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New PJ Mustang at Summer NAMM
- Thread starter GhettoBrassGuy
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So the bulid quality is ok for the price. Would one want to use this for touring? Probably not. However the bass fits perfectly & the latches aren't quite as bad as i'd expect from a case this cheap. So far everything lines up ok when shut & latched which is good. The top lid is a tad flimsy. But in all honesty i again wasn't expecting much. Overall it does the job. To me it's a big step up from just using a gig-bag. It will get you from point A to B for sure. So if you just need an "around-town" kind of case this should suit you fine. I plan on using this a lot & expect it to start falling apart in a couple years but for the price i'm ok with that. From what i've seem there are only two options for HSC for Mustang Basses..being the Rondo & Fender ones. I couldn't justify the price of the Fender for what it does so i went with Rondo & happy i did. It was around $85 U.S after tax & shippping. If anyone has a better HSC solution i would love to hear what you have. I feel like us Mustang Bass fans are getting shafted with acceptable touring cases for these bass models. I would prefer to have a molded case eventually.
My ultimate build or purchase is going to be a 32" jazz bass, but until then I've picked up an Ibanez Talman TMB30 short scale which is an excellent budget bass. It's not the same quality as the Mustang, but it's less than half the price.
Zzzounds, Sweetwater....Adorama has had these back in stock for weeks and with 2 day delivery. They had them in stock when most every online music store didn't. FWIW
This guy seems to like his! (and he plays a Fodera) Mustang portion starts around the 2:00 mark.
Janek has monster chops so if it was a crap bass I think he would pass on this one.
Janek has monster chops so if it was a crap bass I think he would pass on this one.
I had a similar experience. I picked one up, loved the feel/sound, and kept thinking about it. Eventually I pulled the trigger. I've had it for awhile now. No regrets. It's such a great little bass.
Sounds ok but listen to all that clanking and buzzing though (especially with the stock strings). These come setup horribly, my Ibanez Mikro came set up much better and its a third of the price. Probably what really turned me off from buying one. Don't want to raise the action to make it playable.
"....That was a little scary how fast that happened....I picked it up - instantly loved what I felt....
I've been thinking about it ever since...."
Ha ha ha - I can relate to that. I love this bass.
I want one, but if I got it I would rip the jazz pickup out and keep it precision only. Don't know what I'sld do with the 3 way switch...maybe change it to series/parallel?
Mine came setup beautifully. Slight intonation adjustment & was good to go. Just sayin..
If you want a short scale Fender P, you want a Fender P JR. It smokes any Mustang, original or reissue. Its a full sized Fender P shrunk down by 10%. They were only made for 3 years back about a decade ago and are pretty rare and go really fast when they pop up used. Was going to link you to the one on Reverb but someone bought it already. I had one with a tone knob which was extremely rare and foolishly sold it. The one I picked up a few months ago didn't have a tone knob and I didn't like it quite as much for what I needed it for. They are fantastic though.
Well, you could always go with the MIJ Mustang with the P styled pickup. I had one of those too, here it is next to my P JR. Its not quite the full on P bass sound but close.
I hope you like it after the long wait. I ordered from MF in early Dec. last year (I think).
Got a message from them saying I wouldn't get it in time for X-mas.
Then watching the site, the availablity date got pushed to Jan., then late Feb., and it kept
jumping around. I ended up getting it shortly after X-mas though.
Better if you've got another bass to use in the meantime, but still,
it seems like you're having to wait a long time.
Got a message from them saying I wouldn't get it in time for X-mas.
Then watching the site, the availablity date got pushed to Jan., then late Feb., and it kept
jumping around. I ended up getting it shortly after X-mas though.
Better if you've got another bass to use in the meantime, but still,
it seems like you're having to wait a long time.
