Introduced  in 1964 - Essentially a Duo Sonic with a Dynamic Fender Vibrato.

1972 Fender Mustang.

Offset asymmetrical double cutaway, contoured solid body. This 12 1/4 inch guitar weighs just 7.00 lbs. and has a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 24.00 inches. Solid alder body, one-piece maple neck, rosewood fret-board with 22 original medium-thin frets and pearloid dot position markers. Fender 'Black' headstock logo with "Fender" in black with gold trim, followed by "Mustang" in black, and "Pat  2,741,146   2,960,900   3,241,418  /  3,143,028  3,290,980   Des 204,098"  and "offset/contour/body/patented" at ball end of headstock. Individual Fender "F" style tuning gears with octagonal white plastic buttons. Four-bolt Fender "F" neck plate with serial number "413063" stamped between the top two screws. Two black bakelite, slant mounted gray-bottom single-coil pickups with outputs of 5.76k and 5.35k. Three-layer plastic (pearloid/black/white) pickguard with 12 screws. Two controls (one volume, one tone) plus two three-way pickup selector switches. Black plastic control knobs with seven sides and white line markers. Fender Mustang Bridge with six adjustable saddles. Fender 'Dynamic Vibrato' tailpiece. The potentiometers are stamped "304 7211" (CTS, March 1972). There are a few very minor surface marks mainly on the edges but overall this forty year old Mustang is in near mint (9.25) condition and is complete with it's original tremolo arm and original 12 page owners manual hang-tag. Housed in its original Fender gray hardshell case with black imitation leather ends and orange plush lining (9.25).

The Fender Mustang was introduced in August 1964 before the sale of Fender Electric Instruments to CBS. The idea was to create a mid-line model between the student grade DuoSonic, and the professional Telecaster. The Mustang was a very popular model, and was made until 1981. Originally designed with a 22.5 inch scale guitar, the Mustang is almost always found with a 24.25 inch scale. Early models had a slab alder body, but it was given the patented Fender contour body in early 1969.