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Fender Mustang Club
- Thread starter FlyingPigSound
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Heads up there is a JMJ Road Worn Mustang Bass neck on The Stratosphere at the moment.
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$450 without tuners and before shipping seems too steep to me... :shrug:
update: FWIW, the LaBella MUS flatwound strings made a huge difference. Highly recommended.
When installing strings on a string-through, as soon as the ball seats and the bend forms where the string comes through the bridge baseplate, the ball can no longer rotate. As soon as that happens, if you're still winding onto the post, a twist will be forced into the string (because the string must also rotate as it's wound onto the post due to internal stresses).
So, when winding onto the post, keep the slack at the ball end; keep the ball hanging out of the body for as long as possible.
So, when winding onto the post, keep the slack at the ball end; keep the ball hanging out of the body for as long as possible.
I'm back in the saddle, @claude13 ! Sorry it took so long, but you are now officially #136.
Welcome to the corral!
I had the joy of taking my Mustang PJ to a pair of sessions at the excellent West End Recordings (of Mastodon fame/notoriety) the last two days, along with my Ibanez 6-string bass and Sequential Take 5 synth, all along with the joy of laying tracks on the house Hammond B3 and Wurlitzer in my part-time keyboard duties. What a couple of days!
But as soon as I walked into the control room with the Mustang, the engineer and his assistant, a skilled bassist, both said Hell Yeah, and commented nearly in unison that they love shortscale basses for studio work.
One track ran octaves and fuzzes on a hard-driving set line, and the other was a clean soul/rnb vibe with plenty of space to work. And it did crush, and it was good.
But as soon as I walked into the control room with the Mustang, the engineer and his assistant, a skilled bassist, both said Hell Yeah, and commented nearly in unison that they love shortscale basses for studio work.
One track ran octaves and fuzzes on a hard-driving set line, and the other was a clean soul/rnb vibe with plenty of space to work. And it did crush, and it was good.
Sweet. I had a similar experience a few months ago showing up to do an album and while unloading my basses the engineer and producer got stoked to see the JMJ mustang come out. Mustangs record so well.
My first experience in a studio in '72 with my Mustang Bass didn't get any overt acknowledgement from the staff. And I was kinda weirded out plugging it direct into a box, instead of my amp, without even any headphones to hear myself! But the first playback calmed my fears. It sounded great to me, but they asked if I wanted any different EQ! So, I asked to try a few different settings and they found something they liked better! And I agreed. That tape was sent to the USO as an audition and we won a European tour of military bases!
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Follow up: While the LaBella Mus flatwounds did make a big difference I still noticed some “chorusing” on the A string and some overall unwanted boominess on the E and A, so I took the advice of someone here on the forum ( sorry, I can’t remember who). I lowered the pickup just a little bit , and that seems to have remedied the situation. Many thanks!!!
Took the old girl to see this past week, didn't want the chops to get rusty during the cruise.
Does a JMJ float?
I didn't want to find out!
Thanks man. I've always been a big fan of being just a smidge different than the rest, so small changes make a big impact.
Just put a drop D tuner on her yesterday.
