'66 Fender Mustang

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'66 Fender Mustang

Post by CROSS_guitars » Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:30 pm

The owner of this bought it in 1993.
It's been played consistently in that time, in Melbourne and around the world.
It's been modded a bit in that time.
Unfortunately I'm not allowed to restore it back to how it was originally.
It has sentimental value to the owner.

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First thing I noticed was it has to be a refin.
There is blue paint under the cream finish.
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When I popped the hood, it was pretty evident.
They had painted over the shielding.
Also, there's a hacky rout where there had apparently been a Burns pickup in there at one point.
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I think the pickups in it now are Seymour Duncan Jaguar pickups?
The whole thing has been rewired. CTS pots and all.
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20+ years of finger grot.
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Logo is mostly in tact.

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Chunky Grover tuners have been installed.
If this guitar were mine, I would be sourcing some original F stamped tuners.

Fortunately it is not such an intrusive mod.
Only one extra hole has been drilled.
Completely reversible if it were ever to be restored.
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The nut has also been replaced.
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This would have been a great restoration project.
All I really did to it was clean it and set it up.
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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by CROSS_guitars » Fri Apr 19, 2019 10:41 pm

This is how dirty it was before I cleaned it.

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and now....
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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by Trout » Sat Apr 20, 2019 12:45 am

Nice clean up! Horrible horrible tuners :derp:
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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:39 am

Trout wrote:
Sat Apr 20, 2019 12:45 am
Nice clean up! Horrible horrible tuners :derp:
Yeah, they ruin the vibe and they are so big, it makes it difficult to tune up!!!

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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by Con-Tiki! » Sat Apr 20, 2019 8:16 am

that guitar is a beautiful color.
The tuners do suck. Apart from the extra screw holes, the peghead holes are much bigger than they should be.
I have an incomplete '66 that i considered buying modern gears for. In the end, i bought a set of old ones, to avoid drilling... :(
(Christopher, also)
I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing i ever heard come out a pair of headphones.

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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Apr 20, 2019 9:27 pm

The holes have been reemed out a bit. But I test fitted a set of Reissue F stamped tuners on it and they fitted quite well.
Would be fine with slightly larger conversion bushings.

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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by marqueemoon » Sat Apr 20, 2019 10:00 pm

Best shim.

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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by jeff m. » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:38 am

+1 on the shim !
Did you notice how the lettering of it has 'bled' onto the heel of the neck :D ?

I could see that leading to a little head-scratching among future owners if the existing shim was replaced :derp: !

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Re: 66' Fender Mustang

Post by Embenny » Sun Apr 21, 2019 5:45 am

Great job with the cleaning. Too bad it couldn't be restored further. Those tuners in particular :fp:
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