Does anyone play Mustangs?

[nuno.ka]

Another classic with a Mustang. Man I love this song!

 

[Mike19]

Another classic with a Mustang. Man I love this song!

Tina was playing a 1969 Competition Finish Mustang (red w/ white racing stripes) with a J pup added at the neck. I've never seen one that like that before.

 

[johnnycat42]

I just got a new MIJ and it's great. It's not nearly as heavy as an old musicmaster I had. Anyway, a great bass regardless of it's scale. I play it through a Mesa Walkabout and that amp makes a bigger difference in my tone than each particular bass I own. They still each have a character but not worlds apart in sonic quality when plugged into a good amp.

 

[Mike19]

Jill Cunniff from Luscious Jackson playing Mustang (c. 1997).

 

[nuno.ka]

I can see that girls love Mustangs...

 

[Stranger Danger]

They dont sound very Fender to me. I do like the look though. And the playability.

 

[Jim Dep]

My '77's been modified for a wider spectrum of tones.
Humbucking for neck pup and a jazz pup for the bridge.

If anyone else has seen an Antigua finish for another Mustang lefty, please let me know.

It's a great sounding bass, very fast neck and much lighter than a P or jazz bass, which is really appreciated when doing 4.5 sets a night.

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[Orpheus55]

I've been looking at short scales; tried the Ibanez ARTB100, an ESP, and several others. No sense messing around at my age; it's going to be the Mustang, vintage white (it will go nicely with my vintage white '86 MIJ P-bass).

 

[mongo2]

FYI: Fender Short Scale Family

> Fender Mustang - 1968 to 1981; MIA; 30" scale; split coil pup (but diff than P pup); string through;

Fender produce the Mustang bass starting in 1966.

 

[Ric5]

Does anyone play Mustangs?

Nope ... but I drive a Mustang.

 

[lunarpollen]

I've only tried out Mustangs in music shops and I've always loved them, even strung with roundwounds like they always seem to be when hanging up in shops. I imagine they must sound lovely with flatwounds.

Is it true that the older Mustangs had special built-in string mutes in the bridge assembly?

 

[Jim Dep]

It is true, but I didn't know anyone that left them on.

You can now get the mutes separately on Ebay. Do a Mustang bass search and they come up.