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New US made Fender Mustang from the American Facepalm series
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:59 pm
by astro
Really Fender? A new American made Mustang for the Les Paul fanatic? Why can't you just make what we want instead of what you think Gibson fans want? Hopefully this is a hoax.
LANK
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:10 pm
by spirograph
i like it.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:10 pm
by astro
Looks like there's also an American Special Jazzmaster. At least it looks like it has proper Jazzmaster pickups instead of hambackers, so it's not pointless. But it has a tuneomatic and stop tail piece. If a modern player Jazzmaster can have a proper trem, why can't an American made Jazzmaster have one?
LANK
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:11 pm
by George
put a jag trem on it
then burn it anyway
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:13 pm
by astro
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:19 pm
by stewart
spirograph wrote:i like it.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:23 pm
by astro
My hyperbole aside, I'm sure they're both great guitars. I just don't understand why they would take a unique guitar like the mustang and turn it into an HH/tuneomatic guitar, which are as ubiquitous and as common as strats and teles. I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of people and sell well, but wouldn't they sell more of them if they had mustang pickups, in order to be able to actually sound like a mustang? I'm not saying they shouldn't sell these, but it just feels like a big cock tease when they release a model like this but then don't release one with single coils, phase switches, and a mustang trem.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:33 pm
by stewart
i suppose they reckon the current japanese models have that market sewn up.
they really should do one with a jag trem though, they're missing a trick.
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:06 pm
by Dave
The tailpiece doesn't work at all on the stang. The Jazzmaster is the wrong side of borderline...
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:19 pm
by blane
Most people almost make those exact changes to the mustang. Lock down the tail and replace the bridge with a tom. It just loses the big metal aesthetic.
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:39 am
by paul_
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:09 am
by duosonic
I like it.
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:24 pm
by endsjustifymeans
I really like it.
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:40 pm
by thickarms
this is THE ONE for me
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:27 pm
by Chris Fleming
Looks pretty classy to me... and if I ever require a more Gibsonish sound then at least I don't have to buy a Gibson. Love the tort on black
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:21 pm
by paul_
This guitar won't sound or feel anything like a Gibson, let's be honest.
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:39 pm
by dots
stewart wrote:spirograph wrote:i like it.
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:39 pm
by dots
paul_ wrote:This guitar won't sound or feel anything like a Gibson, let's be honest.
plus this.
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:00 am
by h8mtv
Does Fender even match the bridge/fingerboard radius? I am not aware of any 9.5" radius TOM's, but I am probably wrong...
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:09 am
by blane
There is one on eBay right now. Black & tort.
Fender american special mustang.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem ... 1324618573
