New Squier Mustang Bass

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 6:27 pm

sexy

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:55 am

brainfur wrote:Guitard Center

lel

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:12 am

i gave up and bought a new squier CV jazz bass in white with a really nice neck and turtle PG

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:35 pm

Got mine today. Had only half an hour to check. But feels and looks cool

Just some fast cellphoneshots...

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:21 pm

jagsonic wrote:Got mine today. Had only half an hour to check. But feels and looks cool

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make a DEMO VIDEO

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:16 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i want to know if one of those shortscale squier jaguar necks with that rozewould will fit on this mustnag?

Jag necks are of different dimension, unfortunately.

I'm sure you can make them fit.

Anyway, I bet these sound exactly like the Fender version, since they have exactly the same pickups.

Wanna hear the sucker sing? Put an Aero pickup in it!

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 10:36 pm

fender mustangs have "duncan designed" pickups?

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:52 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:fender mustangs have "duncan designed" pickups?

Yes, they do. They don't advertise it on the Fender website but on the Japan one they do:

http://www.fenderjapan.co.jp/mb-sd.html

PICKUPS： DUNCAN DESIGNED MBx1

The pickup isn't bad or anything but like most Fender Japan offerings, it's just not very excellent. A little bit of dough spent on a quality replacement (of which Aero is pretty much your only option) really makes it sing, adds that oomph. It does remove the tinniness of the bass that some people associate with short scale basses for some reason, and replaces it with a much more of a P-bass sound. That and a quality set of strings and the Mustang Bass has great tone for miles.

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:39 am

My main problem is that the bastards are making the customer pay around 800$ to get a Fender Mustang Bass- with a bloody Duncan Designed. Luckily I didn't know that at the time I got mine (not that I would have not bought it) since I had serious GAS-itis. But, since Squier rules, nowadays you can just get their version with cooler colours.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:22 pm

Yeah but you can get the sucker used for under $500 all the time, and that neck is a joy to play.

And it's not like it's a ripoff. The RI Mustang Bass's body and neck are still beyond reproach. Don't get me wrong, the Squier short scale neck is great, and unlike half the people on this site, I love the satin maple finish, and the neck is great to play on, but the RI Mustang Bass neck has that unique profile (thinner, 7.25" radius), and it's a better neck than any vintage Mustang Bass neck I've ever tried, and it really nails the feel of a Mustang in a way that no meaty 9.5" radius neck can.

As for pickups, I haven't met a single stock Japanese or Mexican Fender that didn't better pickups. In any case, I spent $450 on my Mustang Bass, $150 on the pickup, so $600 was a fair price to pay for all that.

finjam · Post by **finjam** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:03 am

sorry for resurrecting an old post!

I finally broke down and got one of these cause they were on sale last month, a sunburst one.

unfortunately it's not really doing it for me, the frets are rough and tearing up my hand and it sounds just alright i guess. love the way it looks though. never played a real one so I don't have a basis for comparison either.

my question is, for $250 is it worth it to return it? (AMS, 45 day return) OR will this bass be discontinued soon and actually gain value in the coming years? I wonder that cause I never saw it at a store and it is never listed as available at any GC's in the SF bay area. I know it's hard to say but maybe someone understands what I'm talking about and has some insight.
thanks!

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:18 pm

First of all, welcome to shortscale!

Second, if a thread is old, you can start your own.

Third, I think you can return it and ask for a different one if the frets are that bad.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:27 pm

daftsupernova wrote:First of all, welcome to shortscale!

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Third, I think you can return it and ask for a different one if the frets are that bad.

Welcome.
Yeah, if you like the bass, but the frets are bad, well, quality control on these budget models isn't always great... you may have gotten a dud. The Squier Mustang I played was built well... but there's variety. If you don't like how it sounds, there aren't a lot of options for Mustang sized pickups, which might limit your pickup choices if you don't want to modify the body/pickguard. Something to think about.

I don't get the sense that these basses are going to greatly increase in collector value (but who's to say), so I wouldn't hold on to it banking on that alone. If it were a vintage Fender, on the other hand...

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:59 pm

Haze wrote:
citizens_X wrote: when i first started playing guitar the jagmaster was the only offset that squier offered and the only offset bass you could get from them was the bronco.
Ever seen a jazz bass?

lol, yeah.

Jazz Bass = Jazzmaster bass

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:38 am

Fretwork on Squier basses can be hit-or-miss. The Bronco bass I tried out at Sam Ash had fret ends you could grate cheese on, although I loved the neck otherwise. The one I later ended up buying was fine. If you like the feel of the bass otherwise, talk to a tech about what it would cost to get the frets dressed.

New Squier Mustang Bass

to return or no?