1974 Fender Mustang Modded Electric Guitar (VIDEO! Fresh Work, Ready)

Quick notes:

• Most instruments I sell are consigned but some are my own.
• Repairs and adjustments have been done, if necessary, and this item is ready to go unless otherwise noted!
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• Please read the following text for full details and specs -- it's borrowed from my original blog post on it...

Overview: What to say about this? Its owner calls it the "Methstang" because he got it in such a rabid state of undress and wonk. It came here filthy, with the cheapest Strat-style pickups fit, and everything in parts and jumbled. The bridge posts were mangled, the wiring harness was frozen in place from internal crudding-up, that sort-of stuff! It looked awesome, however, and between Jose and myself, we nursed it back to health.

mostly plays like a normal Mustang save that we've fit Alnico lipstick-style single coil pickups rather than Fender-style, repro Mustang pickups (come on, they're fun!). To re-use the original bridge, I replaced the mangled bridge posts with some archtop-style adjuster wheels and posts. This is a little easier to use and keeps the bridge locked in place better, too, so the whammy is a bit more stable than normal.

As you might expect, after work was complete this thing turned into a great little player. The neck is that perfect Fender C shape with the tight board radius and it has the most-lovely, odd finish -- a rattlecan "candy apple red-a-like" finish shot over original mocha brown. It's beat-up like crazy in the body so there's a lot of "fade to clearcoat through brown" when you're checking it over closely. It looks terrific.

Repairs included: Jose leveled and dressed the frets. I replaced missing strap buttons with older parts-bin ones, fit a new wiring harness (500k pots, orange drop cap, Switchcraft jack, and reused the original slider switches) and new shielding (though the old brass plates and harness are bagged-up and will be included), fixed the bridge problems, and set it up. It's playing spot-on and is ready to go. No, we don't have an arm for the whammy, but it does work nicely and you can even get palm-bends on it pretty easily.

• Weight: 7 lbs 8 oz
• Scale length: 24"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: slim-medium C
• Board radius: 7 1/4"
• Depth at first fret: 0.79"
• Depth at seventh fret: 0.83"
• Body width: 12"
• Body depth: 1 1/2"
• Body wood: likely ash
• Bridge: original (w/different post adjusters)
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: maple
• Pickups: 2x replacement lipstick (Alnico) single coils
• Action height at 12th fret: 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 46w-10
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: lower/smaller

Condition notes: Obviously, it's not all-original (see exceptions above) and has lots of wear and tear. The original bits that are important are all there, though -- the bridge, knobs, control plate, pickguard (save one tiny repaired corner), tuners, and neck are all stock stuff. It's been modified and hot-rodded a bit but it's mostly a stock Stang in terms of handling. It sounds about halfway to a Danelectro from a Jaguar, to my ears, which is absolutely killer for use as a chord-chomping guitar.

It comes with: Sorry, no official case, but I may have a spare gigbag.

Consignor tag: BGIM