My first shortscale.

The original shortscale guitars; Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, Musicmasters, Jaguars, Broncos, Jag-stang, Jagmaster, Super-Sonic, Cyclone, and Toronados.

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I have a surplus of holiday days since I work so hard so I might do a little tour at some point.
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James wrote:Cheers. It looks pretty close but the mustang one is perhaps a touch darker. Difficult to say though. Comparison at doogfest 3?
the bedroom light's right above it so it makes it look lighter i think. hurb might want to steal it back if it arrived at a meetup...
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stewart wrote:
James wrote:Cheers. It looks pretty close but the mustang one is perhaps a touch darker. Difficult to say though. Comparison at doogfest 3?
the bedroom light's right above it so it makes it look lighter i think. hurb might want to steal it back if it arrived at a meetup...
strong possibility haha :lol:
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Well done James, srsly, you deserve it. Will you gig her though?
Remember our convo about teh vintage mojo'z at doogfest ;)
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Fucking corking thread aswell James, a really fabulous post and bunch of pictures. You've inspired me to take some outdoors stuff of the Mustang if the weather is ok this weekend.
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That's just silly cheap.

Well done mate, looks like a nice guitar.
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Oh my god. Guitar porn. That's an amazing guitar, at an even more amazing price. Good find, James.
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stewart wrote:
James wrote:Cheers. It looks pretty close but the mustang one is perhaps a touch darker. Difficult to say though. Comparison at doogfest 3?
the bedroom light's right above it so it makes it look lighter i think. hurb might want to steal it back if it arrived at a meetup...
Take an outdoor pic tomorrow if you get a chance, and I'll do the same and copy the angle (or you copy mine if I get there first).
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Fran wrote:Well done James, srsly, you deserve it. Will you gig her though?
Remember our convo about teh vintage mojo'z at doogfest ;)
Cheers Fran. I'd love to be gigging this guitar but I need to get songs and a band sorted first. I'm fairly sure I remember talking to you about mojo existing and saying I was going to have to buy an old Fender at some point. Glad I've managed to do it only a month later.
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Damn thats nice! Reminds me of my old 64. RIP.
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James wrote:
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James wrote:Cheers. It looks pretty close but the mustang one is perhaps a touch darker. Difficult to say though. Comparison at doogfest 3?
the bedroom light's right above it so it makes it look lighter i think. hurb might want to steal it back if it arrived at a meetup...
Take an outdoor pic tomorrow if you get a chance, and I'll do the same and copy the angle (or you copy mine if I get there first).
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet. This is probly what my Mustang looked like when it was new. Your stangmaster is in such great condition, man. Robroes ftw, too, I hate staring at pole pieces for some reason... I hope you enjoy the fuck out of it.
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Good job, James. Thats about the same price the reissues go for there isn't it?
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rodvonbon wrote:Good job, James. Thats about the same price the reissues go for there isn't it?
Fairly close to half. Reissues go for £350-400 on a good day (i think)
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lovely guitar man!
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James wrote:
rodvonbon wrote:Good job, James. Thats about the same price the reissues go for there isn't it?
Fairly close to half. Reissues go for £350-400 on a good day (i think)
'69 RIs top out at £300-£50
'65s will fetch £400 if you're lucky.
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Have you spent much time with the Bassman and the Mustang? Do they love each other?

Pedal impressions?
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I only had an hour with it plugged in yesterday. The house is a bit too busy to rock out now but I'll be giving it a couple of hours tomorrow. It sounded good but I'm yet to get comfortable wih what it can do. The TBX tone pot seems more of a pain in the arse than something useful. Probably going to ditch it for a regular one.
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What does it even do anyway?
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Apparently stand for Tone Bass Cut (x). Instead of reducing treble like a normal tone control it can reduce the bass too. Should have a 'flat' notch in the middle, and uses a 500 K to 1 M pot that filters the high in one direction and low in the other.