Pawn Shop Stang worth getting?

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:33 pm

I am going down to Daytona Beach this year and there is a cool guitar shop down there that always has amazing deals and maybe they will have the cheaper pawnshop mustangs by that time. They sent me a picture of a lake placid blue one they have.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 2:48 pm

The build quality is apparently up there with all Japanese Fenders (i.e. excellent) so for a good price, yes.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:00 pm

I picked up one of the discontinued Japanese ones in LPB last week. It was being cleared out cheap. It's a really nice guitar. As George says, build quality is excellent. Really nice to play and it's got a good range of tones. Could be the honeymoon period but I'm really liking it at the moment.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:07 pm

BearBoy wrote:I picked up one of the discontinued Japanese ones in LPB last week. It was being cleared out cheap. It's a really nice guitar. As George says, build quality is excellent. Really nice to play and it's got a good range of tones. Could be the honeymoon period but I'm really liking it at the moment.

How much did you pick it up for?

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:10 pm

What's the cheap US pricing looking like?

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:10 pm

'Twas Â£529 with a free gig bag. Which, as it comes with a gig bag, meant I got two Fender deluxe gig bags

Bear in mind that guitars tend to be more expensive over here compared to the US though. The newer Mexican PS Mustangs are going for about Â£610 over here.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:13 pm

BearBoy wrote:'Twas Â£529 with a free gig bag. Which, as it comes with a gig bag, meant I got two Fender deluxe gig bags

Bear in mind that guitars tend to me more expensive over here compared to the US though. The newer Mexican PS Mustangs are going for about Â£610 over here.

Ok cool and yeah I have so many of those bags lol.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 3:23 pm

BearBoy wrote:Bear in mind that guitars tend to be more expensive over here compared to the US though

Not just UK. All over Europe. I looked at the second hand listings while I was in Spain and Gibraltar in hopes of coming home with an odd Framus or Italia guitar; or even an MIJ Fender. They were there, and available... but stupid expensive.

I ended up buying a modded Avril Lavigne tele in Madrid for 140â‚¬ which I flipped two days later in Gibraltar for Â£150. Almost a $50 profit after I did the conversion math.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:16 pm

Aside from the bridge choice (and lack of out-of-phases), the Pawnshop Mustang is an incredible guitar. Build quality seems pretty tight, the neck feels really good, and the pickups sound pretty sweet, both as humbuckers and with the individual coil splits. Something that really surprised me is that the inner and outer coils of the individual humbuckers DO sound different... and they're almost real single-coily in sound too!

If you can get one on the cheap, I'd say go for it!

Cymbaline · Post by **Cymbaline** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:29 pm

I had one that was slightly damaged during shipping so I had to send it back, and it broke my heart to part with it. TEH KURDTZ was released shortly thereafter and I HAD to have that one, but the Pawn Shop is just a gorgeous lovely little guitar and extremely high quality and extremely unique in its tonal controls and it will be the next electric guitar that I buy. There are other toys on my list first though

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:11 pm

Ankhanu wrote:Aside from the bridge choice (and lack of out-of-phases), the Pawnshop Mustang is an incredible guitar. Build quality seems pretty tight, the neck feels really good, and the pickups sound pretty sweet, both as humbuckers and with the individual coil splits. Something that really surprised me is that the inner and outer coils of the individual humbuckers DO sound different... and they're almost real single-coily in sound too!

If you can get one on the cheap, I'd say go for it!

It's one of the only coil taped/split guitars that actually sounds good in the split positions. Best Buy still carries them and they feel nice, even with 9.5" radius. I would love to get one down the road.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:43 pm

I wish it didn't have the tiny body...

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:28 pm

I had an idea a while back to transfer the pickups and switches to a Jag-stang or normal size Mustang. Still might.

dren68 · Post by **dren68** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:07 am

HNB wrote:I wish it didn't have the tiny body...

taylornutt wrote:I had an idea a while back to transfer the pickups and switches to a Jag-stang or normal size Mustang. Still might.

Wait... is it not a normal sized Mustang body?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:35 am

naa its all weird shape

dren68 · Post by **dren68** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:41 am

Weird. I guess I never noticed for some reason. Maybe that's why I didn't like the way it looked when I first saw it... I don't know. If they had put a toronado bridge on it, it would probably look 100x better.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:47 am

Easiest way to see the difference is the volume plate. Look at the lower part of the body on a special vs normal mustang and you will see the size difference.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:42 am

dren68 wrote:Weird. I guess I never noticed for some reason. Maybe that's why I didn't like the way it looked when I first saw it... I don't know. If they had put a toronado bridge on it, it would probably look 100x better.

We had someone on the forum do that very thing and it looked awesome. You end up drilling a couple more holes, but it all lines up really nice.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:05 am

taylornutt wrote:
dren68 wrote:Weird. I guess I never noticed for some reason. Maybe that's why I didn't like the way it looked when I first saw it... I don't know. If they had put a toronado bridge on it, it would probably look 100x better.
We had someone on the forum do that very thing and it looked awesome. You end up drilling a couple more holes, but it all lines up really nice.

Yup, it was in my thread about modding these with a Mustang tremolo; it was Holy Schnikes:

Absolutely beautiful choice.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:08 am

I wonder if you could do the same thing with this bridge:

http://angela.com/fendermusicmaster6sad ... rules.aspx

It's the bridge they used on the Squier Musicmaster I believe.