1966 Fender Mustang Vintage Guitar Olympic White 100% Original, Slab Board w/ Case

Up for sale, a 1966 Fender Mustang in excellent, 100% original condition, boasting an Olympic White nitro lacquer finish and a slab Brazilian rosewood fretboard. While a thick slab Brazilian rosewood fretboard was something typically reserved for Pre-CBS Fender instruments, it was also implemented only on the Mustang model in the mid-1960s for a couple short production runs like the example seen here.This Mustang model has a smooth, defined natural sound that translates well through the stock gray bobbin pickups. There's a bold chewy twang in the bridge position, and smooth bell-like cut and percussive snap at the neck. The Mustang also has the added benefit of a pair of three-way on/off/on pickup switches for a very cool out-of-phase hollow quack when the switches are engaged in their innermost or outermost positions. The instrument weighs 7lbs 15oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with fresh set of 10-46 strings, low action and accurate intonation.The maple neck has a chunky C-shaped profile carve with generous shoulder in every register and lightly rolled fretboard edges, measuring .860" deep at the 1st fret and .890" at the 12th. The fretboard is particularly rare in that it's a Brazilian rosewood *slab,* something only seen on a select few Mustangs produced in '65 and early 1966, eschewing the much more common veneer boards otherwise seen throughout the Mustang's original production run. The original slender frets are intact, leveled and crowned in the guitar’s lifetime and currently showing no wear. The guitar plays cleanly up the 24" scale with a straight neck and responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The nut width is 1 9/16". On the headstock, the Fender "F" tuning machines work smoothly and hold pitch well with white buttons, and the headstock face retains a clean original Fender Mustang decal. The neck heel has a bold December, 1965 date stamp, and the neck pocket has the correct paint stick markings, indicative of an original finish.The electronics function as intended, and everything is stock right down to the last screw with untouched solder joints. The CTS pots date to the 42nd week of '65, and the bridge pickup is pencil dated 2-3-66. Plastic parts include the stock knobs, white pickup covers, and wide bevel nitrate red tortoise pickguard. The original bridge is present, accompanying the vibrato unit (complete with the original arm), and this vibrato has excellent spring tension and actuates with a light touch, jumping back to the original pitch with ease. The chrome has plenty of shine with surface patina across the barrel bridge saddles.The Olympic White nitro lacquer finish shows prominent vertical lacquer checking and graceful yellowing of the clear coat, with various dings and scuffs from honest use on the body as a whole. The smooth ambered nitro finish on the neck profile has palm wear through the gloss on the treble-side shoulder with just a few shallow marks on the profile length.A black tolex hardshell case is included.