Fender Mustang

its a 97,reissue,made in japan. 22 frets,two single coil pickups, basswood body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard,has stock dynamic vibrato tail piece but i locked it down,love the switches,gives it so many cool possibilties

works very nicely with my music which is industrial/electronic i use a tech 8 multi effects processer,a Boss d-1,electro-harminex big muff distortion,morley wah,for amps my practice is a Crate GX-15r and a peavey rage 158,my main amp is a Fender deluxe Reverb. it can do every thing,this guitar is very versital

i got it used so i dont what kind of set it had when i got it,but it sucked,but i fixed that,finish was and is really nice,no probs

very reliable especaily the i play,this guitar was made to last,finish will do the same,straps buttons never fail,i have and could gig again without a backup

never delt with um

iv been playin for 3 1/2 years,i also own a fender Duosonic,peavey raptorII strat copy,lots of pedals ,already named my amps if it were stolen i would get another,i only say stolen cuz i'd never let it get lost,it my baby

1964 3/4 scale screamer!! Everyone knows there are 2 single coil pick-ups that can be on individually, together in phase or together out of phase. Vibrato is cool...especially for surf stuff. I don't have the arm...so I just push it a-la Jr. Brown!! Clay dots=pre CBS!!

I can get Fantastic twang and surf out of this baby! More so than my '62 Jaguar! (?). I running it through a '68 Super reverb. The out of phase position is cool as well :)

Very small neck means quick playing. Seems pencil thin compared to some of my other guitars...but fun to play! The white finish is showing age as it is yellowed a bit, but that's character baby!

Relabile?? It's a Fender...nuff said. Leo did it right on all (pre- CBS) models. It's lasted this long... it's here forever!

I pass buy Fender headquarters every day (AZ)..I'm not sure what they would do if I walked in with some old wood!

I've been playing about 5yrs. As mentioned I have a Fiesta red '62 Jaguar, a (re-issue) Danelectro '56 U2 and a '50 Supro Dual Tone (Viva Link Wray!!). Amps include a '68 Super reverb, a '61 Gibson Skylark and a '59 Magnatone Custom 280. I'm a one room player (home) ..never gigged. I would like to get another (full-scale) Mustang some day...so yes! I would replace it if needed. This is a GREAT guitar for the music I (try!) to play. Prices are going up on these vintage guitars..still a great buy if you can find one unaltered.

Made: 1977-79. They were not real good about keeping records. I am told from the guy at Greenville Guitars that this is the date range. 22 Frets. One solid dang piece of wood. I don't have it here in front of me, but it is heavier than any strat or paul I've picked up. Which is just wacky for a short scale... Two single Coils, with the black covers (No exposed pole pieces). Everything is Fender stock on this guitar. Chrome tunes, missing whammy bar. Original Dynamic Fender Vibrato. Slight crook in neck. I think it is all Alder wood. Tobacco sunburst finish, black pickguard. I like the Vibrato Bridge because I can't stand fishing the little brass thingies out of the back of Strats. I don't use the Vibrato (bar missing, but not missed). So it is always pretty much in tune. Original black Tolex covered case with plush orange interior.

Love the sound. Two pickups have a lot of variety due to the phase switching. Sounds best with both together in phase. But I use the two opposed to stand out on stage from the other guitarist. Very quiet in the studio. No humm. No buzz. No pops between switching. It's kind of overly soft through my solid state amp on the clean settings. It has superior single coil jangle. I used it on a REM tribute album to do Radio Free Europe and it was wonderful to multitrack the variety of sounds.

I bought the guitar when it was 16 years old. So it had been through some hands. But it is my first guitar and I was able to feel my way around the set up without instruction. You need to replace the little cardboard matchbook shims around the two posts that hold the bridge thingee in. Thats a design flaw easily accomodated. It had numerous scratches etc... but the finish has survived remarkable well.

It will outlast me. The screws are a little rust. The nut is probably the original and could stand replacement, but since I don't have any wierd noises or tuning problems I plan to leave it alone. The strap does pop off from time to time. I am pretty sure you could break down a door with it and then play for 3 hrs hard and heavy. I have played w/o backup on numerous occaisions. I've only broken a string once, that I can remember.

never needed it

Playing about 8 years. I got extremely lucky picking this guitar out. If it were lost or stolen I would be at a serious loss. I've never felt one with this kind of weight or tone. But I would have another. I am tempted to hot rail one of the pickups... I love this guitar because it seems indestructable, yet lithe and beautiful. Some frets need replacing. My favorite feature is probable the pallete of tones available through two single coil p/ups.

