A few years back AJ shared his very cool “Gold Top” jag-stang project with us which we featured on the blog. Heres the link.
He’s sent in some pics of his restored and modified 1975 Fender Mustang to share with us as well. And it is also very cool! His description and photos are below. Enjoy!
It’s a restored 1975, with some obvious modifications (something the purists might not dig…but whatever). The pickups are full-size single coil filtertrons which sound sensational. The tuners are Planet Waves locking. I opted to lose the stock switches and installed a 3-way toggle switch where the jack hole usually is. I moved the jack hole to the side of the body (as seen in the photo…a VERY scary drilling job…but thankfully it turned out quite well). Also, the stock nut was replaced with a brass nut.
This was my first electric guitar that I bought new in 1975 from Charles Music Store in Glendale, California, so there’s a lot of personal sentimental value. It was originally dark brown in color. Plays great and sounds very unique with the ‘trons. Definitely a strong, edgy surf tone. Gotta love it!
Thanks for sharing with us AJ!