Fender Musicmaster-Mustang-Jagstang Hybrid – 1978/2005 – Faded Fiesta Red

Fender Musicmaster-Mustang-Jagstang Hybrid – 1978/2005 – Faded Fiesta Red

1978 24″ scale Fender Musicmaster neck with S serial# on the front of the headstock added to a refinished Fender 2005/6 Japan Jagstang body with a vintage single coil 70s DUO-SONIC pickup in the neck and D’Marzio Super Distortion DP100 added to the bridge. The Duo Sonic and Musicmaster were actually 22.5″ scale instruments but sometimes left the factory with 24″ short-scale necks, matching a Mustang. The 70s style F tuners are reproductions, but the nut and string tree are original. This makes for a hugely versatile instrument with the Mustang/Jagstang in-and-out of phase controls. The Jagstang body was refinished in beautiful salmon-pink Faded Fiesta Red by Pat Wilkins. Mustang bridge has wrapped posts for tuning stability, vintage 70s knobs, Mustang Dynamic Vibrato tailpiece, comes in an original Mustang 60s case with 2 working latches. A belt replaces the missing catch, vintage racecar style. It looks good in there, weighs 7lb 9oz and is setup on 10s. A bit of a mix up, but the fun with Fender is that they are sometimes more than the sum of their pieces.

Condition

Not much on this instrument is new or pristine, neck and body were not paired at the factory, obviously. Neck shows wear, as you’d expect for a 50 year-old part. The paint is very clean, is the newest part of the instrument, shows light play wear, light impressions. The frets are good, show light wear, with enough meat left for a crown and level and polish. Lots more pictures of this one at my site which Reverb doesn’t want me to link to, but if you put a dotcom behind my shop name, you’d already be there. See the pictures, ask for more.