New PJ Mustang at Summer NAMM

[felis]

Thanks for posting these. Does the Olympic White look that...tan in real life. The Sonic Blue looks more white than the OW does.

Ha ha - you made me go look.

I think of it as white, but if you hold up a sheet of white paper next to it,
yes - it looks like a cream beige color, almost bordering on tan.
Maybe the pick guard contributes to that.

It's only a couple years old and kept in a smoke free zone.
I can't really remember if it had that shade when it was new,
but it seems like it was more white then.

I really like it though. It's aging well.
Started out Olympic White and now it's about White Chocolate.
Should be almost tan/brown in 10 years or so at this rate -

 

[Boristhespyder]

Do you know where to get pickquards with the right cutouts for the pickup and toggle switch?

Not a clue but suspect someone will be making them soon.

 

[Feralhog]

I know you've seen one before but here you go. Sonic Blue. I'm going to find a black background in a well lit room and see if it's possible to actually photograph the "blue" without it looking white a little later.

Fender Mustang PJ

• Feralhog
• Dec 9, 2016
• fender mustang pj

Sonic Blue (yeah I know)

 

[felis]

Looks like the tag says J Bass.
Did anything else come in the box, like wrenches or some type of manual?

 

[Feralhog]

Box? There was no stinkin' box or manual or wrench or anything else. Was lucky to get the tag. This wasn't a GC purchase or mail order. It was a "mom & pop" store. Seems to be the norm for me. The only bass I have ever got a box with was one I ordered online. Not sure why that is. Maybe you have to beg them to go find it?

Fender Mustang PJ tag

• Feralhog
• Dec 9, 2016
• fender mustang pj

Fender Mustang PJ tag side 2

• Feralhog
• Dec 9, 2016

 

[Caleb Mills]

Mine also came with a J Bass tag. Not really sure why Fender is doing this. It's not a big deal though, honestly. It's just a tag... They probably don't have Mustang PJ tags made yet since they're kind of new.

 

[Stdjazz4]

Name the guitar after the assembler;

Rosa.

Nice!!

 

[grrg63]

Looks like the tag says J Bass.
Did anything else come in the box, like wrenches or some type of manual?

They did with mine, which also had the J Bass tag.

 

[skeeler]

@grrg63 Is that Olympic White or Sonic Blue?

 

[skeeler]

Does anyone have measurements for the thickness of the neck at the nut and 12th fret or the width of the neck at the last fret? Fender doesn't have neck dimensions other than the nut width, and I'd like to know how this compares to other basses.

 

[grrg63]

@grrg63 Is that Olympic White or Sonic Blue?

Definitely sonic blue.
I just dont get the confusion over these colors. Every one Ive seen it was obvious which color it was.

 

[steve_ss]

Does anyone have measurements for the thickness of the neck at the nut and 12th fret or the width of the neck at the last fret? Fender doesn't have neck dimensions other than the nut width, and I'd like to know how this compares to other basses.

Thickness at nut is .929. At 12th fret is .950. Width at last fret is 2.295. FYI, width of the neck at the center of the 12th fret is 2.090. Hope this helps.

 

[steve_ss]

They did with mine, which also had the J Bass tag.
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I got all the same tags and wrenches in my Mustang box too.

 

[thunderstation]

I'm sure this has come up somewhere in the 29 pages of this thread, so my apologies ahead of time. My question is about string choice. I put D'addario chromes on my Fender P and really like them a lot. Would the short scale version (see link) of them be a good choice? Opinions vary, but I'm just looking for the general consensus.

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I have D'addario chromes on my Namm Mustang & they work fine - I did get the short scale and they fit perfectly - I liked them so much that I put them on my Fender Precision and I was not dissapointed.

 

[Feralhog]

I have D'addario chromes on my Namm Mustang & they work fine - I did get the short scale and they fit perfectly - I liked them so much that I put them on my Fender Precision and I was not dissapointed.

Long scale chromes? Oh wait.....nevermind....

 

[rage941]

Got mine a few days ago. Does anyone else think that the P pickup is especially "boomy" and/or muddy? Seems like when I switch to the P only position there's a huge jump in volume and everything is so warm and wooly that there's no clarity at all. I even have my low mids scooped out a bit, the bass at 11:30, treble at 1:30 and all the special switches and graphic EQ bypassed. Plus I'm playing with a pick. Plus the tone knob is all the way up. So, it's not adding up. It has to be the pickup/bass, right?... I'm playing it through an Ampeg SVT-3PRO into an Ampeg 8x10 cab.

Played a red one today. Liked it a lot but the E string sounded dead. Expect is was just poor set up.

You may both be experiencing the inherent dead sound of short scales; at least that's been my experience. I had a MIJ Mustang with some aftermarket hot "little P" mustang pickups (forgot the brand) and it still sounded boomy, muddy, bassy, didn't cut through the mix etc. Then I noticed even unplugged the instrument sounded more dead than other fenders and it's because the short scale has less tension on the strings. This can be a positive thing to some players and some types of music but I wasn't digging it. This new bass with the P pickups does sound a lot better though, adding a lot more punch than the other mustang and I think I'm going to have to buy a sonic blue one. Just wish it was a slightly stronger shade of blue.

 

[selowitch]

I'm excited about these basses. They play nice, sound great, are not overly heavy, and are affordable.
One bummer: a Fender Mustang hard-shell case costs a ton.

 

[Boristhespyder]

You may both be experiencing the inherent dead sound of short scales; at least that's been my experience. I had a MIJ Mustang with some aftermarket hot "little P" mustang pickups (forgot the brand) and it still sounded boomy, muddy, bassy, didn't cut through the mix etc. Then I noticed even unplugged the instrument sounded more dead than other fenders and it's because the short scale has less tension on the strings. This can be a positive thing to some players and some types of music but I wasn't digging it. This new bass with the P pickups does sound a lot better though, adding a lot more punch than the other mustang and I think I'm going to have to buy a sonic blue one. Just wish it was a slightly stronger shade of blue.

In the case of the one I looked at I think it was a setup issue as it was only the E string and it was dead sounding in that it made almost no sound unless played a certain way. Hard to describe but I have had several short scales and this was very different.

 

[BassmentPlayer]

>>You may both be experiencing the inherent dead sound of short scales; at least that's been my experience.

What is this 'inherent dead sound of short scales"?

I have 5 ss's and have had no experience with it.

I did get rid of a vintage mustang because of the crappy pick up though.

 

[rage941]

>>You may both be experiencing the inherent dead sound of short scales; at least that's been my experience.

What is this 'inherent dead sound of short scales"?

I have 5 ss's and have had no experience with it.

I did get rid of a vintage mustang because of the crappy pick up though.

Like I said in my message, there is less tension on the strings on a short scale. It's logical that looseer strings are not going to "pop" as much and have the same sound. Loosen a string down a whole note and see how much more dead the string sounds. Same concept for long scale vs short scale.