www.shortscale.org

[Darth Stang]

I don't think I've seen a legit 1984 Mustang other than the two small pics on the Fender Mustang story site.

But this one looks interdasting. Certainly a rare post 1980 headstock logo.

[Fakir Mustache]

According to this site:
http://www.fendermustangstory.com/
should have cream finish, white pickup covers, no serial number on the neck plate and tort scratchplate. Although the black pickup covers are stock if the fingerboard is maple.

[Darth Stang]

Yes, but he wrote that in 1998. We now know that there were international color mustangs and other such groovy things right at the end of the Fullerton dayz.

[Fakir Mustache]

But E8 serial number would mean it is from 1988:
https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/articles/212774746-How-can-I-find-out-when-my-American-made-instrument-was-manufactured-

https://reverb.com/news/how-to-date-a-fender

[robroe]

WHAT IS THAT BLACK SHIT AROUND THE TUBE ?

[Mad-Mike]

My guess here is it's a partscaster, either that or a circa 1978 Fender Mustang with a 1988 Fender neckplate on it.
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