Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.
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by JSett » Fri May 28, 2021 7:59 am
SignoftheDragon wrote: βFri May 28, 2021 7:41 am
This one has almost everything I dislike about older Fenders.
But I LOVE it. Looks like the perfect proto-skate-punk machine!
100% this.
I wasn't looking for this kind of Mustang at all but something between the awful burst (that I've dubbed 'miseryburst'), chopping-block body and confusion of parts made me instantly fall in love with it. It's exactly the only half decent guitar I'd have been able to afford in the early 90s from a pawn shop as a snotty little punk.
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by Pacafeliz » Fri May 28, 2021 10:15 pm
MOP on sunburst is such a win.
Dang maybe I'm gonna have to...
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
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by sal paradise » Fri May 28, 2021 11:40 pm
I love this so much
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?
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by cestlamort » Sat May 29, 2021 9:44 am
I think itβs pretty much perfect.
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by BoringPostcards » Sun May 30, 2021 8:35 pm
Sweet score!!
Det er mig der holder traeerne sammen.
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by Amon 7.L » Mon May 31, 2021 2:03 am
That's one fine looking Mustang right there
Nice score, congratulations!
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by Wucan » Mon May 31, 2021 11:59 am
SignoftheDragon wrote: βFri May 28, 2021 7:41 am
This one has almost everything I dislike about older Fenders.
But I LOVE it. Looks like the perfect proto-skate-punk machine!
Haha, same. Sadly the pricing is no longer punk-friendly.
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by 46346 » Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:26 pm
that's a pretty sweet find! i'd have trouble resisting it, too.
maybe it doesn't seem especially desirable at first glance, but it really is quite the time capsule from a certain confluence of eras and ideas at Fender.
i'd happily continue to thrash it a bit without worry, too.
but personally, i'd be careful about stickers - maybe use my own low-tack adhesive applied to the backing of the sticker, instead of whatever random adhesive the old stickers have.
only because that nitro perfectly showcases the compromise between the aesthetic and actual quality (cheaper student model).
and i now regret putting my band's sticker on a 70's nitro Fender some 25 years ago... it was a cheap-ish instrument back then, but the sticker decayed into a gooey mess with the nitro and the mess kind of interfered with my playing for a while!
cheerio!
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by JSett » Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:35 pm
46346 wrote: βTue Jun 01, 2021 1:26 pm
that's a pretty sweet find! i'd have trouble resisting it, too.
maybe it doesn't seem especially desirable at first glance, but it really is quite the time capsule from a certain confluence of eras and ideas at Fender.
i'd happily continue to thrash it a bit without worry, too.
but personally, i'd be careful about stickers - maybe use my own low-tack adhesive applied to the backing of the sticker, instead of whatever random adhesive the old stickers have.
only because that nitro perfectly showcases the compromise between the aesthetic and actual quality (cheaper student model).
and i now regret putting my band's sticker on a 70's nitro Fender some 25 years ago... it was a cheap-ish instrument back then, but the sticker decayed into a gooey mess with the nitro and the mess kind of interfered with my playing for a while!
cheerio!
Yeah, I have been starting to lean that way since originally posting actually. I've popped a little one on the pickguard but hovered over any on the paint and thought against it every time. It's a fight between doing what I want to do vs doing what's best for the instrument. I've dug out the perfect vintage Suicidal Tendancies sticker too which doesn't help the situation
although, I seem to have somehow misplaced it already (my spare room is utter chaos) so maybe that's a sign.
Decisions decisions
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by jaapbossen » Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:05 pm
It would be such a shame to put on the stickers on the nitro... guitar looks great as is!
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by LVC » Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:10 pm
Yeah, and we'd end up with a "'Vintage Mustang with mysterious Puerto Rican chupacabra" thread sooner or later.
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by JSett » Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:01 pm
Fine. Y'all have convinced me to not to
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by JSett » Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:04 am
I'm just going to put this one on and leave it at that. As a compromise.
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by 46346 » Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:42 pm
^^^ well played!
that's got the vibe and the era - and the transparency works great with the guard texture.
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