"New" guitar day! woo!

[badgermark]

So the parcelforce man dropped off my 'new' guitar today, a 70's Japanese mustang copy. My first vintage guitar! And first shortscale too, not as hard to play as i though, pretty comfy actually.



Tis a heavy beast, the metal parts are pretty pitted but not corroded per se, anything i can do to buff them up?

Pickups are really weak, gonna swap them out for a lace sensor and a strat p90 for now, maybe BKPs later.

[il˙ti]

*turns eyes away in disgust*

Sorry.

Congrats with your... uh... guitar.

[indysmith]

It's beaaaaautiful. congrats.
Any details of who it's made by, what it's made of etc.?

[badgermark]

If you didn't like it thanks for spending the time to reply. Next time don't bother.

It's made by Citar, solid alder body and it's heavy as hell! About as heavy as my heaviest telecaster. Apparently made in the old Ibanez factory, found a few brochures online and it's sturdy as all heck.

Me likee, needs new strings and to be set up though, wussy 10s don't cut it on a shortscale, 12s or nothing!

[noodleplugerine]

I love mustangs - Very quirky - cool guitars.

[Philly Q]

They're cute little guitars, I've never really wanted to buy one but I would if I was a vintage collector.

Shame about the weight, but I suppose that might add some "weight" to the tone to compensate for the short scale. :)

[gwEm]

that is really really sweet actually.. :)

[38thBeatle]

That is a nice shape.The bridge looks interesting but I cant quite see it in the pics.The sliding switches presumably turn the pickups on or off.

[headtheball]

That looks really cool, to tell the truth.

It'd look a little nice with "proper" mustang Vol/Tone knobs imho, though.

[opprobrium_9]

*turns eyes away in disgust*

Sorry.

Congrats with your... uh... guitar.

I concur

[badgermark]

It needs proper mustang knobs indeed, the strat ones are horrible. The switches have three positions, can have the pickups on by themselves, in phase together and out of phase together.

The weight is a GOOD thing. I like heavy guitars, and it feels much less like a toy now.

The bridge arrangement is almost like a vibrato tune-o-matic, the picture is actually restrung incorrectly, the strings go in away from the neck and loop under giving a sharper break angle over the bridge. Need a new bar too.

[noodleplugerine]

*turns eyes away in disgust*

Sorry.

Congrats with your... uh... guitar.

I concur

Don't be a tw@t. If you have nothing nice to say then shoo.

[jibidy]

Its ugly but i like it!!

Could you give quick review compared to say a strat or tele? Or does it need more time?

[Nadz1lla]

That bridge looks interesting! I'm not a fan of that particular shape but I do like the amount of buttons these things have, always fascinated me!

For a 70's Guitar those Pups look quite modern, are they replacements?

[ToneMonkey]

I can't see the pics  :(

However, I have a Firebird copy made in the Ibanez factory in the 70's.  I LOOOOVE IT! Although I need to refret it.... but just can't be arsed..... Wez - fancy a commission?