ON HOLD Fender CIJ Mustang, Fiesta Red 2004/5 - SOLD
£775
Southport / North West

dmc79 · April 12

*SOLD*

Fender CIJ Mustang 2004/5. Fiesta Red.

Sale only, absolutely no trade offers please. Asking same price I paid which seems to be the going rate for these, with £23 of new strings thrown in.

Short scale 30” right handed. Think the finish has faded slightly and is really special in person, more of an orangey red than a pinky red.

Freshly strung with D’Addario EXL160M medium scale 50-105 nickel rounds, but I will also include the worn in flats that came on it (thought to be La Bella 760F-MUS 43-104. Strap buttons installed, original strap pins included. Weight is 3.5Kg / 7.8lbs (digital luggage scales), and I didn’t notice any neck dive. 1.5” / 38mm Jazz width nut & 7.25” fretboard radius. For those of you who appreciate these things, the neck thickness front to back, as measured with digital calipers, is 0.835” at the 1st fret and 1.005” at the 12th fret. Certainly not chunky & easy to navigate due to the shorter scale & narrow nut.

Excellent condition for a near 20 year old instrument, just a couple of small bumps (nothing I’d consider a ding / chunk, and no paint removed), and a small, very shallow indent on back of neck under 4th fret which I didn’t even notice when playing. I’ve tried to show all these on the pics. There are no nibbles on the headstock. This is a very well cared for bass. Lovely fast non sticky gloss finish to back of neck, and a nice dark rosewood fingerboard, lemon oiled in the last week before restring.

It looks beautiful with the white pearloid plate against the gorgeous body as you can see from the pics. It was a bit of an impulse buy but I’ve decided to stick with my P bass & so need to return money into my GAS fund in case something comes up that I can’t resist.

Due to lack of packing materials, I am listing this as collection only for now. I live in Southport and work near St Helens so collection in one of those, or meet up in the North West within reason is possible, around my work shifts. I will include a basic gig bag for protection on collection or meet up. This is a top quality bass as anyone who has played a MIJ Mustang can vouch for. It has been owned by at least 2 Basschatters that I’m aware of, and they’ve clearly looked after it, as such it deserves a good home.