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Yes 10lbs is too heavy for me and I have an athletic build . My Jazz and Pbass both are under 9 lbs.
Keep in mind that Flats offer a totally different tone from rounds. Flats tend to mellow out and warm up the tone. Think Motown .
Rounds have a more aggressive , brighter, longer sustaining note.
If you want to try another 34 scale passive bass with hot pickups like the G&L I suggest the Yamaha BB424X. It has a slim/fast jazz style neck and an alder body . It has P/J pickup configuration . These are great basses.
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I know almost nothing about it, but this thread got me curious enough to do a search.
If you have time to wade through this thread, especially post #16,
you might understand more of it than I do:
G&L MFD pickups questions
I know little enough about it so as to be unsure if those are even the pickups in question.
+1 more for a proper setup first (especially pup height). Mine came with a great setup from Sweetwater and I still had to do a bit of adjustment to the height of both pups.
It also took me a little while to bond with mine. Moving from a full scale pj with hottish squier pups (passive) there was quite a difference.
I also switched to Chrome flats which I haven't really liked on anything else but work really well on the Mustang for me but I'm also looking for that vintage tone. Ymmv. Good luck.
It also took me a little while to bond with mine. Moving from a full scale pj with hottish squier pups (passive) there was quite a difference.
I also switched to Chrome flats which I haven't really liked on anything else but work really well on the Mustang for me but I'm also looking for that vintage tone. Ymmv. Good luck.
Sorry everyone for a brief hijack. This looks like an awesome solution, I was bouncing between a Bronco bass and the Mustang. Now that you added the Basslines, what do you think of how your Bronco sounds? Which Basslines pickup did you add? Is that a standard sized J bass bridge?
I really like the size, it would be great for travel and plunking in the living room but I was concerned about the pickup and build quality.
Now back to your normal broadcasting...
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I am thoroughly pleased with mine. I like the PU's and the tone control actually works well you can go from roundwound sound to more tamed hi end. Now I imagine if you put a tonestyler in you would get even more variations in tone. But I like mine the way it is!Sorry everyone for a brief hijack. This looks like an awesome solution, I was bouncing between a Bronco bass and the Mustang. Now that you added the Basslines, what do you think of how your Bronco sounds? Which Basslines pickup did you add? Is that a standard sized J bass bridge?
I really like the size, it would be great for travel and plunking in the living room but I was concerned about the pickup and build quality.
Now back to your normal broadcasting...
Id also replace the pickups if you're intent on keeping it. Curtis Novak can make whatever pickup sound you want essentially in a stock look for that bass.
Or there are plenty of other options - someone mentioned quarter pounders and I'll second them.
Or there are plenty of other options - someone mentioned quarter pounders and I'll second them.
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Sorry everyone for a brief hijack. This looks like an awesome solution, I was bouncing between a Bronco bass and the Mustang. Now that you added the Basslines, what do you think of how your Bronco sounds? Which Basslines pickup did you add? Is that a standard sized J bass bridge?
I really like the size, it would be great for travel and plunking in the living room but I was concerned about the pickup and build quality.
Now back to your normal broadcasting...
My niece is an aspiring (high-school jazz band) bass player. She is about 5' tall and this light entry level short-scale bass was the perfect starter bass for her. After confirming her devotion to further development, she got a Squier Jaguar so now she has a back-up bass. (P w/flats - Jag w/rounds) The Jag is fine as-is other than a good set-up, so I upgraded the Bronco. The SD pu is a SCPB-3n Quarter Pounder. It took a bit of finessing to fit in the orig pg but it is doable. I originally had it in a '51 RI P-bass - it's a very substantial sounding pu. I also installed a TBX tone pot and strung it with flats. The bridge is a standard Fender threaded saddle. I could play it at a live show and it wouldn't sound any different than any decent P-bass - seriously. She likes it better than her Jag - so the Jag is the back-up bass.
Thank you gentlemen! Great food for thought... looks like I might be buying a black Bronco bass...
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Her mom bought it and a nice Acoustic B10 amp at GC a couple of years ago. Over time the jack loosened and the (hot) wire twisted off - no output. They took it to the store (under warrantee) and instead of fixing it they gave her $200 credit - and the bass! So she got the Jag for free basically. Something to be said for inexpensive.
Judging by what Ive heard on different youtube videos of people sounding really good with these, I think you just have to find the right combination of strings and eq.
FWIW, I've been playing the long scale (G&L SB-2) most of the time. Mustang has an appointment to get new strings and a set up next Saturday. Not sure I will sink any more money into it at this point.
I had a 1966 Mustang Bass, and it blew away the MIJ reissue (which didn't even have the same neck dimensions). The pickup in the one I had sounded bigger than my '68 P-Bass!
Strings are the most important part of it. LaBella is one of the few companies out there that actually makes a full lineup of different gauges for short scales, and that's where you should start. I like 760FL-S as a starting point (they're flats). For the Mustang PJ, you get the regular short scale strings, you don't want the Mustang specific ones.
If you don't like it after a string change, it might be time to just try other basses. There's nothing about that particular bass that says you're forced to like it. If you like it mostly but just want a couple of things changed here and there, that's where new pickups can help.
If you don't like it after a string change, it might be time to just try other basses. There's nothing about that particular bass that says you're forced to like it. If you like it mostly but just want a couple of things changed here and there, that's where new pickups can help.
Well Harry I will put up my new Mustang against any long scale!
