1965 Fender Mustang – Kabuki Pink – Jagstang – Hardtail Custom

1965 Fender Mustang – Kabuki Pink – Jagstang – Hardtail Custom

 The neck is a Mustang neck dated from 1965, re-fretted by the guys at Eric’s Guitar Shop in Van Nuys, California. The neck shows lots of authentic patina, it lights up like a Christmas tree under UV light, has wear in the first few positions of the rosewood, but feels fantastic and looks amazing with its mother-of-pearl dot inlays and the original nut. This Jagstang body was originally made by the Fujijen factory in Tokyo, Japan, around the year 1995. The MIJ Jagstang body and pickups do all the Mustang stuff with the added noise a humbucker brings. The usual in and out of phase controls are retained, the instrument has standard Jagstang wiring. Dynamic Stoptail Assembly instead of a Mustang style tremolo. Chonky, 7lb and 11oz, blame the Japanese, all the weight is in the body. Looks, feels, plays and sounds excellent. The color is Kabuki Pink, invented by Pat Wilkins to look like the faded shade of Fiesta Red that would age to the color of salmon pink, or coral.

This is an instrument of at least 2 parts, and some of these parts are 60 years old, some are only 30-years-old, so not much is new except the candy coating. The Kabuki Pink paint is very clean, the Jagstang portion of the guitar is an easy 9/10, shows the lightest playwear, there’s a tiny flake out of the bass-side neck pocket, roughly 1mm, other than that it has light play wear only. Dynamic Stoptail assembly replaces the Vibrato unit on a stock Mustang/Jagstang etc.

Condition is 8.5/10 – this is an instrument of 2 parts, and some of these parts are 60 years old.

Condition

Very good condition, but obviously an instrument of two parts. Obvious wear on the neck, one or two dings on the headstock, as fitting a 60-year-old object. Dynamic Stoptail assembly instead of Mustang style floating tremolo, from a Ben Gibbard signature instrument. Plays, looks, sounds amazing. Comes in an older Ibanez Roadstar hard case, which it neatly fits in, looks good in there.