Did someone say Mustang Knockoffs?
I got some pics and such that I found in vintage guitar catalogs on vintaxe. I'm surprised there's been so many variants, copies, clones, and Mustang influenced designs, and most of these were made in the Super Strat Locking Trem loving 80's of all time periods!
In the early 1980's, surprisingly, ESP was making MUSTANG KITS! Something I kinda wish ESP would go back into doing.
1981 Fernandez RMT-50 - A japanese outright copy of a 1964 Fender Mustang
Cort E200 (far left) - More of a Duo-Sonic knockoff, but it takes a lot of cues from the Mustang/Duo looks wise. This was a very very very cheap guitar in the 80's.
Here's a cool one, a 1973 Fresher FMT-25 Mustang copy with a Jaguar/Jazzmaster style vibrato and a Tune-O-Matic....yes, this was an actual production instrument!
1982 ESP Char Model Navigator Series Guitar - Far Left, Mustang style-ish thing with Strat Vibrato and 3-way switch.
1983 Orion MT-26 - A rougher copy of the Fender Mustang, I think I might have played one of these a few years back, and I kind of liked the feel and sound, it was a bit like a Jag-Stang the way it felt.
