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Holy shit. That's one of the nicest original Comp. Mustangs I've seen. Absolutely stunning. Congratulations!

Thanks! I can't wait to play around more tomorrow. I need to check it along side my 69 reissue for fun.

The reissues do feel completely different. My Mullet-stang has a 1969 neck on it and it feels so comfortable to play. I really want a vintage Comp-stang one day.

I am going to try to get both of my comps out tonight to give them a good look over side by side. I am almost positive the vintage bodies are thinner. The neck even feels narrower. It is a "B" neck, so it should be sort of the same.

My Comp RI has the narrowest nut width at 41 mm I think. The neck is a thinner profile compared to my 1969 neck and the neck on my 1972 Bronco.

Got out Red and Blue and did a side by side and sound check. It was really interesting actually.

Visually similar. The pickguard on Blue (Japanese) is slightly different.

IMG_3507 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_3506 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Japanese contours are more defined and hard edged. The American (Red) is more gradual.

IMG_3508 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Japanese one has Klusons similar to Red.

IMG_3509 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Red (American) IS slightly thinner but the overall weight was actually closer than I remembered. They feel about the same weight to me even with Red having a slightly slimmer body.


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IMG_3512 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Japanese has black side dots under the rosewood. American has white side dots on the line.

IMG_3514 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Japanese bridge screws go all the way to the other lip. No Pat. info.

IMG_3515 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

American ones stop about 1/8 of an inch. Tremolo has Pat. info.

IMG_3518 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Japanese has no gap between the control plate and the pickguard.

IMG_3519 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

American has a gap.

IMG_3520 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Sound wise they are actually very similar. I was impressed how close they were really. The headstock decals don't match. Japanese one has Black Fender with a larger and longer "Mustang" part as well as the Offset part. The American is white with more Pat. info under it. No Offset part and a smaller thinner "Mustang" text.

Fun comparison. The necks feel almost the same in shape. I was really surprised by this. The Japanese one holds well and was a very good rendition of the real deal. There are some differences of course, but they are very similar.

v. nice.

and thanks for the side by side comparison
we need to get that in the wiki.

Thanks! One thing I forgot is the twelfth fret dots on the American are closer together. The Japanese ones are centered under the A and B strings and the American is between the A and D and the G and the B string.

Jim_Nowhere wrote:we need to get that in the wiki.

I am not sure how to do that. (Not sure if Mods or Admin do that.) They are welcome to use any pictures or info I posted. If any different pictures are needed (like headstock decals) I could take some more as well. I could get a closer shot of the dot spacing, but you can see it in the full body picture.

That's a hawt combo right there. And damn that American has a fat neck compared to the japan one.

That's a nice geetar you got there.

HNB wrote:There is a ground wire running from the control plate to the tremolo plate.

Is that standard for the period, or just for student models? My Swinger has that too.

I am guessing normal. Jazzies and Jags sometimes had a plate grounded like this.

Congrats HNB! Would like to have this guitar to!

What kind of body material is it, popular, basswood or alder.

Very nice pics!

Could you maybe post a vid on youtube?

Will do. I have another one coming in a couple weeks, so I might dig out the Showman to do a proper demo of them both together.

New competition family photo. I thought I should get some pictures of all three of my competitions together. (1968 US Competition Red, 1969 US Competition Blue, and my '69 Reissue Japanese Competition Ocean Turquoise Metallic.)


IMG_3596 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_3597 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_3598 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_3599 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_3601 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr


IMG_3602 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Did you just buy one and put it in water? Don't feed it after midnight man, you might wind up with a Jackson Dinky.

LOL No. If that worked, I would have way more than three....

A little red vs blue. I did a demo of my '69 and my Japanese reissue. They sound very similar. After the demo, I raised the pickups in the reissue a bit and it sounds even closer. Slightly different, but very close. You can be the judge though.

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HNB wrote:I am guessing normal. Jazzies and Jags sometimes had a plate grounded like this.

I think so. My 69 Compstang has that ground wire too.

amazing collection. that 69 comp blue is one of my dream guitars.