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I got this Mustang yesterday and I have a few questions. How does the phase switching work? Also The tremelo arm that can with it is kinda loose. Is that right? what do you use to keep it in place?

When both switches are in an on position, but on different sides of the off position, they're out of phase; on the same side of the off position, they're in phase.
Trem arm can be snugged up with the tension screw in the socket (I think).

Ok,thanks! I should know that but it has been about 5 years since I last owned a Mustang.

There is a tension screw in the tube. As far as the switching goes on the KC Mustang, the HB switch is only on/off/on so you only have one out of phase setting rather than two.

I don't know if other people's KC Mustangs are the same way but the bridge pickup on mine went On-Off-On, and only the neck switched phase.

Could be something to do with the fact it's a bridge humbucker rather than single coil.

That shouldn't matter. It's a standard 4-conductor JB in there, if they wanted phasing, it should have been easy.

westtexasred wrote:

The Honky-stang.... so sad I didn't have the cash when you sold that.

Yes,The Whitie Westlake Signature Model

Carson Vester,J.D. Pinkus and Lance Farley circa 1997

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Did you get a good deal on this one? I just saw one new for $850 in San Francisco.

I think that Mustang is brilliant. I love that.

westtexasred wrote:I got this Mustang yesterday and I have a few questions. How does the phase switching work? Also The tremelo arm that can with it is kinda loose. Is that right? what do you use to keep it in place?

I got a couple of Allen keys with my KC, and there's a wee grub screw in the tremolo bit as someone already mentioned.
The best thing to do with the term arm is leave it in your case!

Also just noticed that Guild! Starfire?
Nice! I also have a healthy interest in the old Guilds! Currently have an S-70, S-90 and S-100, all 70's models.
Sorry for the OT....

THIS THREAD IS NOW ABOUT THAT GUILD. IT'S THE PERFECT GUITAR.

theshadowofseattle wrote:THIS THREAD IS NOW ABOUT THAT GUILD. IT'S THE PERFECT GUITAR.

Yep the guild is certainly the dogs tits

honeyiscool wrote:I don't know if other people's KC Mustangs are the same way but the bridge pickup on mine went On-Off-On, and only the neck switched phase.

They're all standard mustang switches aren't they? Two on-off-on switches.Both on, and in the same direction is in phase. Opposite direction is out of phase?

No, on a normal Mustang, both switches are phase switching. On a KC Mustang, the bridge switch is not. It's annoying because then you have to remember which direction on the neck switch is in phase.

Sorry, I'm lost. What do you mean?

Later Jag-Stangs were like that (like mine from '98, not just the "reissue" run). They probably used the same wiring diagram for the KC Stang. Earlier Jag-Stangs were wired identically to Mustangs.

DasBeef wrote:Sorry, I'm lost. What do you mean?

The bridge switch goes On-Off-On, and both On positions have the same phase. The neck pickup switch works like a normal Mustang, with On-Off-On, where the On positions are of opposite phase. So that means unlike on a Mustang, where out of phase is where the pickup switches are facing different directions, you have to remember, which direction on the neck switch is in phase w/ the bridge pickup. Annoying.