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i was browsing thru some of the newer fenders and i can't be certain, but the pawn shop mustang looks..... different. i mean the body looks more offset, and the bottom butt looks more jag esque, are my eyes playing tricks on me or is this so? i actually dig it more than the normal looking mustang, except that godamned bridge.

You're right on all counts, there was a whole thread on them somewhere... as far as I'm led to believe they're now made in Mexico rather than Japan.

Also, what looks like widerange pickups are standard humbuckers...

It has got a different body shape to a normal Mustang. I've got one and really like it but I know some people didn't like the different shape.

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DanHeron wrote:Ok, this looks wrong but I lined all the parts up. It can't be this small surely..

i really like the body, its wierd that its that much smaller, thats a good few inches shaved righ off the back.
damn. i kinda hate playing the guitar these days, and i don't have any fucking money, but shit man, if i had a couple hundered to blow i would totally grab it and put a mustang trem on that fucker.
it just looks right to me. im not really sure if it would still look right with the mustang trem tho.
everything about it kicks ass in my eyes, except the bridge and wonky decal

Someone on here put one of these on it... I think it's the best choice.

Fender missed out:

So much better balanced aesthetically

fender kinda screwed the pooch with that bridge and guard mixup. but, hey, at least they tried, and what the fuck is with the switches?
i suppose i could just google it, but in reality its better to get a ss.org opinion.

Toggle switch selects pickups, slider switches do splits for their respective pickups. The positions are neck coil/full pup/bridge coil. Sounds good too.

The switching's cool. You can get loads of different tones out of it. Fifteen in fact.

The bridge Owen posted does look much better than the stock one though.

They are awesome but the bridge is such a waste

the switches are very cool. With the sliders you can do some presets and with the toggle you can easily change your sound. great player.

I had one that I had to return because the "gibson" switch was crackling (hidden shipping damage), and while I felt it was an extremely well built, high quality, excellent sounding, and beautiful instrument, it was just too small and didnt "fight back" enough. I don't know which hardshell case it would fit in properly, due to its smaller ass.

I thought about getting one of these, but there was always something putting me off. I think this is it. The old shape is so much nicer.

god its so tiny

I really love these guitars. I played one in LPB, and adored it. The colour was gorgeous, and it played phenomenally well; really comfortable body and neck. The pickups, I was skeptical of to start, but they sound really good, as full humbuckers, and when split... plus the two coils in each pickup actually sound different.

The only two complaints I have with these guys are 1) the strat bridge (it should have been the fitted Toronado/DuoII style, or a Mustang Trem), and 2) no out of phase switching option. Both are forgivable, and the first is easily remedied.

I had one in LPB but traded it away. Only guitar I've traded away that I still miss, and which that I still had.

Small, light, and versatile as all hell with all of the coil splitting options

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DanHeron wrote:Ok, this looks wrong but I lined all the parts up. It can't be this small surely..

Whoa! Didn't know about that size difference. Thought it was the same size as an original Mustang.

Ankhanu wrote:
The only two complaints I have with these guys are 1) the strat bridge (it should have been the fitted Toronado/DuoII style, or a Mustang Trem), and 2) no out of phase switching option. Both are forgivable, and the first is easily remedied.

It's not all that hard to put in a phase / polarity switch either. If I had one, I'd probably install it into a push / pull DPDT switch on the tone pot.

In general, I agree with the rest of your thoughts on the model. Definitely needs a Toronado or Duo Sonic II bridge... my only other real complaint is the fake WRHB. I'd probably have someone convert them as closely as I could get them to the real WRHB specs, but in the smaller package.

IIRC, putting the toronado bridge on was not a completely trivial matter, there was more to it than just using a screwdriver. Which right there puts it beyond my personal capabilities, sad to say.

It's curious that they changed the shape, particularly given that they had the original shape dialed in already. Not that I'd notice the difference, unless somebody put two guitars next to each other. But I wonder why they did it. Save $1 per guitar on wood cost? Good point about finding a case to fit it, too.

I still haven't tried one of these but I would really like to.

Given that an original WRHB is not around, to me what would be more germane is whether the pickups they do have on it now sound good. [And also how easy it is to change them out; do I recall correctly that Fender guitars have a different string spacing that impacts humbucker selection?]

Phil O'Keefe wrote:my only other real complaint is the fake WRHB. I'd probably have someone convert them as closely as I could get them to the real WRHB specs, but in the smaller package.

hmmm, these pickups are better for splitting than WRHBs I think. I don't think they are really supposed to be fake WRHBs, they just have a similar look (I don't know why more fender humbuckers don't actually). these pickups seem to be thoughtfully chosen for this guitar, they an output level that works well when split all the different ways.


personally never liked the body shape of the guitar. seems ridiculously small to me. mustang's are already small, why would you want a smaller one? although I'm not exactly a small person so take that how you will. I guess maybe I can see how some petite people might appreciate a guitar of this size.