Fender Review: 69 Reissue Competition Mustang

History:

Purchase: I acquired this from my local guitar store, i had them order it for me. I bought this and a tweed hardshell fender case for $590.

What I Like About This Fender 69 Reissue Competition Mustang: I love the color of the guitar, it says candy apple red, but it has a metallic feel to it. It also has a creme color tri-stripe on the lower bout. It plays well and the tremolo doesn't shoot it out of tune too much. everything was of good quality and the neck plays very nice and has decent sustain. Its very comfortable to play with the offset curves and such and i can play all the frets once set up correctly without any buzzing, but while maintaining a good action. It's smaller scale and vintage frets make chording a bit easier on the fingers and soloing easier on my hands

What I Do NOT Like About The Fender 69 Reissue Competition Mustang: fender didn't send a damn allen wrench, so i can't adjust much by myself, also i can't screw in the vibrato bar so its kinda not in. the pickups are a bit weak but with the switches offer a lot of tonal variety. All i can say about that is that i might change them up eventually, but as for now all i have to do is turn my amp up. Also, i wish they came with matching headstocks

Fender 69 Reissue Competition Mustang Quality Rating: Quality is good, just as i'd expect from fender. Nothing loose, nothing wrong really. the finish is beautiful and adds to the guitar's overall beauty. It was made in Japan, which in my opinion makes some of the top guitars, rivaled by the mexican and american fenders only. The action is good, everything seems to keep in tune. and i play everything from church music to punk to jazz to swing to rockabilly to good ol rock and roll. so its very versatile.

Review Summary: if i lost this, i'd probably wanna buy another one. its my favorite guitar and is easily one of the most unique and well played guitars i've ever ever played.

Rating of this Fender product: 4

This Fender 69 Reissue Competition Mustang Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Roderick De Jesus

Review Date: 2003-02-28