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NGD - Fender content
« on: February 08, 2017, 11:31:41 AM »
One of these hardtail Mustangs that Fender released last year. B-stock from Bax music.

Its a nice deep and slightly dark red colour.

I've already taken a drill and chisel to the body.. The bridge P90 actually sounded quite nice, the neck was a bit muddy. But I don't like the look of the P90s. I already planned to fit normal strat sized coils and just got this for the rosewood board and lovely red body.

So I've fitted a vintage Dimarzio SDS in the bridge and a Fender Mustang pickup in the neck. I'll probably dick about with it some more yet.

Its solidly built, would be good enough for gigging straight out the box actually.

Not sure why they painted the headstock in gloss, the rest of the neck is in satin.
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you wouldn't use the meat knife on crusty bread but, equally, the serrated knife and straight edge knife aren't going to go through raw meat as quickly

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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2017, 01:23:31 PM »
Cool! Love the red.

Not quite my thing, but I do remember seeing Rory start a gig with a mustang... and that rocked - Bourbon was the set opener, it would have been 1983 or so. But I'm ashamed (now) to say that the word up and down the front row was "Why's he using a toy guitar?!! Where's the strat?".

Anyway, reminds me... I need to do a NGD myself (and I've probably missed a few over the last year!)
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2017, 02:23:51 PM »
Gotta love that color. Where are these made btw? I recently had a Squier Jazz Bass in my hands and seems like Fender is producing in Indonesia as well now, is the Mexi Line still available?
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2017, 03:34:19 PM »
Quote from: GuitarIv on February 08, 2017, 02:23:51 PM
Gotta love that color. Where are these made btw? I recently had a Squier Jazz Bass in my hands and seems like Fender is producing in Indonesia as well now, is the Mexi Line still available?

This is a good old fashioned MIM
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2017, 03:54:41 PM »
Quote from: AndyR on February 08, 2017, 01:23:31 PM
Cool! Love the red.

Not quite my thing, but I do remember seeing Rory start a gig with a mustang... and that rocked - Bourbon was the set opener, it would have been 1983 or so. But I'm ashamed (now) to say that the word up and down the front row was "Why's he using a toy guitar?!! Where's the strat?".

Anyway, reminds me... I need to do a NGD myself (and I've probably missed a few over the last year!)

the red is I think the only reason why the missus didn't throw the book at me when I came home. she likes it too.

though I did get the quizzical "i don't believe your making holes in a **new** guitar" look!

i'm having a thing at the moment for dual single coil pickup, rosewood board fenders at the moment. cyclone, jazzmaster, modded strats and duo-sonics. i don't actually like the mustang trem system at all, but this ones hardtail of course.

love the Rory story.

looks alot better with the pickups nature intended, I'll post a picture later
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2017, 04:44:15 PM »
sweet :grin:
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2017, 06:24:48 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on February 08, 2017, 03:54:41 PM
the red is I think the only reason why the missus didn't throw the book at me when I came home. she likes it too.

though I did get the quizzical "i don't believe your making holes in a **new** guitar" look!

Haha!

Mine just about understands about replacing the pickups and pots/caps/etc now.

And... guess what!! On colours... We've got a YELLOW guitar here now - she hates yellow, and last year she was with me in Denmark St while I was trying a second hand LP Special with P90s - a particularly yellow yellow... and she said "buy it!"
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2017, 04:30:59 AM »
Cool!
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2017, 09:27:05 AM »
The late 70s anachronism I've fitted in the bridge
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2017, 09:28:04 AM »
The hole..  :evil:
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2017, 09:29:00 AM »
looking much more lovely with the proper sized pickups

mustang covers hide the secret!
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2017, 09:59:20 AM »
Oh yeah - that looks loads better.

It just looks "right" somehow.

Originally, I wasn't sure what you were worrying about with the look of the P90s - partly cos it's not my sort of geetar anyway, I guess...

But like this, oh yes.
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2017, 11:03:25 AM »
Congratulations on your latest buy. You just can't beat a MiM Fender for value. I've found them all to be extremely well made with the only thing in need of replacing being the pickups. I think that MiM Fenders and the PRS SE range must be the most bang for your buck I've ever been able to find in guitars. I'm not left with any great desire to upgrade to an American Fender and I have even less desire to get a PRS S2, especially as my American made Gibson is certainly no better made than the Fender (probably worse) and is a mile away from the build quality of the PRS SE. For all that, I still really love my Gibson  :evil:
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2017, 01:14:18 PM »
Looks great now, congrats! Also those new Squier Jazzmasters appeal to me. Lot of guitar for a nearly no money.
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Re: NGD - Fender content
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2017, 01:11:58 AM »
Thanks. I was actually trying to get rid of guitars, but now I find myself gasing for a Fender in Candy Apple Red  :rolleyes:
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