OK it followed me home. Not my fault! It was cheap and local, so ... Early 70s Suzuki made Tomson Splendor Series Mustang copy with a long scale neck. Picked it up yesterday and had friends over for dinner, so only time for a quick clean and a pickup test (they sound great, pretty raw and P90ish).
Neck will need some work - the back is a bit rough, the nut and tuners non original, and too much relief. Overall pretty sound so far. Bridge is one of those hilarious space-adjustment ones where the saddles spin on a threaded rod, it's pretty cool.

That Tomson is amazing! LOVE that bridge.

It’s a great looking guitar. I’ve never considered a Mustang w a long neck but I really like it. It looks like it means business

Thanks friends. The bridge is a weirdo - the only intonation possible is to angle the whole thing, the saddles are grooved nuts that spin on a threaded rod to adjust spacing. The fretboard sucked down a ton of oil and looks much better, but it'll need a proper nut instead of the plastic trash replacement, and I'm interested to find out what happens when I try to tighten the truss. But it sounds good and it's fun to play so I think it'll be worth it.

matttkkkk wrote: Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:42 pm Thanks friends. The bridge is a weirdo - the only intonation possible is to angle the whole thing, the saddles are grooved nuts that spin on a threaded rod to adjust spacing. The fretboard sucked down a ton of oil and looks much better, but it'll need a proper nut instead of the plastic trash replacement, and I'm interested to find out what happens when I try to tighten the truss. But it sounds good and it's fun to play so I think it'll be worth it.

I had an old green Kimberly that had one of these bridges. These are pretty common w/ this exact same pickguard and finish just like this one here. I mostly got it because I thought it seemed like a good Josh guitar. I ended up selling it, neither of us could ever completely vibe w/ it, despite all it had going for it w/ the gold foils & proper setup.

I did like the action the rollers had w/ the trem but that was it.

matttkkkk wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:09 pm OK it followed me home. Not my fault! It was cheap and local, so ...

Early 70s Suzuki made Tomson Splendor Series Mustang copy with a long scale neck. Picked it up yesterday and had friends over for dinner, so only time for a quick clean and a pickup test (they sound great, pretty raw and P90ish).
Neck will need some work - the back is a bit rough, the nut and tuners non original, and too much relief. Overall pretty sound so far. Bridge is one of those hilarious space-adjustment ones where the saddles spin on a threaded rod, it's pretty cool.

Even though Mustangs are ugly, and short-scale, and there's associated stigma behind playing them (at least for me as I'm a superfan of Kurt Cobain)... I owned a Squier Mustang briefly and I really enjoyed playing it. I would love it if I ran into one for a good price myself one day.

Then again, a good Stratocaster probably ranks higher for me. I once played a used Squier / Mexican strat at a Guitar Center. I can't remember exactly, but the neck was from a Mexican strat, and the body was a Squier body... Sounds ridiculous but I felt really good playing it. Didn't buy it though, asking price was too high for me at the time.

That Mustang is perfect. Splendorous.

Update: some hidden problems ... but the body is solid instead of ply as I'd expected. Neck heel needed drilling and dowelling but now a solid joint. New bone nut (from a 7 string blank!), fresh set of 12s (wound G), three full turns on the truss rod, which by some miracle still works despite being rusted and slack, fiddle, shims and adjustments ... it's about 90% of the way there and plays well. Pickups are great. Impressive for a 50 year old cheapie. I doubt it played this well out of the factory!

So cool!

Cool headstock
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