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Fender Mustang Club
- Thread starter FlyingPigSound
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Hi all. Since a few weeks I have a 1967 mustang bass. I really like it. It is 100% original and sounds great. The neck and pots are from 66. The pickups from 67.
Thanks. I have bought the mustang in a vintage shop in the UK. I was looking for a shortscale and I could not resist this dakota red mustang. It has flatwound. I believe they are chromes. I really enjoy the sound. No deadnotes.
That’s really sweet! Love that it still has the mutes.
Neat, I’d never seen those before!
Are the strings permanently muted, or do you have to adjust them one-by-one, or...basically, how do they work?
Neat, I’d never seen those before!
Are the strings permanently muted, or do you have to adjust them one-by-one, or...basically, how do they work?
You have to adjust the mutes string by string. The mutes are a little small now. I think that they used to be bigger. A close-up:
Ok everyone it is education and input time.
I was bequeathed the 1990 near mint Lace Sensor pictured below. I don't know much about them but with the little I have read it has given me the itch to put them in my PJ that has Quarter Pounds.
Any input and information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all
Bob
Edit: A little more info. They came out of a Precision Plus and it is a Fender Lace Sensor. I don't think I will get much more than that. I am not real popular on that side of the family. ;[).
I was bequeathed the 1990 near mint Lace Sensor pictured below. I don't know much about them but with the little I have read it has given me the itch to put them in my PJ that has Quarter Pounds.
Any input and information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all
Bob
Edit: A little more info. They came out of a Precision Plus and it is a Fender Lace Sensor. I don't think I will get much more than that. I am not real popular on that side of the family. ;[).
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I have finished my changes on my bass for now. It will go through a setup after more playing.
I bought the Gotoh Resolites tuners. (GB 350) (Thanks to Bow River Wood Works). They have changed the balance very nicely-no neck dive. Stock tuners weighed 375g and the Gotohs are 160g. These weights include all bits.
I went to great lengths to find the lightest Mustang and with these changes it weighs 7 lb 3.3 oz. I think this is about as low as I can go.
Putting the Gotohs on was very easy. I had some help from Basalan. Thanks.
I used some thin strong tape I had from use on bike rims covering the spoke nipples. The challenge is to get the new tuners in the middle of the drilled hole so that you can line the new screws up.
One thing I really like about the new tuners is that they are much smaller and look more proportional, no so huge like the Fender ones. The other thing is that the twister part is smaller so that when you are tuning a string your fingers to not get jammed by the next one. In addition, the Gotohs are so much smoother and easier to turn.
Now to fill in the holes.
I bought the Gotoh Resolites tuners. (GB 350) (Thanks to Bow River Wood Works). They have changed the balance very nicely-no neck dive. Stock tuners weighed 375g and the Gotohs are 160g. These weights include all bits.
I went to great lengths to find the lightest Mustang and with these changes it weighs 7 lb 3.3 oz. I think this is about as low as I can go.
Putting the Gotohs on was very easy. I had some help from Basalan. Thanks.
I used some thin strong tape I had from use on bike rims covering the spoke nipples. The challenge is to get the new tuners in the middle of the drilled hole so that you can line the new screws up.
One thing I really like about the new tuners is that they are much smaller and look more proportional, no so huge like the Fender ones. The other thing is that the twister part is smaller so that when you are tuning a string your fingers to not get jammed by the next one. In addition, the Gotohs are so much smoother and easier to turn.
Now to fill in the holes.
Hello everyone, signs for all lovers of the legendary Mustang this super-limited edition of the PJ Mustang total black, with matched headstock, black hardware and ebony fretboard. The only store that should be available is the bax shop, a European store. I took it and it should arrive on Wednesday !!
Move if you want there are only 5 left!!!
Fender FSR Mustang Bass PJ Black EB limited edition
Move if you want there are only 5 left!!!
Fender FSR Mustang Bass PJ Black EB limited edition
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I am a Lace fan, and have them in several basses. In my experience they have great deep tone and the shielding keeps them quiet electronically.
Are the pickups in Mustangs humcancelling like on a P or do they have some 60s cycle hum?
I played one of those new Vintera Mustangs and the pickup had hum pretty much like a solo’d single coil.
Other than that it was a great little bass.
Just curious.
I played one of those new Vintera Mustangs and the pickup had hum pretty much like a solo’d single coil.
Other than that it was a great little bass.
Just curious.
There have been some reports that the solo’d neck pickup has single coil hum, and that having both pickups on will cancel hum.
Mustang pickups are not RWRP, they are wired out of phase to cancel hum. But adding a second pickup would cause issues so I’ve wondered if they simply wired up the Mustang pickup in phase on these 2 pickup models (does the Vintera have 2 pu like the recent American Mustang?)
Seems it would be much better to update all Mustang pickups to RWRP...
I want to try something new with my PJ Mustang, but I don't know what. This is its current state:
I'm not sold on the 3-way switch. I've never been sold on it to be honest. My old MIJ Mustang didn't have a switch down there. This one is a nice Switchcraft unit, but even then it can be a bit crackly and intermittent if I've not used it frequently.
I can get a guy to cut me a pickguard without the switch hole so do I...
I'm not sold on the 3-way switch. I've never been sold on it to be honest. My old MIJ Mustang didn't have a switch down there. This one is a nice Switchcraft unit, but even then it can be a bit crackly and intermittent if I've not used it frequently.
I can get a guy to cut me a pickguard without the switch hole so do I...
- Remove the switch, rewire the bass VVT and drill out the edge of the body for an output jack? Those new Mustang/J basses have a tone control where the output jack normally is. It looks a bit cramped, and you must have to use a mini potentiometer down there to fit it in the route. I'm struggling to find a quality mini pot with a solid shaft.
- Replace the switch with a blend pot, with a chickenhead knob or matching Fender-style knob.
- Use stacked pots. Fender make somethat are like a split Jazz-style knob. This would give me a fourth control as well (maybe a bass cut on the bridge pickup?).
- Remove the switch, wire it as a P bass, pretend the Jazz pickup doesn't exist.
- Remove the switch, wire both pickups in parallel, bake in the two-pickup tone for good.
- Remove the tone control, wire it VV, solder a cap permanently over the output jack or don't bother. Tone wide open however you cut it.
- Wire in a dual-gang pot in place of the tone control. As you turn it up it blends in the J pickup, as you turn it down it blends out the J pickup but rolls off the tone. Somewhere in the middle you get straight P pickup tone, but as you get brighter you get the two-pickup tone.
- Leave it alone.
I wired mine VV with no tone pot, and so far it has been great. I have the EMG GZR set in this one...
