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I actually quite like this guitar and would not mind bidding on it. I actually hope it is a refin and price is reduced as a result. Any way to tell if the pickups are original?

I'd say yes judging from the neck pocket and normally the finish doesn't crack/check that way, bridge pickup doesn't look to be original either, unless they used ceramic pickups for the bridge pickup and rod magnets for the neck. I also thought that they kept the pickup cover and switch tips the same colour. but then again im not a huge mustang buff, someone should be able to chime in on the details

Finish and pickguard are definitely not original.

I would say that these parts aren't original (though I'm by no means an expert on period correctness)

Body finish
Neck finish
Bridge pickup
Pickguard
Pickup covers

James wrote:I would say that these parts aren't original (though I'm by no means an expert on period correctness)

Body finish
Neck finish
Bridge pickup
Pickguard
Pickup covers

i agree.. bridge pickup are not orginial.. but the neck are..

nice looking guitar anyway..

That finish doesn't even appear to be Nitro IMO - looks like a bad Poly job. It looks like a body from one of the 70s models which had the finish problems...

I don't know anything about 70s models - but could this be a 70-something body with a '64 neck and pickup?

Reference my finish comment here:

http://elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-15813.htm

It looks much more likely to be a DIY finish of a 60s body.

Good call. (Neck pocket)

what is it about the neck pocket that is a problem?

A '64 would have an unfinished spot from the stick.

well, it's obviously a replacement neck pocket of course.



nah, he means the neck pocket is stamped '64. this is a really cool pre-cbs mustang IMO. it's no where near perfect but still really cool just how it is.

It's slab body. I don't know if they made slab bodies later on but this one looks exactly like ones from the early years. I had a 64 body and don't remember a neck stamp, but the shielding was exactly as that and it was also a not that great DIY white refin and looked similar.

Mustangs got contours in 69 so if this were a later body it would have to be a Music Master or Bronco that was routed for the Mustang trem.

Looks like a legit 60's body to me.