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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:26 pm
by mezzio13
robroe wrote:mezzio13 wrote:robroe wrote:
where foo????
At the X. Twin Village isn't going to even order them for a few weeks, and Jackson didn't have blue.
I asked kimbo at twinvillage and she said fuckin november
what exact models does theX have? broefest roadtrip
The new VM anything was in the back still not out yet. She brought out a CAR and SB. They still have a 2TS and Butterscotch VM Jazzy of the last series. Had a LPB & CAR pawnshop Mustang, and some misc Strat/Tele stuff. More also, just didn't have time to look.
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:42 pm
by plaidbeer
I got to check out the JM today at a local shop. They had the sonic blue and the olympic white. They didn't know when the Mustang and Jaguar were coming in, but they're on order there. The tort on the olympic white is really awful, at least to me. Both JMs felt fairly solid and seem well-built. The pickup selector could probably be replaced. Didn't play it through an amp much as it just wouldn't stay in tune. I think I'm holding off until the Mustang comes in so that I can check it out. The JM's body seemed huge to me after playing a Tele for the last few months.
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:01 am
by cobascis
Played the surf green jag today -- it looked and felt stellar. Trem arm slot looked at a bad angle like there was too much stress on it. Tiny strings , though. I'll be buying one of these when I recover from vast Coronado debt.
Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 1:13 pm
by h8mtv
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:19 am
by robroe
Al and I both played at THE X, in buffalo today:
i took my 99 AVRI FRD JAG to A/B things
squier JM SBL and CAR. SBL rolleys were so low they were below the fucking pickguard. CAR rolleys were normal. wtf?
squier SURF STRAT in SFG
squier hard tail jags both colors with double circley pots
fuck its hot
ummm
FENDER JAGUARILO THEY SHOULD NAME IT THE FUCKING RADALARIOO. it was as heavy as my jag (stupid heavy)
every other lower line jaguar that fender makes was on the wall.
the shop was silly, they had about 12 guitars we like and 2 strats.
2 STRATS !!!!! ive never seen anything like it.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 2:04 am
by plaidbeer
robroe wrote:Al and I both played at THE X, in buffalo today:
i took my 99 AVRI FRD JAG to A/B things
squier JM SBL and CAR. SBL rolleys were so low they were below the fucking pickguard. CAR rolleys were normal. wtf?
squier SURF STRAT in SFG
squier hard tail jags both colors with double circley pots
fuck its hot
ummm
FENDER JAGUARILO THEY SHOULD NAME IT THE FUCKING RADALARIOO. it was as heavy as my jag (stupid heavy)
every other lower line jaguar that fender makes was on the wall.
the shop was silly, they had about 12 guitars we like and 2 strats.
2 STRATS !!!!! ive never seen anything like it.
How was the Surf Strat?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:07 am
by TommyOD
I started trawling through the topic to no avail, so I guess I'll just ask:
Anyone out there who's bought the Mustang that can tell me more about the pickups? People seem to be liking them enough when they try/buy them, but I'm wondering if people are finding them weak, or a bit rubbish after a while? I've never been a big fan of Duncan Designed pickups.
It's the only thing holding me back on seriously looking at buying one.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:19 am
by Noisy Cat
TommyOD wrote:I started trawling through the topic to no avail, so I guess I'll just ask:
Anyone out there who's bought the Mustang that can tell me more about the pickups? People seem to be liking them enough when they try/buy them, but I'm wondering if people are finding them weak, or a bit rubbish after a while? I've never been a big fan of Duncan Designed pickups.
It's the only thing holding me back on seriously looking at buying one.
Mustang pups are supposed to be weak.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:32 am
by Fran
Yeah, you described all Mustang pups there, although im sure a few will disagree. Squier usually do a good job on their pups and lets face it, they cant be worse than the ones fitted in 69RI's.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:15 pm
by TommyOD
Fran wrote:Yeah, you described all Mustang pups there, although im sure a few will disagree. Squier usually do a good job on their pups and lets face it, they cant be worse than the ones fitted in 69RI's.
Noisy Cat wrote:Mustang pups are supposed to be weak.
Ah okay, my mistake there. Previous experience of bad duncan designed pickups was clouding my view.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:05 pm
by weeping_moon
TommyOD wrote:Fran wrote:Yeah, you described all Mustang pups there, although im sure a few will disagree. Squier usually do a good job on their pups and lets face it, they cant be worse than the ones fitted in 69RI's.
Noisy Cat wrote:Mustang pups are supposed to be weak.
Ah okay, my mistake there. Previous experience of bad duncan designed pickups was clouding my view.
Mustang pickups are weak sounding. Not for rock or heavy playing. Maybe for surf or blues and clean chords. I changed them to dimarzios humbuckers in single-coil format.
My original pickups were around 3.3 ohm so i would say they are around 6.4 the duncan designed a little hotter than the original.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:06 pm
by weeping_moon
TommyOD wrote:Fran wrote:Yeah, you described all Mustang pups there, although im sure a few will disagree. Squier usually do a good job on their pups and lets face it, they cant be worse than the ones fitted in 69RI's.
Noisy Cat wrote:Mustang pups are supposed to be weak.
Ah okay, my mistake there. Previous experience of bad duncan designed pickups was clouding my view.
Mustang pickups are weak sounding. Not for rock or heavy playing. Maybe for surf or blues and clean chords. I changed them to dimarzios humbuckers in single-coil format.
My original pickups were around 3.3 ohm so i would say they are around 6.4 the duncan designed a little hotter than the original.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:16 pm
by laterallateral
Meh. With the right pedals and amp settings, I can make stock mustang pickups sound like whatever I want.
Getting twang out of a super distortion, however... not quite as easy.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:31 pm
by weeping_moon
laterallateral wrote:Meh. With the right pedals and amp settings, I can make stock mustang pickups sound like whatever I want.
Getting twang out of a super distortion, however... not quite as easy.
Right! Seymour duncan pickup booster does that job well. And even the Boss eqalizer pedal with a little delay and reverb can do it nicley. But if you want it to sound good from only having the guitar plugged in the amp you have to change the pups.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:35 pm
by Fran
laterallateral wrote:Meh. With the right pedals and amp settings, I can make stock mustang pickups sound like whatever I want.
What, in your bedroom with your Line 6 pod?
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:49 pm
by laterallateral
No, but with some of the things that PODs emulate, though? Yes.
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:54 pm
by Fran
laterallateral wrote:No, but with some of the things that PODs emulate, though? Yes.
You are a better man than I then.
Do an demo, do Sabbath riffz!!
Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:56 pm
by weeping_moon
Fran wrote:laterallat
eral wrote:No, but with some of the things that PODs emulate, though? Yes.
You are a better man than I then.
Do an demo, do Sabbath riffz!!
Or For the love of god with Steve Vai.
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:36 am
by cobascis
I regularly put my 65RI through fuzz and distortion to great effect. At least i think it is great effect.
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:01 am
by Noisy Cat
cobascis wrote:I regularly put my 65RI through fuzz and distortion to great effect. At least i think it is great effect.
Me too and it sounds fine, but the high-output humbuckers on my Super-Sonic sound way better for that kind of stuff. The Stang is best for clean/moderate gain soundz.