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offering Musicmasters and Duo-Sonics in 24-inch scale at this time as well), which quickly became the most popular option. Most vintage Mustangs found today will be 24- inch scale models. The Mustang has remained popular in large part because of its association with Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, who was posthumously given a signature model in 2012, but it had been generally popular with punk and underground musicians long before that due to its ubiquity on the second-hand market, its high quality, and its low cost. Its reputation had also grown steadily with vintage collectors, such that Fender first reissued the model in 1990, several years before Cobain’s rise to fame. Today, a number of reissues can be found, but like the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic, excellent vintage Mustangs can be picked up all day long for less than 2000 bucks, and sometimes a lot less. - - - - - “The Mustang has remained popular in large part Buffer friendly response because Standard 9V DC of operation its Temperature stability association Top mounted Jacks with Expanded controls Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.” ToneReport.com 19