NGD Competition Mustang RI

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:21 am

Got this in trade. Really excited about it. When it came it seemed to have a buzzing issue. I found that it didn't have a ground running from the jack to the volume pot. I know the plate should ground it, but it didn't seem to be working, so I ran the wire to the tone and volume pot and all is beautiful. I really like the neck pickup. I might add in hot rails in the bridge area. Not sure yet. It is a beauty though. I love the stripes.

DSC04202 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04204 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04208 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC04212 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:44 am

Welcome to the CAR Competition Club.

I traded a Jaguar HH project to Serfx for one. My guitar currently is strung with .12s, has the stock neck pickup and a Sensor Lace Red in the Bridge. I might step mine down to .11s and maybe swap the stock neck pup out for another Sensor Lace to better match the bridge.

The stripes are very sexy and makes you want to collect all the different ones. I would love the Kurt Cobain LPB Competition Mustang to go along side it. I think the pearloid pickguards look mint on these guitars.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:58 am

Could be my favorite competition color, but now I am baised.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:23 am

I like the neck on mine, but I wish I could swap it for the Kurt Cobain Mustang neck. I like the profile better on that one. It's more like my 1969 neck I have on my Mullet-stang. The width at the nut is narrower, but it plays smooth and the tuners are nice.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:15 am

That's a beauty,Congrats! what do they call the model? a '69 reissue? Or a '73 Reissue? Does it have contours on the front and back like my Mustang?

The Competition Red looks like the Candy Apple Red on my Swinger.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:31 am

westtexasred wrote:That's a beauty,Congrats! what do they call the model? a '69 reissue? Or a '73 Reissue? Does it have contours on the front and back like my Mustang?

The Competition Red looks like the Candy Apple Red on my Swinger.

Your swinger and the mustang are the same color. Candy apple red (CAR).

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:52 pm

I believe these are both 1969 RI Comp Stangs. The funny part is I have an actual 1969 Mustang neck on my other Mustang and the profiles are nothing alike?

How is the 1973 Mustang different from the 1969 Mustang Reissues?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:18 pm

taylornutt wrote:I like the neck on mine, but I wish I could swap it for the Kurt Cobain Mustang neck. I like the profile better on that one. It's more like my 1969 neck I have on my Mullet-stang. The width at the nut is narrower, but it plays smooth and the tuners are nice.

I haven't had a good test yet because of that ground problem I fixed last night. I hope to get new strings today. I loved the neck pickup, but the bridge sounded weak. I will try adjusting the height today and see if I can get a better sound out of it.

westtexasred wrote:That's a beauty,Congrats! what do they call the model? a '69 reissue? Or a '73 Reissue? Does it have contours on the front and back like my Mustang?

The Competition Red looks like the Candy Apple Red on my Swinger.

I think they call it a '69 Reissue. It has contours on the front and back. Metal tuners instead of the white plastic ones on the '65 reissue and no gap where the control plate and pickguard meet. I believe it is CAR. Really sweet metallic glitter to it too. Blood red.

taylornutt wrote:I believe these are both 1969 RI Comp Stangs. The funny part is I have an actual 1969 Mustang neck on my other Mustang and the profiles are nothing alike?

How is the 1973 Mustang different from the 1969 Mustang Reissues?

I think it is the MIJ/CIJ part. I heard the US contours are much different than Japanese.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:28 pm

Now you need one of these

http://www.couchguitarstraps.com/red-ww ... -p-42.html

or

http://www.couchguitarstraps.com/dark-r ... -p-28.html

Here is the one I got for my Comp-stang:

http://www.couchguitarstraps.com/white- ... -p-94.html

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:51 pm

That first and third one look really nice!

Most of mine are Fender straps. I was thinking of using the one I have that is a car seatbelt for this one since it is a "racing stripe."

Looks like the one in this picture.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:07 pm

Nice, you have exquisite taste !!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:24 am

After fixing the ground and trying her out, I actually like the bridge. The grounding problem was probably making it sound cruddy. Once kids go to bed, I will do sound clips. For now, pictures.

DSC04241 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

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DSC04252 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

SPARKLE (And not like those gay vampires...)

DSC04249 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:51 am

Love it!...CAR has to be the best red for shortscales...looks so right!

Glad you sorted the grounding issue out!...my duo was sounding pants recently but only on the g,
Then I realised the wound g had actually separated itself during playing...Daddario 11-49s...

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:17 pm

I heard those can sometimes be dodgy. People sometimes put some solder on the ends to keep them from unwinding. I would rather just get different strings if I needed to go that far.

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:02 pm

Damn..I have a comp. Blue and orange...I need to get a red! If anyone ever wants to get rid of a comp red, let me know

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:18 pm

purplehaze19x wrote:Damn..I have a comp. Blue and orange...I need to get a red! If anyone ever wants to get rid of a comp red, let me know

Are your Comp-stangs Reissues or original?

purplehaze19x · Post by **purplehaze19x** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:47 pm

taylornutt wrote:
purplehaze19x wrote:Damn..I have a comp. Blue and orange...I need to get a red! If anyone ever wants to get rid of a comp red, let me know
Are your Comp-stangs Reissues or original?

My comp blue is a reissue. The comp orange is a rodvon refin. All of my other mustangs are vintage. o_O

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:40 pm

Finally did an audio demo. I love how it sounds.

Demo Video

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:17 pm

Love that clean tone. And that picture of the sun hitting the CAR makes it look really three dimensional.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:19 pm

It is a cool color. The only one I have at the moment actually. I like how you can see where Metallic K.O. came from in that one pic.