Building a Fender Mustang out of Parts – Parts Stang #guitar #fender #fendermustang

I put together a lot of Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters of every shape and style imaginable. Every once and a while I want to put something new or altogether different. I recently saw that Stratosphere had Fender Player (made in Mexico) bodies without a bridge or loaded pickguard for $189. I found from another source a Fender Player neck for $199. I have a box of modern fender 2 pin tuner sets that I have acquired over the years as I upgraded client’s guitars with locking tuners. The neck was already setup for a drop in installation. I dug through my parts and found I had a used tortoise shell pickguard for a Mustang with two single coil pickups. What is cool about the body that I ordered is that the pickup routings really offer a lot of choices for now and later upgrades/modifications. I will start with a set of single coil strat pickups now but later could buy a new pickguard and install two p90s because the body routing is setup for this. I found a used Mustang bridge online for $20 and for another $5 I was able to get a used control plate and knobs. The switch, pots, and capacitor I already had on hand but would only be about $20 total. A used version of this guitar goes for about $500 and up and a new version starts around $799. What I was spending was a lot less than purchasing an already assembled guitar. For the pickups I have a box of Fender Single coil sets that are used and pulled from other guitars I have worked on over the years. After...