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Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 7:59 am
by JSett
SignoftheDragon wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 7:41 am
This one has almost everything I dislike about older Fenders.
But I LOVE it. Looks like the perfect proto-skate-punk machine!
100% this.
I wasn't looking for this kind of Mustang at all but something between the awful burst (that I've dubbed 'miseryburst'), chopping-block body and confusion of parts made me instantly fall in love with it. It's exactly the only half decent guitar I'd have been able to afford in the early 90s from a pawn shop as a snotty little punk.
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 10:15 pm
by Pacafeliz
MOP on sunburst is such a win.
Dang maybe I'm gonna have to...
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 11:40 pm
by sal paradise
I love this so much
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 9:44 am
by cestlamort
I think it’s pretty much perfect.
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 8:35 pm
by BoringPostcards
Sweet score!!
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 2:03 am
by Amon 7.L
That's one fine looking Mustang right there
Nice score, congratulations!
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:59 am
by Wucan
SignoftheDragon wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 7:41 am
This one has almost everything I dislike about older Fenders.
But I LOVE it. Looks like the perfect proto-skate-punk machine!
Haha, same. Sadly the pricing is no longer punk-friendly.
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:26 pm
by 46346
that's a pretty sweet find! i'd have trouble resisting it, too.
maybe it doesn't seem especially desirable at first glance, but it really is quite the time capsule from a certain confluence of eras and ideas at Fender.
i'd happily continue to thrash it a bit without worry, too.
but personally, i'd be careful about stickers - maybe use my own low-tack adhesive applied to the backing of the sticker, instead of whatever random adhesive the old stickers have.
only because that nitro perfectly showcases the compromise between the aesthetic and actual quality (cheaper student model).
and i now regret putting my band's sticker on a 70's nitro Fender some 25 years ago... it was a cheap-ish instrument back then, but the sticker decayed into a gooey mess with the nitro and the mess kind of interfered with my playing for a while!
cheerio!
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:35 pm
by JSett
46346 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:26 pm
that's a pretty sweet find! i'd have trouble resisting it, too.
maybe it doesn't seem especially desirable at first glance, but it really is quite the time capsule from a certain confluence of eras and ideas at Fender.
i'd happily continue to thrash it a bit without worry, too.
but personally, i'd be careful about stickers - maybe use my own low-tack adhesive applied to the backing of the sticker, instead of whatever random adhesive the old stickers have.
only because that nitro perfectly showcases the compromise between the aesthetic and actual quality (cheaper student model).
and i now regret putting my band's sticker on a 70's nitro Fender some 25 years ago... it was a cheap-ish instrument back then, but the sticker decayed into a gooey mess with the nitro and the mess kind of interfered with my playing for a while!
cheerio!
Yeah, I have been starting to lean that way since originally posting actually. I've popped a little one on the pickguard but hovered over any on the paint and thought against it every time. It's a fight between doing what I want to do vs doing what's best for the instrument. I've dug out the perfect vintage Suicidal Tendancies sticker too which doesn't help the situation
although, I seem to have somehow misplaced it already (my spare room is utter chaos) so maybe that's a sign.
Decisions decisions
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 1:05 pm
by jaapbossen
It would be such a shame to put on the stickers on the nitro... guitar looks great as is!
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 3:10 pm
by LVC
Yeah, and we'd end up with a "'Vintage Mustang with mysterious Puerto Rican chupacabra" thread sooner or later.
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:01 pm
by JSett
Fine. Y'all have convinced me to not to
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:04 am
by JSett
I'm just going to put this one on and leave it at that. As a compromise.
Re: NGD: 1973 beater Mustang
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:42 pm
by 46346
^^^ well played!
that's got the vibe and the era - and the transparency works great with the guard texture.
although, I seem to have somehow misplaced it already (my spare room is utter chaos) so maybe that's a sign.