68 Red Fender Mustang Bass

paulo · **Posted:** September 21st, 2016, 8:16 pm

https://reverb.com/item/3098240-fender- ... -red-lefty

fivebass52 · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2016, 3:36 am

$2450... fair market value, or wishful thinking? Are these short scale, or 34"?

Matt R. · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2016, 4:58 am

Short scale

2ToneIdiot · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2016, 12:19 pm

That thing is adorable.

pjmuck · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2016, 9:29 pm

That headstock logo, or at least portions it, are definitely not original (3 different fonts?). Also says the racing stripe is not original.

Moses · **Joined:** January 30th, 2010, 9:46 am **Posts:** 431

I don't think the price would be impossible to get for one of these in perfect condition, but there's probably too much non-original paint on this one to justify it.

nerkoids · **Joined:** December 17th, 2015, 9:06 pm **Posts:** 40

pjmuck wrote:

That headstock logo, or at least portions it, are definitely not original (3 different fonts?). Also says the racing stripe is not original.

For a '68 Mustang... the decal might be legit. They had like three or four different versions of the decal throughout the mid 60s before they settled on the matching font one. This might be an early early '68 or even late '67.

Jeroen · **Posted:** October 7th, 2016, 5:22 am

Another Mustang ('69 neck, '75 body), in France, for crazy money:

https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/dispann ... ce=1335870

paulo · **Posted:** October 7th, 2016, 6:51 am

Love that color!
Not loving that price!

rdavidson · **Posted:** October 7th, 2016, 8:46 am

nerkoids wrote:

This might be an early early '68 or even late '67.

Have we pointed out that the red one has oval tuners, which also supports this date estimate...

Jeroen · **Posted:** October 7th, 2016, 12:06 pm

I thought lollipop tuners were exclusively a 1966 feature? Or is that only with Jazz Basses?

paulo · **Posted:** October 7th, 2016, 12:15 pm

[quote="Jeroen"]Another Mustang ('69 neck, '75 body), in France, for crazy money:

I'm not very good in French but as I understood the bass used to be a 3 tone sunburst and was refinished in LPB.
Very cool but crazy money like you said!

rdavidson · **Posted:** October 7th, 2016, 12:41 pm

Jeroen wrote:

I thought lollipop tuners were exclusively a 1966 feature? Or is that only with Jazz Basses?

I am no expert but I think you're right, oval tuners show up in 66, although not just with Jazz. I thought they continued to creep into 68 lefty builds if they still had parts around, e.g., I have a P bass, assembled in 68 based on pots, but with other parts (neck, p/u) dating to 66-67, including maybe the oval tuners on it (of course, there is no date stamp or other identifiers on tuners). I guess I figure if it has oval tuners, it's from somewhere in the 66-68 range. :-)

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 927

rdavidson wrote:

Jeroen wrote:

I thought lollipop tuners were exclusively a 1966 feature? Or is that only with Jazz Basses?

I am no expert but I think you're right, oval tuners show up in 66, although not just with Jazz. I thought they continued to creep into 68 lefty builds if they still had parts around, e.g., I have a P bass, assembled in 68 based on pots, but with other parts (neck, p/u) dating to 66-67, including maybe the oval tuners on it (of course, there is no date stamp or other identifiers on tuners). I guess I figure if it has oval tuners, it's from somewhere in the 66-68 range. :-)

As always what maybe the case with right handed instruments is not necessarily true for lefty's, but that would seem to be the correct time period.
Here's a 65 P bass that's been listed on Ebay for a long time that has lollipop tuners also.

crescenze · **Joined:** March 30th, 2013, 12:58 pm **Posts:** 927

crescenze wrote:

rdavidson wrote:

Jeroen wrote:

I thought lollipop tuners were exclusively a 1966 feature? Or is that only with Jazz Basses?

I am no expert but I think you're right, oval tuners show up in 66, although not just with Jazz. I thought they continued to creep into 68 lefty builds if they still had parts around, e.g., I have a P bass, assembled in 68 based on pots, but with other parts (neck, p/u) dating to 66-67, including maybe the oval tuners on it (of course, there is no date stamp or other identifiers on tuners). I guess I figure if it has oval tuners, it's from somewhere in the 66-68 range. :-)

As always what maybe the case with right handed instruments is not necessarily true for lefty's, but that would seem to be the correct time period.
Here's a 65 P bass that's been listed on Ebay for a long time that has lollipop tuners also.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/182291020766?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

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