh internetz. Where in Korea are you at?

cixelsyd · Post by **cixelsyd** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:13 am

Viljami wrote:Cool colour, cool guitar! Welcome to teh internetz. Where in Korea are you at?

I'm currently living in Seoul. Was born here, but lived most my life in NYC.

cixelsyd · Post by **cixelsyd** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:06 pm

Picked it up. Loving this Stang!
How come nobody told me that this guitar was a helluva lot of fun to play? May not be the best guitar I ever played, but I can say without a doubt that it is the most fun.

Reporting to base tomorrow, but I'm being discharged the day after (All korean males have to serve in the armed forces for 22 months

) so I will take better pictures of it then.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 3:14 pm

Hmm. You need to directly link to the image, the embedding tags here don't like being given server arguments for displaying. We need to upgrade the site at some point.

I'd fix your tags for you but I can't hit imageshack from work to get the direct link.

Welcome to the club! The fun to play factor is why we have a site dedicated to these guitars, nothing beats a shortscale in fun and playability. It's only a secret because most guitarists have their heads stuck in their asses and won't play anything SRV/Page/Hendrix didn't play.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:05 pm

fantastic snag on the mustang.

great pictures, though the img tags would work better with direct links, instead of scaled images.. but i can never quite figure out image shack.

cixelsyd · Post by **cixelsyd** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:09 pm

sorry about that. didn't even know that i linked it wrong. no embeds, got it.

thanks for all the support. i should go to bed, seeing i have to get up early in the morning but i cannot stop playing this thing!

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:13 pm

No worries, it's working now and that is a pretty guitar! Welcome to the board!

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:26 pm

Pens wrote:No worries, it's working now and that is a pretty guitar! Welcome to the board!

^this

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:44 pm

cixelsyd wrote:Reporting to base tomorrow, but I'm being discharged the day after (All korean males have to serve in the armed forces for 22 months ) so I will take better pictures of it then.

Have fun with that!

That's the main reason I never go back to Korea these days.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:46 pm

honeyiscool wrote:
cixelsyd wrote:Reporting to base tomorrow, but I'm being discharged the day after (All korean males have to serve in the armed forces for 22 months ) so I will take better pictures of it then.
Have fun with that!

That's the main reason I never go back to Korea these days.

still a korean citizen?

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 4:49 pm

Great snag. Mustangs are indeed great fun to play!