Well. It's all in the title: Awesome in placid blue with competition stripes and matching headstock.
Or almost. A few more interesting points about this really gorgeous vintage guitar, from the eBay posting:
VERY RARE 21 FRET + 22 INCH SCALE NECK
COMPETITION RACING STRIPE and MATCHING HEADSTOCK
ORIGINAL SILVER HARD SHELL CASE
I really like Mustangs and their quirkiness (the shape, the electronics...) and I have a thing for stripes so I would totally reinvest my Google Adsense revenues in that guitar.... if they only amounted to the $3,479 asked for this vintage beauty. In the meantime, feel free to click on a few ads :) Note that this guitar is not "mint condition" at all (massive impact on the side). Keep that pic for reference, relic pros :)
Since I published my post about the Epiphone Wilshire, I've been meaning to write a follow up with more great vintage Epiphone models using examples found on eBay. So here we go!
The Epiphone Crestwood
First, the Wilshire's evil twin: the Epiphone Crestwood. There is a beautiful 1961 Crestwood up for grabs. Let me point out its nice features:
the mini-humbuckers (like the Gibson Firebird) - 1961 is the first year of production with those, replacing the "New York" pick ups
the oval markers on the neck (also a change which happened in 61) - note that there is no marker after the 15th fret. You're on your own for high-pitch solos!
the original transparent pickguard with the Epiphone E logo (which is surprising since the E got scrapped as part of the changes in that year of production too)
the unique tremolo with also an E logo (2 logos on the guitar in 2 different directions! that's wacky design :)
Going from solid body to semi-hollow (Epiphone's historical forte), the fairest of them all: the Casino!
What better claim to iconic guitar status than being the guitar in the hands of John Lennon for the Beatles famous last show on the rooftop of the Apple building. McCartney was actually the first Beatles to buy one -Lennon and Harrison followed shortly thereafter.
Back to our eBay example, a 1967 vintage Casino, one could say it is a Gibson ES-335 copycat. But what a beauty still:
still built in the Kalamazoo factory
it sports an awesome non-see-through burgundy finish
it has these nice "hexagonal" pick up covers (these are P90's under the hood)
I like the parallelogram inlays
the distinctive pickguard with the E logo is a nice touch (Gibson doesn't apply logo on pickguards)
And added bonus on this vintage: the cracks on the finish!
Well. It's all in the title: Awesome 
in placid blue with competition stripes and matching headstock.
Note that this guitar is not "mint condition" at all (massive impact on the side). Keep that pic for reference, relic pros :)
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