New US made Fender Mustang from the American Facepalm series

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:59 pm

Really Fender? A new American made Mustang for the Les Paul fanatic? Why can't you just make what we want instead of what you think Gibson fans want? Hopefully this is a hoax.

LANK

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:10 pm

i like it.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:10 pm

Looks like there's also an American Special Jazzmaster. At least it looks like it has proper Jazzmaster pickups instead of hambackers, so it's not pointless. But it has a tuneomatic and stop tail piece. If a modern player Jazzmaster can have a proper trem, why can't an American made Jazzmaster have one?

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George · Post by **George** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:11 pm

put a jag trem on it

then burn it anyway

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:13 pm

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:19 pm

spirograph wrote:i like it.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:23 pm

My hyperbole aside, I'm sure they're both great guitars. I just don't understand why they would take a unique guitar like the mustang and turn it into an HH/tuneomatic guitar, which are as ubiquitous and as common as strats and teles. I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of people and sell well, but wouldn't they sell more of them if they had mustang pickups, in order to be able to actually sound like a mustang? I'm not saying they shouldn't sell these, but it just feels like a big cock tease when they release a model like this but then don't release one with single coils, phase switches, and a mustang trem.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:33 pm

i suppose they reckon the current japanese models have that market sewn up.

they really should do one with a jag trem though, they're missing a trick.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:06 pm

The tailpiece doesn't work at all on the stang. The Jazzmaster is the wrong side of borderline...

blane · Post by **blane** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:19 pm

Most people almost make those exact changes to the mustang. Lock down the tail and replace the bridge with a tom. It just loses the big metal aesthetic.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:39 am

duosonic · Post by **duosonic** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:09 am

I like it.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:24 pm

I really like it.

thickarms · Post by **thickarms** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:40 pm

this is THE ONE for me

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:27 pm

Looks pretty classy to me... and if I ever require a more Gibsonish sound then at least I don't have to buy a Gibson. Love the tort on black

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:21 pm

This guitar won't sound or feel anything like a Gibson, let's be honest.

Post by **dots** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:39 pm

stewart wrote:
spirograph wrote:i like it.

Post by **dots** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:39 pm

paul_ wrote:This guitar won't sound or feel anything like a Gibson, let's be honest.

plus this.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:00 am

Does Fender even match the bridge/fingerboard radius? I am not aware of any 9.5" radius TOM's, but I am probably wrong...

blane · Post by **blane** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:09 am

There is one on eBay right now. Black & tort.

Fender american special mustang.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem ... 1324618573