What is this?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:12 pm

Copy?Bad mod?Home made body?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:15 pm

whatever it is, it's ugly as sin.

i hope it's not a mod but it looks like it probably is.

mcconnachiea · Post by **mcconnachiea** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:35 pm

I looks fucking sexy apart from the upper horn

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:37 pm

Mustang haz teh bonarz.

James · Post by **James** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:44 pm

Two bad mods.

Body has been destroyed and refin'd, and the neck has probably been refin'd too (I don't see why they would replace the decal otherwise).

Fibus · Post by **Fibus** » Tue May 05, 2009 7:50 pm

Why would you cut the upper horn and not the lower one?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:01 pm

why would you do either? HORRENDUS

Paul_Ray · Post by **Paul_Ray** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:45 pm

GGARRGGHHHHH!!!! Horrific. It's like the John Merrick of the guitar world.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:25 pm

LOL. It looks hilarious. Why would someone do that?! It looks like they plan to hold the guitar by the top horn. not a good idea.

STABxYOU · Post by **STABxYOU** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:55 pm

It almost reminds me of a Parker Fly top horn. Poor Mustang.

I'm guessing someone, once upon a time tried to make it look like a Strat and failed.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:06 pm

Fibus wrote:Why would you cut the upper horn and not the lower one?

The dolt probably stopped after seeing what an ass he'd made of the upper horn. Or maybe he didn't want to reshape the pickguard.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:10 pm

if you flipped that to play it lefty, it would look like you have a giant black halfie hanging out of your pants.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:13 pm

laterallateral wrote:if you flipped that to play it lefty, it would look like you have a giant black halfie hanging out of your pants.

endsjustifymeans wrote:Mustang haz teh bonarz.

Great minds and all that...

jamc_89 · Post by **jamc_89** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:45 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Mustang haz teh bonarz.

perfect.

astro · Post by **astro** » Wed May 06, 2009 12:21 am

That decal is some serious botchery. How hard is it to place a decal so it doesn't look like it was applied by a retard?

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:59 pm

well things happen in life... and i bought this thing. cheap, with old silver case.

i feel dirty and filthy. and i like it... heh

no seriously, i can't stand looking at it. it could be SUCH a nice all-black guitar but they HAD to fuck with it. ok otherwise i wouldn't have gotten it cheap.
surprisingly i must say, this might be the most confortable mustang neck i've ever played. it's flatter than the other 70s i remember. and the sound of those pickups is glorious. really impressive.

i've now taken her apart to discover that that this guitar too used to be a sunburst one, originally.

but the shieldings and all that are still in there and in nice shape. non-original pots but they work a-ok. the nut needs to be replaced - looks like it was in fact used by a lefty at some point, so the nut slots are too big. there's quite a bit of fretwear but all still very usable.

the neck has been PAINTED. yes it's not the wood's color! that's some sort of yellow paint all over the neck, back and front of the headstock. AGAIN?! man i just finished stripping/sanding the neck of the mustang bass... geez.
still i can see the TORRES stamp on the neck. man this guy has stamped around 90% of all the fenders i've ever had. busy man, thanks mr. torres!
the logo is not a waterslide decal or something... it's weird, looks like it's been printed on the color. terrible. oh and it sez ORIGINAL instead of OFFSET. bah.

pickguard and pickups are original. grey bottoms - yum. btw yeah it's all '75. transition. white-button F-tuners but 2 string trees. black guard... etc.
btw, i've never seen a serial number stamped so near the F (see pic), but it IS original.

the silder switches are originals and work ok but they don't *click* anymore when changing position. weird. might need new ones too, then.

now, i'll think if/how this body is savageable still, and/or i'll be looking out for a beat old mustang body. (SELL ME YOURS!!!)

ok but now the pics!
have fun!

Pat.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:03 pm

fucking hell pat, that's a shambles. hopefully you can get a new body for at and sort the neck out. what goes through peoples' heads?

Dice · Post by **Dice** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:27 pm

If it were mine, I'd just play the hell out of it!

I'm looking forward to seeing how your project comes out.

Ty · Post by Ty » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:28 am

I swear the headstock shape is slightly off as well.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:30 am

silly_rabbit_band wrote:I swear the headstock shape is slightly off as well.

i think you're right, looks odd. the whole thing is odd.