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I'd dig it if it was a 3/3 Flying V headstock

That is just wrong on so many levels.

There is a nice white one on Ebay.

I absolutely love these guitars. Not sure I could justify Vintage Fender Money on something so silly though.

I played Nicks swinger which he kindly brought over. Hands down the most comfortable and playable guitar to play on a couch. I'd love one but the price is too rich for me.

Dave wrote: I'd love one but the price is too rich for me

Then build you one. "Cooterfinger" did using a Squier mini-strat neck and the body template is posted over on "Projects"

Why does "The Vintage Guitar Price Guide" list these guitars under the heading "Musiclander"? Warmoth also calls this body style "Musiclander". Where did this name come from? Did Fender ever use that name for these guitars? Did Fender originally call these guitars "Musiclander" before they decided to add the "Swinger" Stickers?

crazydave911 wrote:

Dave wrote: I'd love one but the price is too rich for me

Then build you one. "Cooterfinger" did using a Squier mini-strat neck and the body template is posted over on "Projects"

Aye that's a possibility but depends if that neck is as slinky as the vintage. Classic vintage fender neck is teh sex

There's currently 2 Swingers on ebay. Personally I think there must have been more than 300 made because they pop on ebay too often to be that rare. Starcasters were made for several years so I'm sure there's more of them than Swingers, but they seem to be on ebay less often. Maybe Swingers just change ownership frequently?

moore65 wrote:There's currently 2 Swingers on ebay. Personally I think there must have been more than 300 made because they pop on ebay too often to be that rare. Starcasters were made for several years so I'm sure there's more of them than Swingers, but they seem to be on ebay less often. Maybe Swingers just change ownership frequently?

Yes that is exactly what happens.Here are photos of my Swinger as it appeared in ads by 3 different dealers

Were they all listed about the same price?

westtexasred wrote:Why does "The Vintage Guitar Price Guide" list these guitars under the heading "Musiclander"? Warmoth also calls this body style "Musiclander". Where did this name come from? Did Fender ever use that name for these guitars? Did Fender originally call these guitars "Musiclander" before they decided to add the "Swinger" Stickers?

Arrow and Musiclander are two names the Swinger is sometimes referred to by, but they were never called either one by Fender. I can't give you the origins of those names - I'm not sure what they are... but the official name is "Swinger," and that was applied via a decal (OVER the finish) on the headstocks of most (if not all) of them. The headstock Fender logo is under the finish, which is why it survives... but the Swinger decal was applied over the headstock finish, and is known for flaking off... leaving only the Fender logo remaining.

Ben Kweller plays a blue one from time to time. they have a cool jangly sound to them...
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blane wrote:Ben Kweller plays a blue one from time to time. they have a cool jangly sound to them...

Sven has a cool blue Swinger like that.

I think they have their charm... I don't mind the way they look but for the price they go for I'd much rather have something else...
apparently kweller doesn't just use it live, he used the swinger for the bulk of the guitar work on his latest self-titled album..

That white swinger is back on Ebay again (Link) .



But...wait a minute....WTF?



That body is not right...should look like this...no wonder he had to relist it,is it real or a fake!

It's not a fake. Some bodies lack the Bass V routing.

Sven wrote:It's not a fake. Some bodies lack the Bass V routing.

Ok thanks Sven!

Wow, the White Swinger sold for $2,228.00 this time

Tina Played the Swinger in this video too.

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Love the swinger. Relatively rare but seemingly always command a lot of money.