1964 Fender Mustang. was refinished a metallic blue/green color and professionally routed for a humbucker in the bridge slot before i got it. it came with a black duncan JB. the tuners have been changed to grover deluxe kluson copies. the neck;s finish is worn and the headstock and decal are in perfect shape.

i play lead guitar. a lot of metal. i mostly use an old V with EMG's. 81 and 60 to be exact.this mustang works good too.i play through a marshall jcm 800 2203 100 watt head and a lead 100 mosfet. sounds nice

the finish was done great. the action sucked,but thats fixed now

seems reliable enough. the hardware has some minor rust spots on the tailpiece.but this is from 1964.what do u expect.

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been playing for 3 years. i have a marshall jcm 800 2203 head. a jcm 800 1982B 4x12 with 85 watt celestions. a marshall lead 100 mosfet with a blue sparkle Kustom reissue 4x12 w/jensons. a sovtek mig 50 and matching 2x12. i have a sonic blue fender jagstang,a fiesta red jagstang (both stock). a 1996 mexican strat. an aria pro 2 knight warrior,yamaha pacifica 912,1970s les paul copy,parts strat,flying V with EMGs,the mustang and two no name 1960s sears guitars. for pedals i use a metal zone,a morley pro series 2 wah/vol and a dod supersonic stereo flange if my mustang was stolen,i would get another one for sure. im gonna get more anyway. 310 bucks was a nice deal.

This is a '72 model, red with competition stripes, some nicks and dents, not the cleanest hardware, a real pawnshop beauty. The tremelo arm wasn't with the guitar when I got it. Everything was stock. Took it to a good setup man who cleaned the pots and redid the soldering, replaced the nut, set the neck and action perfectly. (Absolute Music, Fairborn, Ohio) Has the slide pickup selectors, pearl pickguard, original stock pickups. Functionally as good as or better than new, feature-wise, except for the missing whammy arm. The neck is Strat-like, wider than a Telecaster but fat.

Fenders are traditionally iffy from the fifties to ?. This was a low end model new, and the chances of it sounding really good were a gamble. I had played one as a practice guitar years earlier, and it was tolerable. I got this one from a friend whose judgement I respect, but I still wasn't prepared for the quality of the sound it continues to give. I played a small gig with it plugged into a 50 watt Marshall using a compressor, equalizer with mids cut down a bit, and a small dose of chorus, and that was the first time I really took the guitar seriously. The sound was warm, full, great clear sustain, bright yet not shrill, deep lows, and the audience loved it (lots of comments, tips, and beers.) I particularly like the neck pickup, very SRV, and the out of phase is as good sounding yet a little more powerful than Strats I've known. One out of 100, and my guitar-playing friends agree. Too good a sound to gig with except for special occasions. I gave it to one of my sons who still has it and treats it well.

I don't know original settings. Once setup properly, it is fine. I think this must have cost about $125 new, and they were the darlings of the pawnshop for years, and you always did get what you paid for with this model. This one saw hard use before I got it. I don't care. Anybody looking for a "cherry" original Mustang was born after they quit making them because they don't remember the reality of the Mustang, and they were beautiful when banged around a bit, far more beautiful than when new. The trem arm was usually the first to go anyway, and it does a nice surf by manipulating the bridge. "Apache" and Duane Eddy stuff is fine. No divebombing or metal. Great punk! The neck is as good and strong as a Strat.

This is a twenty seven yeard old guitar. It is the worse for wear. It takes maintenance and skilled attention for it to play in tune and have the electrics work without noise or grounding problems. And it was the very bottom of the Fender line from the getgo. Take it for what it was designed to be, and it is reliable. Expect more and be foolish. If you modify it with new stuff, you missed the point and should be playing something else, and another classic gets butchered.

You've got to be kidding. Most places you find Mustangs would break your thumbs if you complained.

I've played since 1964. This isn't my idea of a main axe, but it comes from an era where beginner's guitars from the few makers out there were outstanding, the Mustang and the Gibson Melody Maker among them. I'd replace it, after careful selection, just to have it around. The sound of this one is everything. 11 on a 10 scale. My main axe is a Rickenbacker 330 (with a Vox top-boost on order,) and I've tended to favor single coils. I play classic rock, love jazz chords and Hendrix/SRV equally, and I both teach and learn from my kids music new to me, such as contemporary metal, which my son's humbuckers and stack (through a Metal Zone) do very well. I tend to stay no heavier in overdrive than Black Sabbath. I guess the most important thing I want to say is that this isn't a guitar suitable for a lot of beginners anymore. Don't replace the pickups and over-cook the signal with effects. It will let you down. If you want the original Fender sound, pure and simple, this is it. Punk it like a fool, and you'll have a lot of fun. Kurt Cobain knew what he was doing with it for grunge, even when he replaced the pickup. But just keep in mind that it's appreciating in value for a damn good reason. Classic Fender.

