Competition Burgandy

vortexx

Does anyone have a picture of what a Competition Burgandy looked like new (before fadinggreening)? I'm looking for ones with the purple around the edges but I've never been able to find a picture of what one would have looked like brand new. A couple of years ago I asked Dave from Dave's guitars if he might consider doing a comp burgandy re-issue with the purpleburst. He sounded very interested but he said a run on something like that would take a while to produce (I guess it would also depend on if Dave thinks it would be popular enough to do a special run).

TheJagmaster1

Kurt Cobain's mustang hasn't faded that much I hear, heres a photo

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YyWDE_zaOs0/SawYd6l0fnI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/9ko4y0h0lm8/s320/mail-2.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D6%26t%3D20629&usg=__diPxGiozw1SSBJp_H41-hjKmyCQ=&h=240&w=320&sz=28&hl=en&start=0&sig2=vRQ6W24c3B796LDO9C4gPg&zoom=1&tbnid=Iaa4anRGQmGu6M:&tbnh=119&tbnw=154&ei=bmMDTs71CcybhQf_x6j2DQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dkurt%2Bcobain%2Bfender%2Bmustang%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D2547%26bih%3D1208%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=1452&vpy=501&dur=667&hovh=192&hovw=256&tx=155&ty=92&page=1&ndsp=107&ved=1t:429,r:64,s:0&biw=2547&bih=1208

to me though, it looks very faded, the japanese do RI's of these, but their interpretation of the Competition Burgandy (which is actually in-between lake placid blue and ocean turquoise) is entirely different,

try searching Fender MG73 OLB or OTM in google images

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spirograph

theres no such thing as the purpleburst mustang. for some strange reason fender called it competition burgundy, when blatantly its blue. some of those guitars have aged to look like a purpleburst cos of the amount of clear laquer sprayed onto the edges. some of the laquer has overshot and built up on the front, and has aged into what looks like a burst.

spirograph

heres a pic for ya

http://fendermustangstory.com/gphotos/purpleburst.jpg

IPLAYLOUD

Competition Burgundy was used on the short-lived "purpleburst" and the straight LPB Competition Mustangs.

Many WERE sprayed at the factory with Lavendar Purple edges, as well as a shaded sunbursted headstock.

They definatly came from the factory that way.

spirograph

IPLAYLOUD said:
Competition Burgundy was used on the short-lived "purpleburst" and the straight LPB Competition Mustangs.
Many WERE sprayed at the factory with Lavendar Purple edges, as well as a shaded sunbursted headstock.
They definatly came from the factory that way.

i was referring to some info i found on this very site, under the mustang section on the main page. i thought there was no such thing as comp.burgundy - i thought they wrongly referred to LPB as burgundy.

vortexx

I now have a Competition Burgandy and they definitely do exist. Very rare. It took me a few years to find one with lots of purple.

spirograph

well either way thats one sexy guitar!

Doug

IPLAYLOUD said: Competition Burgundy was used on the short-lived "purpleburst" and the straight LPB Competition Mustangs. Many WERE sprayed at the factory with Lavendar Purple edges, as well as a shaded sunbursted headstock. They definatly came from the factory that way.

Thanks, IPLAY. I'm always interested in adding new info to my documentation on Mustangs. Can you give me the reference on this, how did you learn this?

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Sweatervest

Zombie thread.

Competition Burgandy is certainly not a myth or just some weird greening. It was a real catalog item in ‘69 but was scrapped fast because of spray QC issues.

This is the best example of burgundy I’ve seen. The face of the guitar definitely has lost most of the burst (probably due to UV), but the back isn’t hard to see.