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1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 12:56 pm
by Wittgenstein
This private collector has unfortunately the exact same taste in guitars as me, and I can't stop buying his Fenders. Picked up this all-original '64 Mustang at a fair price. Not completely sure why. It just kind of happened.

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Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 1:24 pm
by MechaGodzilla
Nice! Looks a lot like my 66.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:08 pm
by Wittgenstein
Does your '66 have the B neck?

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:53 pm
by MechaGodzilla
Yeah, it's about 41mm at the nut (1-5/8" I think) with a pretty fat back profile. Is yours an A width? I think it was more common on the earlier ones.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 3:27 pm
by Wittgenstein
Yeah, super skinny and thin.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:21 pm
by spacelordmother
Wittgenstein wrote: Not completely sure why. It just kind of happened.
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You had no choice. You had no power to stop it. :drool:

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:46 pm
by Wittgenstein
It's legitimately awesome. Really comes alive with fuzz. Neck is too small for real playing, so I just put it on a weird tuning and slam away on it.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:42 pm
by waltdogg
that's pretty dang nice. does he have any cool old fender precision basses? i'm looking for a good player.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:57 pm
by Wittgenstein
I'll check, but he mostly just does Jags/JMs/Stangs.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 2:59 pm
by Wittgenstein
FWIW, the AV63 P-Bass is fucking amazing. Very impressed with it.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 3:02 pm
by waltdogg
right on. thanks.

that they are. the colors they come in don't quite tickle my fancy though.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 7:43 pm
by Seedy
I have one of those! December '65. Same color and everything.

When my mom married my step-father 32 years ago, this was in the attic of his house, disassembled. Being 10, I didn't play yet, but knew it would come in handy one day. Thanks strange man! Starting at age 13 it is the guitar I learned on and it plays awesome. The original pickups and pickguard were not in there so I got Duncan hot rails put in and it was my main guitar for five years. After playing a few years I took the neck off to see the date stamp and saw that there was a plastic shim behind the neck to keep it straight. After removing it, I understood why it was there.

Anyway, I'm sure the tuning pegs suck on the one you just grabbed, replace those and you will be happy wit this guitar. Use .10s or .11s.

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:49 pm
by repoman
Really nice little guitar
What is the scale on those? 22"?

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 12:43 pm
by BitchPudding
Never realized they made mustangs with whammy bars like that. Dope.

Sound clips?

Re: 1964 Mustang

PostPosted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 4:31 pm
by MechaGodzilla
BitchPudding wrote:Never realized they made mustangs with whammy bars like that. Dope.

Sound clips?

Some of them have really goofy angles that I bet are super comfortable to use.
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