Mustang restore/partsmaster
- CROSS_guitars
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Mustang restore/partsmaster
I have been collecting random Mustang parts and have slowly been piecing it together.
I started off with a Musicmaster body, which was badly chizzled but in otherwise good condition.
I plugged the rout and re routed it for a single-coil.
Jump ahead a few months. I routed the bridge for a mustang tremolo.
Cleaned the body up. Sanded most of the old paint off. And sprayed it with white primer.
This is an Allparts Jaguar neck which I finished in tinted nitro. I applied a repro 64 decal.
I bought a can of Pelham blue nitro spray paint. I am a bit dissapointed because it turned out to be lake placid blue.
Here it is in contrast with a nice yellowed pearl pickguard.
Late 60s tremolo and control plate
Here it is at the moment. I need to spray heaps more clear on.
I started off with a Musicmaster body, which was badly chizzled but in otherwise good condition.
I plugged the rout and re routed it for a single-coil.
Jump ahead a few months. I routed the bridge for a mustang tremolo.
Cleaned the body up. Sanded most of the old paint off. And sprayed it with white primer.
This is an Allparts Jaguar neck which I finished in tinted nitro. I applied a repro 64 decal.
I bought a can of Pelham blue nitro spray paint. I am a bit dissapointed because it turned out to be lake placid blue.
Here it is in contrast with a nice yellowed pearl pickguard.
Late 60s tremolo and control plate
Here it is at the moment. I need to spray heaps more clear on.
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Looking great!!
My first vintage guitar was a Mustang!
My first vintage guitar was a Mustang!
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Thanks.zhivago wrote:Looking great!!
My first vintage guitar was a Mustang!
Love your collection. Is this a Zhivago Hottie?
I was very close to painting this sonic blue.
- mothershipzeta
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Thse are the kinds of things I wouldn't have the slightest idea about, and seeing it solved just two pics below makes me go: "God, this guy is good.."CROSS_guitars wrote: I plugged the rout and re routed it for a single-coil.
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Looking good!
- yearofthezombie
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Digging it!
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Looks great and nice work with rerouting the bridge pickup cavity. The one done prior to you getting the body is just a big mess. But I guess that's what happens when a youngster get a sudden urge to play heavy metal...
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
That's a great colour choice.
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
very nice!
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Nice work, the color looks more like Cobalt Blue to me than Lake Placid Blue, which has more of a greenish tint with metallic flake.
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
I was expecting a lighter shade, like robocop blue. Oh well.
I might tint it a bit with the clear coat just to make it greener and more vintage vibey.
I might tint it a bit with the clear coat just to make it greener and more vintage vibey.
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Man alive...what am improvement. Good work sir!
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Great save. Excellent work
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
Looks great, but does that jaguar neck work on the mustang body? did you have to move the bridge? or did the scale just match..? cause i always wanted a nice mustang, but i dont like that shortscale necks. might wanna put a jazzmaster scale neck on itCROSS_guitars wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2015 9:42 pmI have been collecting random Mustang parts and have slowly been piecing it together.
I started off with a Musicmaster body, which was badly chizzled but in otherwise good condition.
I plugged the rout and re routed it for a single-coil.
Jump ahead a few months. I routed the bridge for a mustang tremolo.
Cleaned the body up. Sanded most of the old paint off. And sprayed it with white primer.
This is an Allparts Jaguar neck which I finished in tinted nitro. I applied a repro 64 decal.
I bought a can of Pelham blue nitro spray paint. I am a bit dissapointed because it turned out to be lake placid blue.
Here it is in contrast with a nice yellowed pearl pickguard.
Late 60s tremolo and control plate
Here it is at the moment. I need to spray heaps more clear on.
:D Gotta love them Offsets :D
Any other austrians around here?
Any other austrians around here?
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Re: Mustang restore/partsmaster
It totally works with a Jaguar neck. They are the same scale.