Fender Mustang 1964 Restoration!

[texican]

+1 Daphne

[Tisacsson]

+1 Daphne

Daphne It is:)! Should i hade a perloid pickguard? What do you all think?

[Pacafeliz]

i'd say make it as original as possible!

[mgeek]

i'd say make it as original as possible!

Yes this!

My preference for restorations is to sometimes take the cool route - eg custom colour where maybe that might have been a very rare occurrence, but always within the realms of possibility.

Also, That doesn't sound like a cool combo! i like the offwhite plate with blue. And don't listen to the tortmongers either, be strong!

[Tisacsson]

i'd say make it as original as possible!

Yes this!

My preference for restorations is to sometimes take the cool route - eg custom colour where maybe that might have been a very rare occurrence, but always within the realms of possibility.

Also, That doesn't sound like a cool combo! i like the offwhite plate with blue. And don't listen to the tortmongers either, be strong!

Im not 100% shore if i know what you mean, should i use another color than daphne? a more rare?
what dosent sound like a cool combo=)? my english is sometime not the best so sorry=) but please le met know what you think=)!

[mgeek]

No! Please go with Daphne!

What I mean is, I would only go with what 'could have happened' on a vintage rebuild like this. I'm quite fussy, but I feel like one non orginal looking piece just marks something out as a parts guitar

[lwatford]

love the faded Daphne Blue. Wish I still had this one (early '65)!

[Tisacsson]

Aha oki i understand Mgeek!.

wow thats a beautiful mustang!!

i got the body today. its hilarious how bad it was packed, what a idiot that sold this! he used one layer of bubble plastic, then a few layer with newspaper!! it got some small bumps i have to fix now. oh my god!

[fuzzking]

You're saying this was the whole packaging?

Shoreline Gold, with a white perloid guard and non-matching headstock

Like the run of 3.500,- € LTD Namm Mustangs?

Hmmm.... on the other hand, the longer I look at this picture...

[Tisacsson]

That is a pretty sweet mustang aswell=)
yes that was all that he had wrapped around the guitar, there was also a plastic bag around the news paper=)

There also was a terrible pickup hole reapir, i knew that there was a repair when i bought it but not this bad, so i had to take the old wood filler out and do it again.
i forgot to take picture of the old repair, but here is some pictures how it looks now.

[djg413]

I say Daphne Blue, mint pickguard, with black pickup covers, and a natural headstock.

[Tisacsson]

Mint pickguard? Can you post a picture?
Im gonna prime the body with white primer, but i dont now what kind of primer
I can use! Is there someone who can give me an answer to this?
I have only used polycolors before. And i dont think i can use that kind of
Primer. Am i right?

[Jazzmastervsjaguar]

So...you were right from the get go...Seafoam please, also matching headstock...but if you must original, then original it blue.

[Tisacsson]

So...you were right from the get go...Seafoam please, also matching headstock...but if you must original, then original it blue.

i think my next restoration will be seafoam with matching headstock!

[zhivago]

Shoreline Gold, with a white perloid guard and non-matching headstock

Like the run of 3.500,- € LTD Namm Mustangs?

Hmmm.... on the other hand, the longer I look at this picture...

Oh wow!

I had no idea they actually made one like that!

Looks awesome!