Hey, that looks my old bass! Well without the ageing. My first real bass was a blue mustang just like that.
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How much for '69ish Mustang?
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lollipops were from 67 i think. but these are the small variety tuner that went on the Mustang and Coronado, not the Jazz or Precision. Maybe Fender had left over stock that went later in the 60's, due to low volume sales--
By all means get it, but absolutely DON'T(as in DON'T)chomp into it with a different type of pickup. Respect its survivorship. How many times have we seen sad, irreversible mods done to righteous instruments that didn't deserve that kind of butchery? Frets and hardware replacement are one thing, and yes, original Mustang bass pickups leave something to be desired, but you can get exact replacement pup's from Seymour Duncan, Nordstrand, even Curtis himself, to improve the deficiencies in a non-invasive manner. Sticking a Darkstar or humbucker with that kind of configuration in there, and all you would have is a relic'd Mikey Way Mustang.
I would try and leave it all original. Try to clean up all the parts.
Here is the 68 Mustang I just sold:
Here is the 68 Mustang I just sold:
That color is called Competition Burgundy - my first decent bass was like this one - 1969, Competition Burgundy, lollipop tuners. Purchased new in early 1970 when I was still in high school. I wish like hell I still had it - BUY IT !!
Alright guys, I'm looking at entering the vintage bass world with a '69-'73 'Competition' Mustang but it needs some work and I have no idea what parts and labor would cost.
The price is $300 but I can only buy today since I'm leaving town. I would like to string it and check the electronics but since it's Sunday, I have no means of getting strings. The work I know it needs is 1 new tuning mechanism and a spring on one of the bridge saddles. The neck looked to be in pretty fair shape which was my #1 concern. So is $300 a fair price or will I be getting in over my head?
Buy it if you have the money for sure!
Too cool & nice find! I bought one of these in the same color/matching headstock out of the Recycler for my kids to learn on (before I had kids) back in 1988. My son starting playing it when he was 11. We still have it today.
DiabolusInMusic
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Very cool, but I wonder why they called it competition burgundy when it's blue?[/QUO
Competition Burgundy was actually more akin to purple - I have seen them age to be either a more blue color, or they would age to a green color ! The lollipop tuners were only put on the 1969 model. My 69 was definitely purple - not blueVery cool, but I wonder why they called it competition burgundy when it's blue?
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Not so - they were installed on Mustang and Coronado basses from '66-'69, just like the full sized pops on Jazz, paisley Tele's and sometimes P-basses. (see @hsech '68 above)
You can get a new one as long as you can get the old one out. Fender still makes those. The Mustang Bass uses the heel adjustment truss rod with the dual flathead scredriver nut (not a hex key). Replacing the tuner would be the hardest thing. Finding the full size oval tuners is pretty easy (yet expensive), but it's really rare to see the smaller oval tuners they used on the Mustang Bass in the 60's.
