There's at least one person in this thread who has one, so maybe she will chime in.
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New PJ Mustang at Summer NAMM
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There's at least one person in this thread who has one, so maybe she will chime in.
- Apr 3, 2003
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I measured the review bass using a wooden ruler, but I will but a steel rule on double check.
Well, the two Mustangs currently on the Fender site and the lone Bronco all have 1.5 inch nuts, the wooden ruler says 1.5, a little "Photoshopping" of the picture at the beginning of this thread says the nut width is the same as the spacing from frets 2 to 3 which would be 1.5 on a 30 inch scale, so I am predicting the metal ruler will say 1.5. Sorry for those who hoped for more if that turns out to be correct but you know, sometimes I think we actually train ourselves to be too sensitive to these things....
Home from tour and tried it out! Put some light gauge flats on it and it sounds good! It isn't a string-thru body, but still has good sustain. It's a cool little bass, needs a few adjustments from shipping but I'm looking forward to playing it out.
I'm pretty certain it's 1.5". I have a poopy plastic ruler though, but it does look like 1.5".
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I just wanted to add that I played this bass at band practice the other night, and our guitar player (who also plays some bass), looked over after a few songs and said, "That's a winner!" Keeping in mind that my bandmates hear me play through a lot of different basses (some of them costing many times the price of the Mustang), that is pretty high praise! I was very impressed, myself. While I am generally not a huge fan of 3-way pickup selector switches, I have to say that all three positions allow for unique and usable tones. It's a great "P/J" tone, regardless of scale length. So far, I am quite impressed! 
Your picture and your poopy plastic ruler both say 1.5".
It's a nice looking bass (as I've said this is the first time I've said that about a Mustang!) and I am glad to hear that it plays well and sounds good. I have no physical "limitation" that has me looking at short scales, I just have become interested in converting or at least getting another short scale from the way my Squier VI plays so this release and the reception it is getting from owners and reviewers is giving me a lot to think about. I'd have to sell my Reggie Hamilton first and while I would not expect the tone to be identical (nor do I care as long as it is good) I am tempted by this bass in part because it at least retains the P/J look.
Hahaha does this forum clean up my foul language? I most certainly did not type "poopy".
Yeah, I only got my first short scale a few months ago; I have a neck injury that's making it harder and harder to do a long tour with my heavy P bass (even though it still sounds best of all, and I record with it still). I'm not sure I'm 100% short scale converted, but it's definitely making it easier to play and they still sound good, so I'm on board.
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And here I thought poopy plastic was in the styrene family polymers....
Nice! This might be a
looks great! Do you get any single coil hum when you solo the bridge pickup?
Whether CaitlinGrayBass has gotten any single coil hum yet or not, she will and so will you if it is a single coil pickup and there are stray 60Hz magnetic fields in your environment. In that case you could replace that pickup with a split coil Jazz pickup which will give you most of the tone of a single coil without the hum. This bass is not up on the Fender website yet so we can't confirm what kind of pickup they use on the bridge but generally they use single coil pickups at the price level anticipated for this model. I don't believe they use split coil pickups at all (except for the Precision pickups of course!) currently. When they put in hum canceling Jazz pickups they almost always put in dual coil pickups which most people on TB would rate in third place, tone-wise, behind single coils and split coils. It may not be the right way but it is the Fender way!
Man, I hope so. That's the one I've been pining for.Perhaps a slight detour but in the search of this Mustang P/J bass I also found this "regular" mustang bass: Invalid Link Removed I contacted Thomann and they are expecting it end of October
I am seriously getting tired of Fender's region recognition junk on their website!!! EVERY time I click a Fender USA link from Canada, I get redirected to their stupid Canadian homepage. -_-
I e-mailed Fender. I'll post here if/when they respond. I specifically asked if they would be sold in the states, but also mentioned European vendors showing availability in October.
