Mustang Time

[Verne Bunsen]

There's nothing quite like the arrival of a couple of boxes from Warmoth...

This build is actually for a friend of mine, but after seeing the contents of said boxes I was contemplating telling him they were lost in the mail or eaten by coyotes or something...

The body is Alder finished in Lake Placid Blue with a Daphne Blue competition stripe. The neck is Maple with Indian Rosewood fingerboard and Abalone dots. And, clearly, a color-matched Lake Placid Blue pegface. The first thing I unpacked was the neck and I almost choked on my tongue when I saw the headstock. The finish is truly amazing, Warmoth has done themselves proud! A build thread will be appearing shortly.

Update: The build thread is started here: http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=25643.0

 

[Fat Pete]

Fantastic! We need more Mustangs, more stripes, more metallic and candy finishes, and definitely more painted headstocks. Just more...

 

[pabloman]

I love me some Lake Placid Blue! Every guitar looks good in that color! :headbang1:

 

[Verne Bunsen]

I'm inclined to agree with you both!

 

[Fat Pete]

A waterslide decal would will look great on that headstock.

But maybe I'm biased.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Well, funny you should mention... It is a work in progress, just started spraying it today, but behold: rebneF!

The idea was to capture the aesthetic of the headstock on a lefty Competition Mustang, which used a trimmed down Mustang Bass decal, like so:

After much brainstorming and 2 (or maybe 3) pitchers, we came up with this idea. And I think it's awesome! Now finding a reverse printed late 60's Mustang Bass decal, that took some doing. I'd like nothing more than to sing the praises of the guy who did this decal up for me, on account of he did a fantastic job, but he specifically requested that I not ever mention him anywhere, ever.

 

[Fat Pete]

Well... Why the hell not!?

 

[fdesalvo]

:icon_thumright:

Well... Why the hell not!?

 

[amigarobbo]

Well, funny you should mention... It is a work in progress, just started spraying it today, but behold: rebneF!

:icon_thumright:  :hello2:

 

[Perry Combover]

I dig.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Thanks!

 

[rgand]

:icon_thumright: I like it.

 

[BigSteve22]

Cool concept, and nice implementation of the design. I agree, a headstock without a decal, or at least a logo of some kind, is only half finished.

Keep those pictures coming!

 

[Surf n Music]

Love it and the decal is sweet! Keep it rolling.  :icon_thumright: