Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
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Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
got this for 200. super stoked!!! gonna build her a piece at a time!
blown away by the condition and tint the white finish has turned to!
I did have one question. can you guys tell by the neck markings exactly what year this body is?
(sorry. im a total noob when it comes to vintage)
https://flic.kr/p/2h3ZKNA
blown away by the condition and tint the white finish has turned to!
I did have one question. can you guys tell by the neck markings exactly what year this body is?
(sorry. im a total noob when it comes to vintage)
https://flic.kr/p/2h3ZKNA
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Re: Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
Blimey!!
Beyond banana, bordering butterscotch!
Bravo!
Beyond banana, bordering butterscotch!
Bravo!
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Re: Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
Looks very late 60s or 70s, more likely 70s from the 2 extra holes in the neck pocket. If reading the stamp correctly in fact it's from 1976
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Re: Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
Looks like it has a forearm contour and a pin-routed body (no 'ears' on the pocket) ; it's hard to tell from the grain in the neck pocket, but looks more 'complex' than poplar so possibly ash? Those are indicators of mid-seventies; I would agree with '76 .
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Yepp you guys are right! I feel silly for not noticing was just so excited to buy it! Was listed as a 60s. Little bummed. But still happy with it!
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Re: Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
60's bodies were either slabs (no contours) in red, white, or blue nitro ('64-'68), or contoured competition colours (blue, which was called "burgundy", red, or orange) from '68-'69 in poly. The competition colours continued in the early 70's, just to avoid confusion from the way I phrased that.Echo_Base_Customs wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:49 pmYepp you guys are right! I feel silly for not noticing was just so excited to buy it! Was listed as a 60s. Little bummed. But still happy with it!
The clear coats on the poly Mustangs darkened/yellowed dramatically, whereas the 60's slab nitro paint jobs often lacked a clear coat entirely for cost-cutting reasons and underwent less of a colour change.
In any case, that's a nice-looking 70's body.
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Killer score!! I love the color. I'm seeing neck pocket stamps consistent with mid 1970s and plastic coated ground wire (post '69 or so). Great guitar!
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Thanks!!!! I just got a neck for it! Mid 70s too! It’s in amazing shape I’ll post some pics!
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Re: Got lucky on a 60s Mustang body!!!!
oooh, i was going to buy that!
glad you got it first, last thing i need.
'75 or '76, i think.
glad you got it first, last thing i need.
'75 or '76, i think.
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