Fender Mustang [1966] Electric Guitar

Fender Mustang [1966]

Fender Mustang Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1966), made in Fullerton, California, red lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, gig bag case.

This is a VERY well-played but original 1966 Fender Mustang, made less than two years after the model's debut in 1964. The Mustang was Fender's classiest student guitar, basically a Duo-Sonic with the new "Dynamic Vibrato" tailpiece and a floating bridge. The model was instantly successful and has proved a timeless favorite with countless garage bands from the 1960s and '70s until today.

The features of the instrument are typical for this year. The body on sports a red lacquer finish with a lot of wear nut not much fade. The pickguard is laminated plastic with a white pearloid top layer. The neck is the smaller of two sizes offered on this model with an "A" width of 1 1/2" at the nut and has a short 22 1/2" scale length. This smaller "student" neck was a catalog option but in practice did not prove popular on the Mustang, making it a relatively rare feature.

Features:

• Maple neck with Rosewood fretboard
• Double cutaway body
• White pickguard
• Two single coil pickups
• Two control knobs
• Two slider switches
• Fender tuning machines
• Vibrato tremolo system
• Chrome Fender neckplate
• Two single coil pickups
• Year: 1966
• Condition: very good

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