'69 Fender Custom

Betcha never saw one of these hanging in your local music store! This is what they did with all the surplus Fender XII bodies at the end of the '60s...

http://www.axecollector.com/238800.html

That's truly horrible. Sort of reminds of what that kid in the original "Toy Story" used to do with toys -- Sid, that was his name.

-Mark

Sidocaster?

That's cool!

They also made the 'Swinger' out of them...

http://www.barryrichman.com/collection_3.html


http://www.barryrichman.com/Images/c...er66-cared.jpg

Obviously i'm talking about the guitar, not the guy there!

I've seen several Swinger/Arrow/Musiclanders, but never any Customs.

I like 'em. I'm not crazy about the headstock...but I really like the rest of the guitar.

I've actually considered getting a body in that same style from Warmoth and fitting it to an old Jackson neck I've got in the closet.

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Originally Posted by BradKM

I've seen several Swinger/Arrow/Musiclanders, but never any Customs.

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I saw a Custom once down at the old We Buy Guitars on 48th Street, a long, long time ago. Supposedly more common that the S/A/M's, but I've probably seen a half dozen of those, and only one of these.

There's some picks in The Fender Book by Bacon and Day highlighting the grafting and plug filling that happened to make these guitars. Dan Forte also interviewed Babe Simoni, one of the guys behind these mutants back in the old Guitar Player magazine.

Some of these were also labeled "Maverick."

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Supposedly more common that the S/A/M's, but I've probably seen a half dozen of those, and only one of these.

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I've heard that the S/A/M's that are out there are fairly public...that is a lot of them are in the hands of dealers who take them to a lot of guitar shows, etc...and that these guitars change hands a lot because although they're weird, rare, and collectable...they aren't really good enough to inspire anyone to hold onto them for long.

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Originally Posted by BradKM

I've heard that the S/A/M's that are out there are fairly public...that is a lot of them are in the hands of dealers who take them to a lot of guitar shows, etc...and that these guitars change hands a lot because although they're weird, rare, and collectable...they aren't really good enough to inspire anyone to hold onto them for long.

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That makes sense, even though I don't go to guitar shows.

Most stuff that doesn't show up much on the used market is because:

1. People like them
2. They self-destructed

That's why, even as a kid, I saw zillions of those first generation Peaveys and no tweeds, brown or blackface Fenders.

I like the body!
If it had a Jag/JM vibrato and a 6-on-a-side it'd be pretty cool.

I have a Custom, its a great guitar, probably my favorite.