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Fender Mustang Club

#4,421
DavesnothereCA said:
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That's the kind of Mustang which I would like to own !

And a Maple fretboard.

Does this one have the fretboard and neck as one piece of wood ?

Would need a side view of the neck to tell better, after you receive it.
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Yeah its been a dream to get a mustang with maple neck and im still pinching myself that i got this one on a fair price imo
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I believe its a one piece maple but i will correct it if im wrong when i get it :D
 
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My new Mustang PJ is Lake Placid Blue. May I have a number?
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Florinda4 said:
Welcome to the corral, @Oatis!! Congratulations on your beautiful new PJ! You are #127.

What a sweet shade of blue - and I like it with the white PG. Clean.

Apologies for one tiny whine - just begging a shot that includes that maple (I think) neck/headstock? No worries if not possible. Here are all three Mustangs I have. The Shell Pink and Lake Placid blue basses came from Chicago Music Exchange. The light blue one came from M.F.

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Doctor Morbius said:
Dayum! :drool: :drool: :drool: I'm going to have to up my game. I only have two of those.

That blue is absolutely lovely, but I snagged a shell pink one instead.

A friend of mine sold me his sonic blue one for a song.
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OK, I gotta ask - What was the name of the song ? - It will be the next one which I learn ! :smug:

As for the Shell Pink Mustangs - AFAIK like all other Fender and Squier stuff, US & European dealers are not allowed to sell to Canada, and those did not get released up here. :banghead:

Same with a limited run of Pink Broncos, I think it was.
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shoulderpet said:
Just wondering if anyone has found a way of making the slab body on these more comfortable?
This bass is a winner in every other way but I have to admit that I do miss the contours of most p/j basses when I sit down for some practice at home
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I only play seated now and the slab body with the rounded edges is precisely what I like about the body on my Mustang P/J and Bronco. Even when I didn't have to play seated I was a fan of the slab body of the '51P/Telecaster style basses. I've been thinking of ordering a slab body J bass body from an aftermarket supply but haven't gotten around to it. I once made the mistake of making contours in one of my MIJ '51 P RI basses so it would be lighter and more like a '54 style but I soon regretted it.

I understand why some may not like the slab style but for some reason it works for me eventhough the contours would help satisfy another goal of mine to have lighter basses.

I'm sure a luthier could make the contours and refinish the bass for you.
 
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shoulderpet said:
Just wondering if anyone has found a way of making the slab body on these more comfortable?
This bass is a winner in every other way but I have to admit that I do miss the contours of most p/j basses when I sit down for some practice at home
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I am with you on that @shoulderpet:thumbsup:. One reason I keep my Squier Jag around and like my Player P. I wish I had my luthier do the contours on my Mustang PJ before I had it repainted :facepalm:.
 
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shoulderpet said:
Just wondering if anyone has found a way of making the slab body on these more comfortable?
This bass is a winner in every other way but I have to admit that I do miss the contours of most p/j basses when I sit down for some practice at home
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mongo2 said:
I only play seated now and the slab body with the rounded edges is precisely what I like about the body on my Mustang P/J and Bronco. Even when I didn't have to play seated I was a fan of the slab body of the '51P/Telecaster style basses. I've been thinking of ordering a slab body J bass body from an aftermarket supply but haven't gotten around to it. I once made the mistake of making contours in one of my MIJ '51 P RI basses so it would be lighter and more like a '54 style but I soon regretted it. - I understand why some may not like the slab style, but for some reason it works for me even though the contours would help satisfy another goal of mine to have lighter basses. - I'm sure a luthier could make the contours and refinish the bass for you.
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SoulReflection said:
I am with you on that @shoulderpet:thumbsup:. One reason I keep my Squier Jag around and like my Player P. I wish I had my luthier do the contours on my Mustang PJ before I had it repainted :facepalm:.
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My comments :

1 ) Trimming the body of a bass or a guitar may make it more comfortable for some people, but not for others, and whether you sit to play [I do these days too] will likely factor into which observation applies.

