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Fender Mustang Club
- Thread starter FlyingPigSound
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Another pickguard swap on a PJ Mustang! The black looks nice on the white bass. Very much like a modern Mustang bass.
I ordered a white pearloid pickguard for my Mustang, though I'm getting attached to the one I made for it. I just think WD Music can do a better job. I considered their 'aged pearl' colour, which is yellower, but I figured it might make my bass like white. The purer white of the pearloid pickguard on my bass makes the green/blue snap a bit. However I was jamming under different lighting yesterday and my bass looked white to white-grey. Fender messed up getting 'aged sonic blue' right, but they devised quite a nice colour in doing so.
I'm also rolling my own mirror pickguard for my Mustang, though this is a slow job. I'm using acrylic/perspex mirror stock. The Mustang pickguard fits onto an A4 sheet, so it is relatively cheap and easy to buy 3mm plastic sheets online of various colours from which to make more pickguards if the need arises.
I ordered a white pearloid pickguard for my Mustang, though I'm getting attached to the one I made for it. I just think WD Music can do a better job. I considered their 'aged pearl' colour, which is yellower, but I figured it might make my bass like white. The purer white of the pearloid pickguard on my bass makes the green/blue snap a bit. However I was jamming under different lighting yesterday and my bass looked white to white-grey. Fender messed up getting 'aged sonic blue' right, but they devised quite a nice colour in doing so.
I'm also rolling my own mirror pickguard for my Mustang, though this is a slow job. I'm using acrylic/perspex mirror stock. The Mustang pickguard fits onto an A4 sheet, so it is relatively cheap and easy to buy 3mm plastic sheets online of various colours from which to make more pickguards if the need arises.
modded Pawn Shop Special with 2017 Mustang P/J neck
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Why did you put the P/J neck on it? Was the original messed up some how? I know my reissue neck is way nicer to play than the my P/J.
bought the loaded body for a song. no idea what happened to the neck it shipped with.
#21 jbass bobView attachment 2924246 Haven't posted in eons but have to share. I couldn't pass up the $399 deal. Needed to personalize it with a black pickguard from WD and change out the bridge to a vintage threaded version as the strings on most of these seem off on the E side. This is one of the best sounding basses I've ever had. Just needs shielding and a few fret ends worked on. Definitely a keeper
Is this the Sweetwater special edition seafoam green?
Interesting...I recall seeing a recent post on EB or CL selling a new, surf pearl, loaded body (no neck) and thought that was strange. I just googled Mustang bodies and Mustang PJ bodies and came up with a number of suppliers, including Warmoth and Stratosphere, some stating "Pawn Shop"...like I said...interesting.
that might have been my listing. I sold the surf pearl body on reverb.
I've assumed that the body I have started its life as a Pawn Shop Special, but had the pickup and pickguard replaced.
FENDER MEXICO PAWN SHOP MUSTANG BASS Electric Bass Guitar with Gig Case | eBay
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