Mine is an original 1975 Mustang. A lovely 3 colour sunburst with a lovely finish. It has two new pickups, Seymour Duncan lil '59 and JB. The neck has 22 frets and the fretboard is in awesome condition. Only problem is the buzz on the e and d dtrings because i havent changed my action. It has those tuners with the cool F on them and they stay in tune pefectly, unlike my stinky squier practice guitar (they are the crappest guitars). The neck is a thinner than a strat but thicker than a tele but lovely and smooth. It has a really strange bridge. Its liek this tube thing witha space for the trem.

My guitar is really suited for every type of music apart from the new metal scene which has defaced decent music. It has a wonderfully fat sound when run through my mxr distortion and my other distortion boxes. You can make it into a thin trebly sound but i dont really like it that much anyway. WONDERFULLY DIVERSE. It has that really nice bbking clean sound.

Really well kept for a guitar this old. It has one or two minor nicks and there is that buzz but apart from that the guitar is beautiful.

I havent played with this live. Im more of a bedroom player. Not a lame ass one though! I wouldnt dare misuse this guitar seeing as they cost so much in england (i got it in the states for $475) and this was my dream guitar.

Its too old isnt it? I dont bother with customer support. I just go to my local guitar shop.

I had a squier before this and i have played on a 57 ri strat and an ibanez steve vai series but this guitar not only sounds better but plays so much better. If anyone is planning on buying this guitar get it from the US. They cost about 700 pounds in this condition. With the original hardcase as well!

This is a 1965 Fender Mustang. It has 22 frets, red finish, one volume, one tone, white pearloid pickguard, original Mustang bridge, Kluson Tuners, and a Slab neck. It's all original and is awesome. It has the typical Mustang setup with black pickup covers and toggle switches.

I play a good balance of punk and alternative. I like to play Metallica too. THis guitar is awesome for either or, but I'm sure it's no competition for guitars especially suited for Metal music. It has such a wide variety of sounds. I can play anything from Berry to Presley to Hendrix to Hammett to Cobain (Can you figure out all the first names? Cause you're an idiot if you can't and should leave music forever.) IMPORTANT NOTE: ON MANY AMPS, THE MUSTANG WILL APPEAR TO HAVE A VERY LOW VOLUME WHILE ON CLEAN CHANNELS AND VERY LOUD ON DIRTY. TO REMEDY THIS, TURN YOUR GAIN KNOB UP ON THE CLEAN CHANNEL INSTEAD OF YOUR MASTER VOLUME KNOB. THIS IS TRUE, AT LEAST, FOR THE MARSHALL 8240 VALVESTATE COMBO. The sound has all tones: bright, dark, noisy, etc. It's VERY flexible. I love this guitar so much. When you hit a chord, it is so full and crunchy and dark, but you can make it bright if you want. This guitar is definately low-end, though. HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO ALL!! Get them on EBAY easy. They are there all the time. www.ebay.com

Well, I just got this guitar in 1999. It's been quite a few years since 1965. Get a calculator. I JUST got it set up by my music teacher, Les (who, by the way, is rather cool). The action is perfect for me. It has a buzzing when hit VERY hard, most notable if you hit all the strings open very hard. This finish is awesome on Mustangs. This one has a few knicks and dings. It IS old. Also some scratches and stuff, but who cares? It's a Mustang.

I haven't played live yet, but the hardware and electronics have lasted THIS long, haven't they? The strap buttons are perfect and I can depend on it entirely. Why would it break in the couple of hours I use it after 34 years?!! I'd have to be very unlucky.

I never dealt with Fender on a support basis, but I hear they are a little too "busy" and conceited to even care about ONE customer. Gorny's music shop in Somerville, New Jersey is awesome. Inexpensive setup and great service!! THIS RATING IS FOR GORNY'S AND LES

THIS IS AMAZING. MY FAVORITE!!! I'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR 8 YEARS AND I LOVE IT. IT'S SO RAW! So far, I've been using a Marshall 8240 2x12 combo with it's own distortion and some other effects. I'm getting an ELECTRO-HARMONIX PolyChorus soon and prepare for awesome sound.

This is a November 1965 original Fender Mustang. Date on neck 08NOV65B (that's NOT NOv the 8th by the way, that's just a code to indicate a slab mustang neck. Other Mustangs appear to have a 5 or 16 before the month.) - a B neck, SLAB neck . Solid alder SLAB body (like all pre-69 Mustangs). Two slanted single coils, with poles showing, cream pickup coveres faded to grey. This is a SHORT Scale 22-fret guitar, a student model at the time. 'F' Tuners do a gret job and look cool. Plastic buttons on tuners. No accessories. Missing tremolo bar.

