NGD!!!...well not exactly new
I got this battered & bruised(repainted black) Tomson Mustang from a trade with my long overdue Ipod Video.
Now why a Tomson Mustang?...bands like Juan Pablo Dream, Identikit and even Diego Mapa used to play one. I even still have a pending project guitar at hand - but I also have this fickle obsession with the Mustang form. I've never had one before. Well at least I didn't have to pay expensively for this and got it from a trade. (justifying now)
I got this from Ryan Villena who happens to be the former drummer/founding member of Tungaw and Narda(indie bands that I've adored in the late 90's and early 2000. Tungaw's a great band...Narda's Formika & Discotillion were awesome Pinoy indie albums). He also used to play keyboards for Brownman Revival and now is a guitarist for Techy Romantics. According to him, this guitar used to be his backup guitar in gigs. Now that's the story from the previous owner. I also traced another story that there was this certain Tomson Mustang from Jugs Jugueta (Itchyworms) that was sold to a fellow forumite then repainted the guitar "black". He later sold this guitar in Sulit.com. Well I feel that this is the same guitar. So there you go...the guitar has at least has a certain rockstar history and value.
The guitar's neck feels great and I even prefer this over my Toronado. The bridge looks very alien to me and the neck pickup needs to be rewired. I'm also thinking of the best possible mod I can do to this guitar (thinking of repainting this in seafoam green or shell pink)
