There are some very good basses made in Korea. Have you ever played a Lakland Skyline? As good as (and some of us think better than) MIA Fenders.
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Fender Mustang Bass?
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There are some very good basses made in Korea. Have you ever played a Lakland Skyline? As good as (and some of us think better than) MIA Fenders.
Had one for a little white and it sounded great BUT it had quite a bit of neck dive which I don't like at all. Long and short is that I sold it and for about half the price all in now have an SX short-scale jazz (with replacement pickups - fender noiseless jazz, new pots and wiring) that sounds fantastic, is more versatile, better balanced and looks great. Nonetheless, I think the Mustang is fun and very well constructed if you can live with the neck dive - I couldn't (even with wide strap and all the other fixes...).
I was at my local GC recently and of all the basses I tried out, the two Mustangs they had sounded better than the rest of them... I was kind of amazed by this. Very punchy and bassy. Divine sounding A-string....
It would have been so cool to see a gig at Max's... I own an old live Misfits recording from there & it's great...
Hate to bring this thread back from the dead, but I agree with this. I got to play 2 mustangs today, and they were more comfortable and sounded better than every other Precision in the place. The neck was super comfy, the pickups had super high output and put out a P-Bass like tone, but somehow deeper? I'm not entirely sure how to describe it but now it's the bass I'm gas'in for!
I now have two (one with flatwounds and one with roundwounds) CIJ Mustangs since they were reissued a few years back. I found myself picking up the Mustangs first when I was home working on new tunes or practicing. I finally came to the realization the bass I was playing the most at home, should be my gigging bass too! (duh)
I have found that choosing the right strings (what your preference in strings is) and a quality amp is equally as important as the bass I use is.
I love the condescending looks I get from some other bassplayers that show up at my gigs or when I go to a blues jam with my "student/small hands" Mustang bass; I also love the look on their faces when they realize that they ain't listening to a "student" player. The comment I get the most from other BASSPLAYERS is how much my mustang has that J bass sound; the other musicians that are on the band stand with me don't really care what bass I play, it's my playing that is important.
As far as adjusting the truss rod goes, I had the bass routed to accommodate the screw driver (it's really a minor job that any repair guy with a router can do)
I have found that choosing the right strings (what your preference in strings is) and a quality amp is equally as important as the bass I use is.
I love the condescending looks I get from some other bassplayers that show up at my gigs or when I go to a blues jam with my "student/small hands" Mustang bass; I also love the look on their faces when they realize that they ain't listening to a "student" player. The comment I get the most from other BASSPLAYERS is how much my mustang has that J bass sound; the other musicians that are on the band stand with me don't really care what bass I play, it's my playing that is important.
As far as adjusting the truss rod goes, I had the bass routed to accommodate the screw driver (it's really a minor job that any repair guy with a router can do)
This guy is F**king BAD! I play in all kinds of bands including cover bands, he covers those tunes like a fat lady on a toliet seat. Well done!!!+++
Plus+++on a personal level; he is also using a mustang bass; we even have the same red, green, yellow guitar strap - great minds thing a like! LOL.
Plus+++on a personal level; he is also using a mustang bass; we even have the same red, green, yellow guitar strap - great minds thing a like! LOL.
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If he would just lay back on the beat a little and not be so on top of the beat.. he could be real badass. it sounds like the beat is trying to catch up to him.. just relax a little and Lay it Down smoother
I was wonderin if it was a musicmaster as well ??
As for the mustang , its an ok bass and can sound interesting,,but i couldnt use one the neck dive was too much.
Sorry to bring this back from the long dead, but I've been recently getting into the whole Mustang Bass sound, and this sound, while great, isn't exactly a Mustang.
He says in his comments:
"Hey thanks a lot! But you've got to know that this bass isn't a musicman! it's an OLP MM2 with Seymour Duncan SMB4-a Pickup and Musicman neck! And for the colour, I give it to a painter, 'cause originally it was black!"
"Yup! It's a Seymour Duncan SMB4-a (a like alnico!)."
And so on. Just for reference.
e: Nevermind, I'm tripping pretty hard. The comments were from his other vids.
