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Originally Posted by Stingray Fan  I'd love for us all to be able to sit in a room with an SVT and test out an old P Bass vs. a Mustang and see which sounds better.... the electronics in the Mustang are, quite frankly, crap. It wasn't meant to be played loud. Wyman used one, briefly in the Stones from 69-71 or so. Keith Richards wanted him to play a Fender Jazz, but Wyman's hands are very small and he couldn't deal with the length of the Jazz neck, so he took up the Mustang to please Keith by playing a Fender. Even Wyman thinks they're crap basses. Google it - it's in an old Bass Player interview. |
So that makes it hands down without an arguement a bad bass? I agree that it's not going to sound like a P or a J. But it does have a P bass-esque tone. They do sound great for certain things. Just cause you don't like it and Wyman didn't like it doesn't mean it's bad. I know a lot of people besides myself that love mustang basses.
Copied this from wikipedia. Tell all these bassists that they're playing a worthless student bass.
-Tomethy Furse and, more recently, Rhys Webb of The Horrors use an all-black Mustang Bass.
-Trevor Bolder of David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars used a Mustang Bass among many other basses.
-Pete Agnew of Nazareth (band) used a Mustang bass on LP Loud 'n' Proud 1973.
-Lisa Brigatino, formerly of Lez Zeppelin, frequently uses a Mustang.
-Barry Bronson from Gear Wire reviews, is usually seen playing a Fender Mustang Bass when reviewing popular Bass amps.
-Holger Czukay of German band Can used the Fender Mustang extensively in the 1970s.
-Jason Falkner, solo musician, uses a black mid 70's Mustang Bass.
-Tim Foreman of Switchfoot presently uses this bass for live presentations.
-Nicolas Godin of the French band Air uses a red Mustang Bass on tour and when recording.
-Clive Griffiths of Patto used a Mustang bass for most of his tenure with the band.
-Brian Hill of The Postmarks currently uses this bass for live performances as well as recording.
-Gary Jarman of The Cribs used a Mustang Bass for The Cribs' self titled debut album, and extensively live around this period.
-John Deacon of Queen occasionally used one and also had one as a backup for his Fender Precision Bass.
-Alan Lancaster of Status Quo used Mustang and Musicmaster basses.
-Denny Laine occasionally used one during his time with Wings, when lead singer Paul McCartney would switch from bass to piano or guitar.
-John Linnell of They Might Be Giants plays a Mustang Bass in the music video for "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)", although his role in the band is almost always that of keyboardist or saxophonist.
-Colin Moulding of XTC used a Musicmaster bass in 1979.
-Chris Murphy of Sloan frequently uses a Mustang bass.
Dee Dee Ramone played a Musicmaster bass during the early days of the Ramones.
-Fred Smith of Television (band) used a Mustang bass during the band's early days.
-Thompson Twins used a Musicmaster bass on tape Hold Me Now in 1983.
-Wally Waller of the Pretty Things used a Mustang bass from 1967 to approximately 1976, including on the band's seminal albums S.F. Sorrow and Parachute.
-Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads used a Mustang bass in the early days of the band.
-Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys used it in the video of Good Vibrations, and probably he used it on 1967 album Smiley Smile, too.
-Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones used Mustang basses in the late-1960s and early-1970s.
-Bill Church of Montrose used a Mustang in the early days.
Roger Glover of Deep Purple used a Mustang on the Fireball album.
-Jon "KC Wolf" Kindler of The Chariot plays a white Mustang on the band current tour supporting the album "Wars and Rumors of Wars".
-Patrick of The Illegal Kind plays a mustang bass.
Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth can be seen playing a Musicmaster bass in the video for the band's song "Bull in the Heather."
-Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh) from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World plays a Fender Mustang bass with the fictional band the Clash at Demonhead.
