I play mostly short scale the last couple of years and I love Competition Mustangs.
Last year I found a good deal on a '93/'94 MIJ Competition Mustang in Ocean Turquoise Metallic. That's a strange colour. It is an old Ford colour (not the Mustang though) and Fender offered it back in the days too.... ....but I think they tried to come up with a colour that looks like yellowed Lake Placid Blue (or Competition Blue as it was known, with the stripes). I found some pics of old yellowed blue ones and it's almost spot on.
Another nice thing: I always loved the band Air and I wanted a Höfner because of their bass player. Not because of Macca. And he has the same Ocean Turquoise reissue.
Here's mine. It has Labella flats on it and I installed pickups from my good friend Carey Nordstrand, which make the bass sound better. As if you plug into a slightly better amp.
My dear friend Madelief borrowed it to use in a Bowie project, but now she still has it, cos she uses it to record her new album. This shot was taken on holiday:
A week ago I found another very affordable one. It comes from an UK dealer who only sells Japanese Fenders. He got some instruments sold, cos I adviced people to look at his site, so I got a great discount. This one's stock and is '95/'96:
I almost use Souldier straps from Buchanan only, cos owner Jen is a friend (again, haha!). On the white you see a prototype of the Johnny Cash strap. Check the 'finger' pic of him and you see this pattern.