2) Trimming the body will reduce overall weight, which may be more of an advantage for those who stand to play.

3) Trimming the body may also cause neck dive, which could bother both the players who stand to play, AND those who sit.

4) More importantly, having your cake and eating it too requires OWNING MORE BASSES with otherwise similar characteristics, some with the body trimmed and some with it not [and maybe some with different amounts of trimming as well], and when has owning more basses ever been a bad thing ? :D :woot: :laugh: ;)
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I recall reading somewhere that Fender would renew their series every four years.

Does this mean the Mustang PJ will be on its way out by 2022 or will they just rename the series as they did with the MIM Standard renamed Player or with the AmPro renamed AmPro II? I mean, little cosmetic mods but almost the same bass.

I would like Fender to do a Mustang with a 35HZ sized soapbar humbucker as they did with the Squier Mikey Way Mustang.

Talking of Squier, I still see Broncos being made with a 35HZ spacing under the pickguard, and it's been like that for at least eight years. Why don't they put a humbucking soapbar like that and a 4-saddle bridge on the Bronco bass? They would sell tons of Broncos like that, I guess. If not, then why keeping on shaping that 35HZ space on the inner body of the Bronco?

Ok, sorry to digress, I know this thread is strictly FENDER Mustang! :)
 
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Shorty3 said:
I recall reading somewhere that Fender would renew their series every four years.

Does this mean the Mustang PJ will be on its way out by 2022 or will they just rename the series as they did with the MIM Standard renamed Player or with the AmPro renamed AmPro II? I mean, little cosmetic mods but almost the same bass
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I think it might have already happened, Fender brought out the PJ Mustang in 2016, i believe just under the name of Fender offset pj Mustang (or something very similar) then fairly recently they brought out the player series Mustang basses and increased the price for what is a pretty much identical bass
 
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mongo2 said:
I only play seated now and the slab body with the rounded edges is precisely what I like about the body on my Mustang P/J and Bronco.
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I understand why some may not like the slab style but for some reason it works for me eventhough the contours would help satisfy another goal of mine to have lighter basses.
I'm sure a luthier could make the contours and refinish the bass for you.
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Couldn't agree more... I find my slap bodied CV60s Mustang is the perfect shape for me to play easily and comfortably when seated. And I'm thinking any sculpted fancy contours would probably ruin this!
 
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Greywoulf said:
Couldn't agree more... I find my slab-bodied CV60s Mustang is the perfect shape for me to play easily and comfortably when seated. And I'm thinking any sculpted fancy contours would probably ruin this!
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mongo2 said:
I have a Mustang bass with a contoured body and it's not as comfortable for me as the slab.
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I'm not sure that having some contours on the bass body would ruin anything for the seated player, but I'm also not sure that they would help either.

Of the two basses which I have played most recently on gigs :

IIRC, my Hofner Ignition Club bass is even more squared off at the edges than any of these Mustang basses, and playing it sitting down does not cause any discomfort to my midriff.

My Jay Turser JTB-40 short scale Mini-P-ish bass has some degree of contouring, and I do not really notice any comparative benefit [nor detriment] over the Hofner, in that regard.

What I HAVE noticed though, is that while both of these basses have a 30" scale, the REACH for the fretting hand is quite different, as the bridge saddles of the Hofner are near the middle of the body, like a Les Paul guitar, and the Turser has them almost at the South end, like a P bass, thus making the position of the nut relatively different.

My left hand is significantly closer to my body while playing the Turser seated than for the Hofner, where the Hofner's reach is rather similar to my Ric 4001, which has a 33.25" scale, and bridge saddles closer to the South end of the body [though not as close as a P bass has them].

Circling back to Mustangs and possibly Broncos, I would speculate that the location of the bridge along the body would contribute to a person's impression of how they feel while seated, just as is the observation with my two basses mentioned above.

That said, each of those two basses of mine weighs between 5, and 5 and a half pounds, so this could reduce any geometric impact on the abdomen.
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