Description
1965 was the first full year of production for what was originally a student model, the Mustang.
The model was destined for bigger things though, and was eventually seen slung over the shoulders of artists including David Byrne, John Frusciante, Kurt Cobain, Todd Rundgren and Adrian Belew to name only a few.
This reissue Classic Series ´65 Mustang has great color and cosmetic options, and many period-correct details (body wood, logos, etc.).
When Kurt Cobain hit the stage, it was very often with a Mustang guitar-an enigmatic anti-hero figure with an esoteric anti-hero instrument.
It´s with great pride then that Fender introduces the Kurt Cobain Mustang, which evokes the man, the band, the sound and the times, and gives an authentically crafted nod to one of the most unlikely guitars to ever find itself at the center of a musical maelstrom.
Kurt Cobain liked Mustangs a lot.
For one, he preferred offbeat guitars that didn´t cost zillions of dollars, and the Mustang certainly fit those two criteria.
Also, being somewhat physically diminutive himself, he liked to perform live with slightly more diminutive guitars, like Fender Mustangs and Jaguars, which better fit his hands and his reach.
See for yourself-go back and watch the famous 1991 video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and there he is and there it is slung over his shoulder.
Or think back to when you saw them on the ´93-´94 In Utero tour, when he seldom went onstage with anything but a Mustang.
Quite often and especially later on, Mustangs were a big part of what Kurt Cobain was all about, musically.
Inspired by his arsenal of modded guitars, the new Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang takes you back there, with highly distinctive features including an angled single-coil Mustang neck pickup and ferocious Seymour Duncan JB humbucking bridge pickup mounted directly to the body, dual on-off/phase in-out switches for each pickup, a polyester-finished alder body and an Adjusto-Matic bridge with dynamic vibrato tailpiece.
Other features include the classic 24" Mustang scale length, C-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 7.25"-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets and vintage-style ivory dot inlays, four-ply pickguard (Aged White Pearl on Fiesta Red and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe models; Tortoiseshell on Sonic Blue model), master volume and tone controls, vintage-style tuners, and chrome hardware.
Finish options include Fiesta red, Sonic Blue and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe.
Available in right- and left-handed models.
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
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Additional Info
7.25" (18.41 cm) (fretboard radius), Chrome (hardware), Maple (neck material), Vintage Style 4 Bolt (neck plate), C Shape (neck shape), S/S (pickup configuration), Vintage Mustang Tremolo Arm (straplock), Synthetic Bone (string nut), Fender USA Super 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges) (strings)
7.25" (18.41 cm) (fretboard radius), Chrome (hardware), Maple (neck material), C Shape (neck shape), (540, 502) 4-Ply Aged White Pearl(572) 4-Ply Tortoiseshell (pickguards), H/S (pickup configuration), Synthetic Bone (string nut), Fender USA Super 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges) (strings)