NO style - I'm a suckee guitar player. a bedroom guitarist is what you might call me. I love it for its looks and feel and vibe and sound. it's very versatile, sund-wise. My preferred combination is using both pickups and I get a sound similar to my Jaguar. This is a classic surf sound from teh 60s. the real thing, still there after 35 years. you can use it for anything, blues and and funk. Very bright sound, tinny.

Bad refin job, other than that a wonderful little guitar. Cute is the word. Great orig pickups, well adjusted and perfect action (read LOW). Unblemished hardware, even the tuners (palstic 'F' tuners which the Mustang shared with other short scales such as DuoSonic II, Musc Master II, Bronco) are beeter than my reissue 62 Jaguar's. Electronics are original and scratch-free even after 35 years. Knobs have gone long missing. I LOVE those silider switches. that's a classy touch from Leo Fender.

This guitar withstood live playing for 35 years by the look of it. What's more it came out of the 1980s almost unscathed except for a bad, bad refin job. They painted purple and drew little pics of monsters under the finish. It's such a bad refin it's almost groovy.
Would I use it a sole guitar at a gig? Jesus, it's a lightweight guitar with two single coils. But the pickups are wonderful and the electronics (all orig) dont even scrtach. Fender knew what they were doing. In a nutshell, yes, it's a reliable guitar for gigging.

Couldnt say, really. If you a 35-year-old Fender they wont help you much, probably. but youc an get original parts on the Net for much cheaper.

Mine is a 1969 Competition Blue Mustang. I bought mine from some guy over the internet. I got it with its original case, and it came with all its originally hardware( even the metal plate that goes over the bridge to cover it up)

It is great for the music I play, and you can get so many different tones from playing around with the pickup switches. The bridge pickup was a little thin and really sucked with distortion on, but I have replaced it with a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails, and it sounds great. And it sounds great with my E-H Small Clone Chorus and my Boss DS-1 Distortion.

When I first got it I went to play it and it sucked, but the stings on it were so old and the bridge was so low that the strings were hitting the pickups. I changed the strings and figured out how to raise the bridge and then it sound great.

It hasn't failed me yet, and its 30 years old, so I don't think this guitar will ever die.

Never dealt with them.

I have been playing for three years now and I have owned a few guitar during that time and this is favorite one I ever played. If it were stole I would love to buy it again, but I don't think I would ever find one in the color I have again( it took me long enough to find this one)

I've got a 1965 Mustang (November 6, to be exact) that I found in a pawn shop while I was with a friend who wanted to buy a gun. It had been spray-painted yellow so I stripped it down and rubbed in some tung oil and just left it that way...and it looks damn cool. I replaced all the electronics and installed a pair of DiMarzio "Blue Velvet" pickups. I didn't like the independent pickup switches so I pulled them and put in a small two-way toggle switch between the tone knob and the jack. I can't use both pickups simultaneously but I never did to begin with. I took off the strap buttons and put on these really cool leather strap-locks that I can't seem to find anywhere anymore. It's still got the original tuners (pearly-headed ones), original pickguard (some kinda weird pearly-red color), original "Fender Dynamic Vibrato" bridge, original neck-plate and even the original freakin' screws. This thing is exactly what I need and want in a guitar...especially after my customizations. I LOVE THIS DAMN GUITAR.

Well, since I mostly play punk, this thing is perfect. It's got a really nasty sharp buzzsaw tone that kicks ass. I play it through a Rat distortion pedal and into a Laney tube combo. I did also do a stint in a psychedelic band where it also worked perfectly. At that time I ran it through: Ernie Ball volume pedal. Rat pedal, DOD Bass chorus pedal, Washburn Flanger pedal, Crybaby wah, Peavey Triumph 130 tube head, ART SGE processor, Marshall 4x10 cabinet and a Talk Box. But I suppose when you run any guitar through that much shit you can pretty much get whatever you want out of it, eh?

I've done my best to set it up myself but that ain't exactly my specialty. There's also some fuck-ups in the finish (also my fault). But I just think of those as character marks.

This thing has survived several years of punk shows...need I say more?

I've done all the work myself.

I've been playing about 10 years. Other gear I own: Laney GC-30V 2x10 tube combo, Rat dist. pedal, Crybaby, DOD Bass Chorus pedal, Washburn flanger, some kinda cheapo volume pedal, Aria Pro II bass, homemade "Frankenstein" guitar, dbx 266 compressor, Yamaha FX500 processor, Akai reel-to-reel 4-track, Marantz PMD 720 cassette 4-track, Shure SM-57 (2), AKG C451, Sennheiser MD504, Nady 101 Wireless mic, stands, cables, blah, blah, blah... If someone stole my guitar they would already be dead. If you aren't exactly