My three current Strats. I also own a 66 Reissue Mustang that for some reason I have no good pics of. 1) Shell Pink 62 Reissue Spec Partscaster - Bare Knuckle Apache Pups, skinny frets, 7.25" radius, everything you'd expect from a vintage spec. Body was relic'd before I purchased it. Don't have...

65RI is poplar, correct. I'm of a similar mindset to Robroe though. I've owned enough guitars to not really care what the wood is. Most of the times our ears can't tell the difference. I'm a member on the Strat Talk forums too, and the amount of people who ask questions about body wood, fingerboard ...

That blue one!!! Too bad I am not a big fan of strats... Strats are amazing. Incredible sound but I would prefer a telecaster (I have a squier CV Tele and it sounds awesome). In the end though I would rather play a shortscale. Also the fact that the strat is sooooooooo overused by every band ever m...

Mental.

VerdantGreen wrote:That blue one!!! Too bad I am not a big fan of strats...

Strats are amazing.

gusman2x wrote:Would very much Like Lead II. Super cool guitars.

Must admit though, my CV Duo Sonic knocks spots off most guitars.

I really miss mine. Bought it for super cheap, sold it for super cheap.

I want the pink one.

Can't believe this thing has cost almost as much as my JS did back in the day. The price difference between now and ten years ago is insane. I nearly fell over when I saw the price of an MIM standard Strat. They used to be just a tad over £300 when I was a kid.

Nothing you can do other than drive about looking for one, or see if anyone here is nearby and has one you could try. I understand the fear but you've not got many options it seems.

Then you want a '65 or '69 reissue.

Not all of them, no. Believe they started making those in '69 and discontinued them in the early 70's. Just go on eBay and have a search. Plenty of 70's 'Stangs on there that don't have the stripe. Stripes are fine though. Just sayin. I miss my original Jag-Stang. I keep hoping for it to appear on e...

Buy a 70s Mustang. You'll get one for about the same money if you're patient and look around. My favourite one is my 70's one (I bought it from someone on here) Is there a specific year to look at? Or just "70s" I don't hear much about these on the web, could you tell me why you'd recomme...

I hope it's not shit.

Mine is coming tomorrow!

Might be worth calling about and seeing if anything within a decent drive has one in stock for you to check out the neck, something as individual as taste in neck size shouldn't be done on a whim, but it's your cash I guess and those 65 RIs are lovely.

What, really? Even a shitshow like Dawsons in the UK has at least one or two shortscale Fender guitars in at any given time. Surprised somewhere as big as GC wouldn't stock them.

Ordered one of these last night, delivery date is due at end of August. First time in years I've bought a guitar without playing it first, hope it isn't a dog!

If memory serves its not as fat as the VM, but I wouldn't call it thin. Go and play one in a shop mate, there's gotta be one near you with one in stock?

The Squier VM Mustang I owned had a horribly thick neck, sold it pretty quick. I had a 69 Comp Reissue that was great to play, with a decent sized neck but sounded really plonky and crap (even for a 'Stang). Kept my '66 Reissue (JP only I believe) which has a really slim neck and a nut width that re...

I like this probably a bit too much...