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Mustang WOW!

#6
thread + no pics = NO NO on TB

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if i was into short scale basses, id totally get one. feels too small to me though...
maybe ill have to give them another shot.
 
#9
There are rumors that the new Squier VM Mustang is hitting stores right about now. I might try to find one of those.

One of my high school buds had a Mustang long ago, but I never played it. I think it sounded pretty good from what I remember.
 
#11
I prefer the orange or blue with the racing stripe. Had one in 1979, because Tinay Weymouth was using it and she let me play hers at a show once. I got it at We Buy Guitars for almost nothing. Should have kept it.

The only bass I really don't want is a precision. Never really liked the necks in my hands, never really liked 'em.
 
#12
sohamorrohit said:
This bass kicks major ass. The low end thump, the easier size, the piano like sound, the reasonable price. Everything about this is awesome! I'd always planned on getting a Precision but that was more because it is such a classic, not because i really want it. THIS I WANT! :hyper:
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+1
The mustang is a nice one.
It's just that the necks on all the re issue ones i have tried were WAY too thin for me.
I like teh originals tho-VERY much.
...but still prefer the musicmaster.
 
#14
cnltb said:
+1
The mustang is a nice one.
It's just that the necks on all the re issue ones i have tried were WAY too thin for me.
I like teh originals tho-VERY much.
...but still prefer the musicmaster.
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I have small hands and I'm used to playing a Jazz so the thin neck works out perfectly for me. I think I live my whole life with just a Mustang and a Stingray. I won't though. ;)
 
#15
one of my students just got his hands on an old CIJ Mustang... man, it's a sweet instrument! he's only 11, and a small 'un at that, so the short scale is perfect for him. but yeah, it totally sounds like a Precision, and I love that it's got the string-through bridge/body. I can't quite adjust to the smaller scale, but it's great; plays good, feels really nice in the hands, and definitely has a big sound for such a small piece!
 
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sloppy_phil said:
one of my students just got his hands on an old CIJ Mustang... man, it's a sweet instrument! he's only 11, and a small 'un at that, so the short scale is perfect for him. but yeah, it totally sounds like a Precision, and I love that it's got the string-through bridge/body. I can't quite adjust to the smaller scale, but it's great; plays good, feels really nice in the hands, and definitely has a big sound for such a small piece!
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+1, thats about where i am at.
 
#18
I really dig my Mustang as well. It has a clarity of tone that is unlike any other bass I've owned.

I only wish it had more E string oomph! It always requires some "low end augmentation" in the mix.

In rehearsal last night we changed up an original to have a 16th note gallop line that was just sounding muddy on my Jazz unless I went all "middy". But on the Mustang even the 16th notes retain focus.
 
#20
I love the fit and feel of my Mustang, but I agree mine falls a little short in the sound department. My modded Bronco on the other hand is killer in the sound department, but the neck is on the wide side. I need to just combine the two.

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