Overview

The Fender® Vintera III series delivers meticulously crafted vintage recreations that capture the authentic look, feel, and tone of iconic Fender guitars from the '50s, '60s, and '70s.

The Vintera® III Mid 60s Mustang® features an alder body and maple neck with rosewood fingerboard for classic Fender tone brimming with punch and crystal-clear articulation. The authentic mid '60s “C”-shaped neck profile offers an instantly familiar playing experience that feels natural in your hands, while the 7.25" radius fingerboard with vintage-tall frets ensures supreme comfort and outstanding feel. At its heart, you’ll find a pair of vintage-style mid '60s single-coil pickups that deliver all the sweet and sparkling, warm and woody tone that made Fender famous. The vintage-style Mustang® "floating" tremolo provides effortless pitch manipulation, while period-correct vintage-style tuning machines deliver authentic looks with superior tuning precision.

Embrace the authentic vintage spirit and legendary sound of Vintera® III – where every detail tells the story.

Features

• Alder Body
• Maple neck with 7.25" Radius Round-Laminated Rosewood Fingerboard and Vintage Tall Frets
• Mid '60s "C"-Shaped Neck
• Mid '60s Pickups
• Vintage-Style Mustang® Floating Tremolo
• Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Vintage White Buttons
• Era-Correct Details

Alder Body

A classic Fender tonewood known for resonance, punch and clarity, alder has a balanced and lively tone with beefy mids and a robust low-end.

Maple Neck with 7.25" Radius Round-Laminated Rosewood Fingerboard and Vintage Tall Frets

Round-laminated rosewood fingerboard provides enhanced stability and consistent feel with added tonal warmth, and the 7.25" radius fingerboard provides vintage comfort and feel, while vintage-tall frets provide slightly more height than vintage for big bends and wide vibrato.

Mid '60s "C"-Shaped Neck

This classic '60s shape is comfortably rounded and starts off slim at the nut, thickening slightly toward the 12th fret.

Mid '60s Pickups

These mid '60s spec Mustang pickups deliver the bright, cutting tone and punchy attack with enhanced clarity and bite that made these compact Fender instruments perfect for everything from surf to garage rock.

Vintage-Style Mustang® Floating Tremolo

An easy-to-use classic Fender bridge and tailpiece set that sounds great and stays in tune.

Vintage-Style Tuning Machines with Vintage White Buttons

These tuning machines offer the look and feel of vintage machines with a finer gear ratio and enhanced tuning stability.

Specifications

General

• Product Name: Vintera® III Mid '60s Mustang®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Olympic White
• Series: Vintera® III
• Color: Olympic White
• Orientation: Right-Hand

Body

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Mustang®
• Body Style: Solid Body
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyester

Neck

• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Shape: Mid '60s "C"
• Neck Construction: 4-Bolt Standard
• Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane
• Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
• Fingerboard Material: Round-Laminated Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm)
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Vintage Tall
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
• Position Inlays: Clay Dot
• Side Dots: White
• Truss Rod: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust
• Truss Rod Nut: Vintage-Style Butt Adjust

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Vintage-Style Mid '60s Single-Coil Mustang®
• Bridge Pickup: Vintage-Style Mid '60s Single-Coil Mustang®
• Pickup Configuration: SS
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Switching: 2-On/Off Slide Switches, One for Each Pickup

Hardware

• Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Mustang Tremolo
• Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
• Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with Vintage White Buttons
• Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
• Control Knobs: Black Plastic
• Pickup Covers: Vintage White
• Neck Plate: 4-Bolt Vintage-Style
• Strap Buttons: Vintage-Style
• String Trees: Butterfly
• Strings: Fender® USA 250L Nickel Plated Steel (.009-.042 Gauges), PN 0730250403

Accessories

• Case/Gig Bag: Included Deluxe Gig Bag