Cool MIJ Mustang

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:01 pm

New model for 2011

nyck · Post by **nyck** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:08 pm

the whammy bar on that one looks really bent. Are all mustang bars like that?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:45 am

lel @ whammy bar

also, is that a super distortion in the bridge? where are the specs on this thing? and why no contours

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:04 am

no contours because its a 65RI (or MG65 in japan) with a humbucker in it.

65RI's are slab bodies, 69RI's are contoured

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:06 am

Yep. Those are badass.

Post by **dots** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:25 am

so it's a jagstang with the bridge pickup properly mounted so it doesn't get super bassy. those guitars would have sold way better if they'd set them up this way.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:44 am

robroe wrote:no contours because its a 65RI (or MG65 in japan) with a humbucker in it.

65RI's are slab bodies, 69RI's are contoured

no shit

WHY THE FUCK IS IT A SLAB BODY

i guess is my question.

Post by **dots** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:49 am

pens is into those slabs, but i think i prefer the contours myself as well.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:08 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
robroe wrote:no contours because its a 65RI (or MG65 in japan) with a humbucker in it.

65RI's are slab bodies, 69RI's are contoured
no shit

WHY THE FUCK IS IT A SLAB BODY

i guess is my question.

It is a special order made for a japanese retail store: HMG65/DBL(Daphne Blue)

Post by **dots** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:38 am

you ever thought about how many of these things japan has to sell to keep making them? and who are their biggest customers? are japanese rock stars playing shrtsacles in greater numbers than the states, or the world? i'm actually curious about this because it seems if there was a market, fender corporate would invest more in it. . .

hendrix1234 · Post by **hendrix1234** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:45 pm

i wonder why they dont make new guards for them? they just route the original one for a humbucker so theres extra holes.

idk about everyone else but if your buying a new guitar you would probly prefer it didnt have the old single coil holes.

i mean it wouldnt really bother me them being there but still.

i think they do the same thing for the "cobain" models but with a tunomatic also

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 1:48 pm

i dunno i prefer the slab bodies to the contours myself

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:45 pm

not to be racey, but japanese dudes are pretty small and might prefer a wee guitar for comfort

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:56 pm

IIRC Mustangs popularity in Japan is what made Fender reissue them in the first place in the 80s

Lucamo · Post by **Lucamo** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:59 pm

I fucking LOEV fender japan. It is not fair. It doesn't help me unhealthy obsession with japan at all.

I love the country silly, and they happen to magically love MUSTANGS AND REISSUE THEM LIKE EVERYDAY. I must live there.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:03 pm

They hate foreigners, dude.

I hate Fender for not letting us just fucking import Japan stuff. Back when they could export them, the prices were a lot lower because they could sell more of them. Now, demand is still huge, but the supply is cut back, so the prices are higher.

Especially when Fender does not produce the same goddamn products here.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:08 pm

hendrix1234 wrote:i wonder why they dont make new guards for them? they just route the original one for a humbucker so theres extra holes.

Maybe it is the japanese version of a "pawn shop" guitar. The bridge pickup is a DiMarzio DP-100.

Here is another cool Mustang from Japan

MG69/CO/CPO(Capri Orange!)

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:06 pm

mustang's are smaller and thinner than other fenders and the edge routing is very round. it's fine if they are contoured but it's not like an imperative. they will be very comfortable guitars with or without contouring.

...and yes, fender japan reissued them starting in the 80s. they haven't made them in america since the company was bought from CBS. I think fender japan is making all the mustang models recently because they must be getting squished by fender america entering the japanese market. the only thing they can really beat them at is mustang's because fender america doesn't make them.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:28 pm

Mages wrote:mustang's are smaller and thinner than other fenders and the edge routing is very round. it's fine if they are contoured but it's not like an imperative. they will be very comfortable guitars with or without contouring.

+ five billion

Complaining a Mustang doesn't have contours is like complaining there's no weed on the space shuttle.

BoringPostcards · Post by **BoringPostcards** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:30 pm

paul_ wrote:Complaining a Mustang doesn't have contours is like complaining there's no weed on the space shuttle.