Now i’ve found a mustang body oh ebay-kleinanzeigen (similar craiglist) here in germany for a good price, what is really really seldom.
I thought i have to buy this and build a mustang. It came with original electronics besides a seymour duncan humbucker in the bridge position. The shielding under the pickups and the pots perplexed me - it looks really old. So i did some research here and it is an 1974 competition red mustang body.
I try to make a new mustang out of this - it's not so easy to buy parts for mustangs in germany. But i found an allparts neck and picked some other parts... My first thought was a refinish in daphneblue because i really dig this colour on mustangs. But then... (some sleep) i’ve decided to strip down the red coat and look, whatever happened to the original competition red.
Since i haven’t done any restorations at all, i’m very curious, if i can manage to save the original finish...
First some photos how it came to me:
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I've tried starting wet sanding and i think it works! But what the hell is that scratches on the back?!?
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Hope frontside looks better. (to be continued...)