New US made Fender Mustang from the American Facepalm series

[James J]

I'd play it. Although it won't sound like a Les Paul, it would still sound and play good. More than likely it's the same stop piece and TOM from the Japan Jag HH Special(Gotoh). Would be a great player for me.

[dots]

yep, would like to at least check one out.

[astro]

I could live with the pickups on the Mustang. I think what really bugs me about it is the tuneomatic setup.

I think I would be interested in the Mustang if it at least had a toronado bridge. The Gibson bridge/tailpiece just looks out of place on a fender. Even the rectangular strat hard tail bridge would look better. Besides, the Fender bridges tend to allow individual string height adjustment, which would let you match the bridge radius to the fretboard. As far as I know, adjustomatic bridges are just standard TOM's with a 12" radius. Hopefully they'll make me happy by making a version with a proper mustang trem. Or maybe reissue the 70’s musicmaster. In the mean time, I'll keep wishing.

[BoringPostcards]

That mustang would be nice with a stetsbar or a bigsby on it. That's about the only good thing about the TOM/Stop tailpiece.
Jazzmaster looks wrong without the trem. Throws the entire aesthetic off. Not as noticeable with the mustang.

[cur]

Fuck it, they should just install a sustainer pickup to the originals and see what kind of craziness they can make come true.

[Lee Van Leer]

...the troublesome trem. Fed up w/ the operational HUM, I'm about to install one loud blade humbucker like DMZ X2N, Ibz V5 or GFS equivalent.
Result: rockin' hard w/ Short Scale! Think I'll build a spare, too -- same mods, different color body. :D

[GHOSTLYxSTRAT]

I don't mind the humbuckers and the 3 way switch but personally don't like the fact it doesn't have that weird trem lol actually like mustang trems thats one of the things I really liked about my mustang

[blane]

[h8mtv]

I don't know why this isn't the standard. It was easy.



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[weeping_moon]

I dont mind these. In fact if they are cheap im gonna get one and replace the pickups!
But i think these are just special built for special customers!

[bigsby'd]

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.

Exactly.

[Fran]

"Facepalm Series"

[BearBoy]

They're up on the Fender website now:



No picture of the black one yet but they seem to be in the process of updating stuff so suspect it'll be there soon.

Specs:

Model Name: American Special Mustang®, Rosewood Fingerboard, Black
Model Number: 0114200306
Series: American Special
Color: Black

Body

Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Urethane
Body Shape: Mustang®

Neck

Neck Material: Maple
Neck Finish: Gloss Polyester
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Scale Length: 24" (610 mm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Jumbo
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Position Inlays: White Dot
Truss Rods: Standard
Neck Plate: 4-Bolt

Electronics

Bridge Pickup: Atomicâ„¢ Humbucking
Neck Pickup: Atomicâ„¢ Humbucking
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: HH
Special Electronics: Push/Pull Coil Selector Switch on Volume Control, Selects Inner-Coil of Neck Pickup and Outer-Coil of Bridge Pickup

Hardware

Bridge: Adjusto-Maticâ„¢ with Anchored Tailpiece
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Tuning Machines: Standard Cast/Sealed
Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell
Control Knobs: Vintage Style Black Plastic Jazz Bass®

Miscellaneous

Strings: Fender® USA 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)

[BearBoy]

Here's one of the Jazzmasters from the same series:



No pics of the Sunburst one yet.

There are also supposed to be some Silverface reissues on the way but they're not on the website as yet.

[avj]

Bridge Pickup: Jazzmaster® Special Humbucking
Neck Pickup: Jazzmaster® Special Humbucking
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: HH

Must be the same crap they put in the bridge of the Pawn Shop Bass VI.

[weeping_moon]

Holy COW!!!! They are releasing it!!!

[astro]

Bridge Pickup: Jazzmaster® Special Humbucking
Neck Pickup: Jazzmaster® Special Humbucking
Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: HH

Must be the same crap they put in the bridge of the Pawn Shop Bass VI.

So disappointed that they're not standard Jazzmaster pickups. These days I generally prefer single coils, even with heavy distortion. I know lots of people love hambackers, and I don't have an issue with that. But why does Fender, a company famous for its single coil guitars, only want to cater to the hambackers crowd with these models? Why can't fender just release versions with single coils in addition to the hambackers version?

Looks wise, they're growing on me. They actually look cool in the Fender promo pics, and from the eBay pic I was worried the Mustang had black hardware but that's not the case. it would also be nice if the modern Fender colour palette expanded beyond black and sunburst, too.

[Awstin]

I don't know why this isn't the standard. It was easy.



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Genius.

[Awstin]

They're up on the Fender website now:

This one is pretty cool. I just wish they cut the guard for the bridge nicer. And it wouldn't be hard to slap a mustang vibrato on there

[Awstin]

Here's one of the Jazzmasters from the same series:


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That toggle placement is stupid. It's what I really hated about the original vm jags/jazz's I would always bump it. It should be in the same pace as a jazz is. and it is just completely off centered to begin with it. Ekkk.