[quote name='walbassist' post='9020' date='May 30 2007, 12:01 PM']Nice bass, but weren't Fender all poly finishes by the 70s, rather than nitro?[/quote]
The mustang bass and some guitars(I don't remember which) were still finished with nitro until the late 1972. They switched to cheaper poly after that year. Thas is why you can find some mustang basses in spectacular condition.