“If you got an early one with made in India on headstock – truss rod access again on headstock and stripe on back of neck and double humbucker in the bridge position- you’ve got the best one. I’m told the neck and body are Fender, as for the pickups the humbucker is allegedly a di marzio and the middle and neck I was told were Lace but having took one apart there is no manufacturer’s logo on them. They were quality guitars back then and made under licence.”

I have all of the above except for the neck spec – my adjustment point in the heel of the neck. As for the Di Marzio humbucker I couldn’t say … I do however have Aug 76 stamped on the heel of the neck which I’m led to believe isn’t possible. If anyone can confirm this I’d be grateful as I I’m only stating what I see. History is sketchy at best on these models – the original came in 3 colours – red, black & white, all of which sported the humbucker in the bridge and that’s about all I can find.

Looking for a good straight Sunn Mustang Bass neck, snapped the truss rod in mine, beyond economical repair.

Message me should you have one for a reasonable price. UK based.

Mat

Ref the Trevor Smith Q, is he asking about the cream semi-glittery finish, one of the 3 standard finishes on the early models, others being black and red.
David Jackson

Hi did the indian sunn mustang come in a mottled finish ?? or it could be called stardust i suppose

If you got an early one with made in India on headstock – truss rod access again on headstock and stripe on back of neck and double humbucker in the bridge position- you’ve got the best one. I’m told the neck and body are Fender, as for the pickups the humbucker is allegedly a di marzio and the middle and neck I was told were Lace but having took one apart there is no manufacturers logo on them. They were quality guitars back then and made under licence.
The difference between a true 70s Strat and one of these is the slightly different pick guard shape and the Sunn only has 10 screw holes compared to Fenders 11 so you can’t put a fully loaded Fender scratch plate onto it, change machine heads, neck bolt plate and hey presto have a full on Fender which is a shame as it would be better than a late model Mexican in my opinion.
If you need to know the pick up make to replace them like for like I don’t think it’s important on what they were as long as you get the right size to fit and there’s so much choice now I wouldn’t know where to start.

I own a sunn Mustang made in india. its was bought by my grandpa during 1982. I need to know the pickups used my sunn mustang. Its a stock guitar

I learnt to play on a all black one that I got for my sixteenth birthday about 18 years ago. No longer have it unfortunately but it was a great starter guitar, nice sound, but the body split around the tremlo as I whammied it a bit too hard. Managed to fix it though luckily. It had a nice feeling on the neck which was made of maple. Loved it, wish I still had it. I ended up doing a swap with it for a cheap b.c.rich warlock copy which looked good but sounded terrible. I would recommend a sunn to anyone.

I have my Sunn Mustang (by Fender) already for 10 (!!!) years and I still love this guitar. I play it every day and; lately I’m planning to buy a real fender strat; I hope this would feel the same… it ‘s a lovely guitar for a lovely price. I think now the sunn mustang is replaced by the entire Squier range…

Heh,Got a sunn mustang about 2months ago….for free found it lying about in my school principles office.Its a copy of fender but made in India.Brought it to expert said it was a great guitar,durable and had got good sustain.Even though they are relatively cheap,they are becomiung rare enough,so I,ve decided to keep mine and do it up,because its a bit different than todays guitars.You gotta have something unique!I certainly aint got no probs with it anyway.

i’ve borrowed one off a mate of mine and frankly it’s a top guitar! clearly though it ain’t worth much and sounds like a bag of nails when plugged in. But it plays great and is top for twanging away all day. It’s all black and looks pretty good.

I’m about to buy a second hand sunn mustang strat (sunburn) with an amp and other equipment for like 200 euro’s… I don’t think it’s value is comparable with an original strat…

I got an all black one 2 years ago, great starter guitar, £60 with amp + equipment, I’ve never seen another one though

I use mine every day. it hasn’t messed up on me too much. it is a good starter guitar but it just doesn’t look the best.

I got a red and white sunn mustang bout a year ago, second hand like. for £40

I rather doubt that it’s worth anything much. I just picked one up for £40 (approx $60)and I would think that’s about right

i have a sunnmustang bass and i have no idea of the value but i just want to know what u think of ures?

i say it would be about $1000-$3000 even though i dont have one or seen this specific one