Small and fast—like a sports car!

Fender is proud to reissue the ’65 Mustang guitar (1965 was the first full year of Mustang production). Originally designed as a “student model,” the Mustang was nonetheless destined for greatness, and has been seen slung over the shoulders of great players such as David Byrne, John Frusciante, Kurt Cobain, Todd Rundgren, Graham Coxon and Adrian Belew, to name but a few. A classic revived, and a real beauty at that!

Features

• Poplar body
• C-shaped maple neck with 22-fret rosewood fingerboard
• Four-ply pickguard with classic control plate and pickguard gap
• Chrome hardware
• Fender/Gotoh® vintage-style tuning machines with white buttons, floating bridge with “Dynamic” vibrato tailpiece
• Two Mustang single-coil pickups with on/off slider switch and in/out phase switch for each pickup
• “F”-stamped neck plate and vintage correct headstock and bridge plate logos

Specifications

• Body Poplar
• Neck Maple, “C” Shape, (Gloss Urethane Finish)
• Fingerboard Rosewood, 7.25” Radius (184 mm)
• No. of Frets 22 Vintage
• Pickups 2 Mustang Single-Coil Pickups (Neck & Bridge)
• Controls Master Volume, Master Tone
• Pickup Switching On/Off Slider, In/Out Phase Switch for Each Pickup
• Bridge Vintage Style Floating Bridge with “Dynamic” Vibrato Tail-Piece
• Machine Heads Fender®/Gotoh® Vintage Style Tuning Machines with White Buttons
• Hardware Chrome
• Pickguard 3-Ply White Pearloid
• Scale Length 24” (610 mm)
• Width at Nut 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Unique Features
  • Vintage Correct Styling that Includes:
    • ‘65 Mustang Headstock and Bridge Plate Logos
    • White Tipped Vintage Tuning Machines
    • Vintage Appropriate Gap Between the Control Plate and the Pickguard
• Strings Super 250R, NPS, #073-0250-006, (.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046)

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