I have a Squier Musicmaster and a Fender Musicmaster but I wanted a Mustang for years. A cream one with tort would do, I almost bought a Squier Mustang in sunburst at a local shop, but the real dream was to have one with Competition Stripes, like Trevor Bolder of the Spiders From Mars and, of course, Bill Wyman. The Stones Gear Book made me fell in love again.
I still regret not buying the pawn shop in red and the last couple of years I searched for an affordable Mustang. Even the cream ones are hard to get, the new one is ugly and too expensive. A couple of weeks ago I almost bought a cream one, but the seller decided to keep it. His guitar played (a colleage haha) told him not to sell it.
Original comp stripes are far to expensive for me and even reissues are sold for a lot of money on ebay. If you can find one.... They almost never pop up, and if so very expensive....
The a friend said a company in England just had some Mustangs in. It's called Gas Station Guitars and this company just moved from Australia to the UK. The guy only buys and sells Japanese Fenders, like those bound Jazz Basses, a lot of Mustang guitars, Jazzmasters, Jaguars, et cetera. He had two Mustangs in, for a real fair price. Almost cheap... he had a Lake Placid Blue one from 2002 with lighter blue stripes, but a wrong tort guard. He immediately sold it. No worry, cos I fell in love with the other one. An Ocean Turquoise from '97. White stripes, only missing the finger rest (already got one in). I bought it and it will be shipped today! I hope to have it wednesday and it's one of the last basses of my 'wish list'.
When I reviewed the Fender Rascal Bass, I fell in love with the Ocean Turquoise Metallic. I think it's kinda rare and it's gorgeous. Keith from this shop is great to deal with.
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