Maple neck mustang?..

markocaster · Post by **markocaster** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:18 am

Was the mustang avail with a maple fretboard as a normal item , or was it a special order?
came across this auction for a maple neck

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:32 am

it was only on 70's mustangs that came with ash bodies that with transparent amber finish, black pickgaurds and contours. In my opinion, they were pretty much the best mustangs. Those necks are rare and typically go for about $350.

Sub has one. Ask him to post pics of his.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:37 am

they came in black and sunburst too. Need to take pix0rs of mine soon.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:04 am

aphasiac · Post by **aphasiac** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:24 am

god damn that is one sexy piece of wood.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:37 am

this is my one. there's an olympic white one with maple neck for sale here- http://www.rivingtonguitars.com

it's quite expensive though. buy the neck if you can afford it, even if you don't use it straight away it's worth having.

euan · Post by **euan** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:21 am

This just made me think about the Shadstang not being lefty so I could buy it

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:55 am

Wow, that looks like what my definition of a perfect guitar is

. Will they be around in 10 years

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:45 am

HO YES. DO WANT

astro · Post by **astro** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:15 am

Sublimedo wrote:they came in black and sunburst too. Need to take pix0rs of mine soon.

I believe that all the colours available at the times could be had with a maple board. I've seen white ones, and I think I recall once seeing one with the rare transparent cherry finish. I think the era was something like 1976 to 1979, but I'm not exactly sure.

Here's mine, a lovely transparant brown that Fender calls "Walnut Stain". It's colour is more shit like than walnut like, though. It's a rare colour, which is odd when you consider that in the 70's everybody was stripping their vintage custom colour Fenders in order to put on a stained wood finish.

The neck is about 1.5mm wider at the nut than the '69 RI CIJ, and the thickness of the neck is just a little bit thinner on the CIJ. They're both great necks to play on, but they feel very different.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:48 am

i had a MINTY transparent red one, from 1980 with a maple neck. was a cool guitar. heavy as HELL!!!

Pat.

Jesse · Post by **Jesse** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:00 pm

Yeah... Walnut Stain, my arse. hah

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:12 pm

<3 70's Walnut Stain.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:05 am

ok found an old crappy pic of it. it was quite VERY clean, except for that armwear on top. it had the original black guard, but i put a pearled one on it... sorry.
original case and all.
in an "emergency" i sold it for around $450. stupid me. i LOVE maple necks!!!
plus, the pots were '80, so this was one of the real last ones... i'll dig up more if you want. but yeah, they do exist and are cool. and heavy...

Pat.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:32 am

is that a trans red or a solid red?

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:39 am

robert(original) wrote:is that a trans red or a solid red?

that was trans RED

i'll dig up some better pics this weekend. she was lovely. oh and did i mention she was HEAVEY!?

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:49 am

Jesus, this boner hurts.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:10 am

Pacafeliz wrote:oh and did i mention she was HEAVEY!?

ideal for fighting your way out of a hostile crowd!

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:40 pm

which is odd when you consider that in the 70's everybody was stripping their vintage custom colour Fenders in order to put on a stained wood finish.

Not really odd IMO.

I think the 70s Natural and Walnut finishes were the reason everybody was stripping their "crappy" old pre-CBS nitro finished guitars... to make them look modern and new! I wonder how many guys smashed their nuts with two bricks in the 80s when their stripped/poo stained guitars became collectible?

Shit... I stripped a SB Mosrite Ventures in '79!

Maple neck Stangs are cool... I had a great neck from a '77 at one point.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 2:57 pm

your stripped a mosrite ventures model.
get the fuck off the board, i never want to hear your name again!

BE GONE!