race to the bottom - the sparkle stang

KPI · Post by **KPI** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:12 am

This thing was listed at over 8K a while back. they can't even give it away for 5K now

blane · Post by **blane** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:55 am

I will never understand sparkle finishes. I miss my mustangs.. I still think they're the best looking guitars... so well balanced such a great form..

montheshakers · Post by **montheshakers** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:56 pm

Rather have the Shakira stang

Is that the original finish on the blue sparkle???

kypdurron · Post by **kypdurron** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:15 pm

so they say, and what they think justifies the price ... but the collector lawyers don't seem to care that much for Mustangs ... there's a shop in cologne that trys to sell non orig (don't know if factory refinish) finished Mustangs for nearly 3 kâ‚¬. Those don't sell either.

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:17 pm

That colorÂ´s not my cup of tea...

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:23 pm

It is original but it wasn't painted at the factory.According to "The Golden Age Of Fender" In the '60s Fender didn't have paint guns that could shoot sparkle paint with this large particles so they outsourced all sparkle paintjobs to another shop. Here is another Mustange with original sparkle paintjob.

Leisureclub · Post by **Leisureclub** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:54 pm

I prefer the second sparkle bc it looks like a fishing lure. Something for largemouth bass.

You wouldn't catch anything with the first one

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:40 pm

westtexasred wrote:It is original but it wasn't painted at the factory.According to "The Golden Age Of Fender" In the '60s Fender didn't have paint guns that could shoot sparkle paint with this large particles so they outsourced all sparkle paintjobs to another shop. Here is another Mustange with original sparkle paintjob.

Being that I'm big into choppers, there is something about a fogged and flaked musicmaster that just looks hawwwwwwwwt.

duosonic · Post by **duosonic** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:21 am

Shakira stang!!! Classic!!!

Auriemma · Post by **Auriemma** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:36 pm

I like the blue sparkle. Don't ask me why. They gold to red, though interesting, doesn't do it for me.

I guess it's all a matter of taste.

Cagethelephant · Post by **Cagethelephant** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:15 pm

I prefer the original lpb or fiesta red or sunburst over one of those ugly things anyway... Just my preference

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:22 pm

blue sparkz is pimp

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:10 pm

BillClay wrote:blue sparkz is pimp