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Hey guys, i've just started construction of my mustang project which i'm gonna call semi-vintage..

Parts are as follows...
Already got:
65' Mustang body (Feck all of the original finish left so refinishing in natural...)
72' Bronco neck (Near mint, only a few slight nicks)
Reissue tort pickguard
Reissue control plate
Reissue trem+Mustang bridge
Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Mustang pickups
Reissue bridge cover
Cloth covered wire
Reissue "F" neckplate+screws.

Need:
Pots (No idea which ones i need, any suggestions? Capacitors?)
Switches
Machineheads. (Gonna get originals, been checking out a few)

I know it's not exactly vintage spec. but it's the mustang i wanna build... I'll get the rest of the parts when i get paid!
Bein a lab tech doesn't pay as well as you might think!!!
I'll post pics as soon as i get my hands on a camera!

Any suggestions/comments/tips are very welcome!!!!

Progress thus far:












Any suggestions on finish or colour?

That guard looks pretty good for a repro.

I guess the obvious suggestion would be Olympic White, maybe yellowed a little. That'd look cool.

Or change the guard to a black, white or pearloid & go for a two-tone tobacco burst. You could go for 3-tone sunburst but I really like the bursts that have the red faded out.

I'm not a big fan of plain red or blue (dakota & daphne I think).

You'll need pickup covers too.

PorkyPrimeCut wrote: That guard looks pretty good for a repro.

I guess the obvious suggestion would be Olympic White, maybe yellowed a little. That'd look cool.

Or change the guard to a black, white or pearloid & go for a two-tone tobacco burst. You could go for 3-tone sunburst but I really like the bursts that have the red faded out.

I'm not a big fan of plain red or blue (dakota & daphne I think).

You'll need pickup covers too.

Yeah, I i know that but forgot to put them on the list! The guard is an allparts, believe it or not... I dunno if there's already a thread on this but would someone be able to do a basic step-by-step on nitro refinishing?

As for pots, got with 250K CTS or ALPHA. Best get switchcraft 3 way slide switches, so you can do thr out of phase swiching as well. It's been a while since i saw Mustang guts, so I can't remmber which cap, but I guess a 0.47pFu?

Cool looking project btw!

PorkyPrimeCut wrote: That guard looks pretty good for a repro.

That's exactly what I thought.

Not sure if you're interested in non-authentic colors, but I look at that bright red guard and think navy blue. As deep a blue as you can find, I figure. I think it would be classy, a little showy, and original... A vintage white would work too, if you want more authenticity.

a quick, sloppy mockup of my idea:



too lazy to get it as navy as i'd wanted, but you might get the idea...

ohm-men wrote: As for pots, got with 250K CTS or ALPHA. Best get switchcraft 3 way slide switches, so you can do thr out of phase swiching as well. It's been a while since i saw Mustang guts, so I can't remmber which cap, but I guess a 0.47pFu?

Cool looking project btw!

Thanks a lot! I actually picked up two switchcraft three point switches in dublin the other day.... The guy found two of them in a box and didn't know where they came from or why the shop had them... Needless to say, he didn't know how much they cost either so i got them for €2 each!

quarterpound wrote: a quick, sloppy mockup of my idea:



too lazy to get it as navy as i'd wanted, but you might get the idea...

Ha ha.. That looks kinda cool! Cheers man!

I'd go with Ice Blue Metallic, ease the contrast a bit (not all of us are colorblind )

Some Mustangs have really crappy wood grain, that one is really usable for see-through finishes (including see-through purple, green and so on). I can't really suggest anything because almost any color can be used on that guitar, although if you use that pickguard it's more limited (for example I would probably not do a red finish with that pickguard). Sunburst would not be a good idea on a first project, I don't really like sunburst on Mustangs either, I think the body is too small, better on Jags/JMs.

I'd go Sherwood green

Can anyone tell me what these "screwdriver marks" are all about.. The body has one under the pickguard...

Hey, just strung up the 'stang... Wee problem...

I had to jack up the bridge loads just so the strings would clear the frets.... And there's no shim in it at the moment...

Anyone else encountered this???

Cheers,
            Tim