Sold. 1974 Mustang £475 posted

Andy79

This thing was in a very sorry state when I got it. It’s had some rebuilding and replaced parts so not original by any stretch 

Its 1974 to my best guess, info from previous owner and a bit of research. Double string trees were introduced in ‘74 and by 1976 bodies were ash and weighed a ton 

24” scale. 40mm nut width. C shape neck. 7.5lbs. Alder body 

Original neck, body, bridge, knobs

All the rest is replacement. Pick guard, tuners, bone nut, control platt, pots

The first 5 frets have been replaced with bigger fret wire 

Swimming pool route 
Theres no stamps p serial numbers on neck or body 

The neck has a very old crack repair with pins in the side of the headstock 

Refinished with a super thin coat of amber nitro 

See photos for general condition, it’s been abused and very well used. It’s up together and playing well

The pickup is Tonerider Alnico II blues. 250k pots

collection preferred so you can take a look in hand but postage also fine

£550 posted. £500 collected. It’s an old usable Fender for not a kings ransom

Ta

JD50

Yes please, pm'd

JerkMoans

That is seriously cool 

DrCornelius

One of those guitars that the more knackered it is the better it looks. Shame I’ve been out and about as I sold a guitar this week and that guitar would have prevented me paying off my credit card - very nice abs good score JD

SimpleSimon

Thats very sweet, snagged by a very lucky buyer 

flyingv

  wow! You snooze you loose - would have been all over that.

Andy79

Back up for sale. 

The sale didn’t work out for the following reasons. 

A couple of areas to note not mentioned in the original post and since pointed out to me. 

The pots are too small for the knobs, they slip on the shafts and are packed out with tape. 

The nut is 0.5mm further away from the first fret on the bass side than the treble. I did not notice this from either looking or playing it. 

If the bridge is lowered to any less or around 2mm then it chokes out in a couple of places, low E on the 3rd, high E 12th for example 
I play with a high action and genuinely never noticed 

With all this in mind the price is lower to reflect some work that may need doing. 

The price was reasonable in the first place and I think it still is. 

It’s one of those things that is definitely best viewed first but I’m still happy to post it

Same guitar, different price. Nice

Andy79

Trades also an option for nice Telecaster parts, U or V necks, bodies or funky old pickups 

wrinkleygit

Pm’d

SimpleSimon

Dang missed it twice !

KDS

That..... is one cool guitar

Choivert

Very long shot, but if the buyer fancies moving this on id be interested!