New? Japanese Mustangs

Leather Jacket · Post by **Leather Jacket** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:06 pm

Was poking around the ikebe-gakki website looking at guitars I'll never own and came across these two models. Pretty cool to see Fender making a 3 pickup Mustang.

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/ec/pro/disp/1/137803

And there's this too.....

http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/ec/pro/disp/1/99589?sFlg=0

George · Post by **George** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:09 pm

lovely. but they need to start putting jag trems on them. FOR REALZ.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:30 pm

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:07 pm

George wrote:lovely. but they need to start putting jag trems on them. FOR REALZ.

Yes. I have seen them on sale in Japan not long ago but they're all copies/clones so I'm not sure how the quality compares to a genuine fender. Bacchus make some really nice gear - I've been lusting after their bass guitars for ages - but despite doing some Mustang-ish models they all have Mustang trems. If I remember which brand it was I'll get back to you on it.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:44 pm

the top one makes me think of thurstons 3 pickup mustang. i have seen the bottom one before tho.

xxhoixx · Post by **xxhoixx** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:08 pm

What type of neck pickup is on the white Mustang?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:23 pm

xxhoixx wrote:What type of neck pickup is on the white Mustang?

Assuming you mean the second white one, and have seen Strat pickups before...Seymour Duncan Mini Humbucker

xxhoixx · Post by **xxhoixx** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:27 pm

Oops...good point...I did mean the 2nd one. I glanced past the 1st one, which I think looks hideous with 3 single coils. Thanks for the info.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:34 pm

Slide switches and 3-way... makes absolutely no sense. I hate it.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:16 pm

Second one is a perverse Ramonesey franken-wank. First one has redundant switches.

Hack jobs.