🎸 *MY TOUR DATES* bit.ly/MarySpenderTour Player II Mustang Guitar bit.ly/3XzefQf Player II Mustang Bass bit.ly/47fGtmz 🥁 *MY PATREON CLUB* www.patreon.com/maryspender
I could listen to Mary read the dictionary all day long. Such a relaxed, smooth presence. But then, to hear her sing?! Oh man... what a beautiful gift.
I had a Black Fender Mustang (lead) in 1979. It was the very best electric guitar I have ever owned. Don’t be fooled by the lower cost, the older models really play well 👍🇬🇧🙏♥️
I bought my first Mustang just over 20 years ago when they reissued the Competition Stripe model (I got the red variant). I absolutely adore Mustangs. They look so beautiful and quirky and they're effortlessly fun to play. I've always swapped the bridge pickup for a single coil humbucker or hotrail and it sounds incredible.
I have several Mustang basses and a Mustang guitar with a solid Ash body. I do not play them very much, but your video certainly made me want to start again.
That’s really interesting. My high school jazz band also had a Mustang. I took it home a couple of times but I think there was some thing wrong with it. It could produce much volume. It would be fun to try and work with it an again as I’ve gained a lot of experience and knowledge working on guitars and electronics.
you're my favorite! I'm so happy that you found the lure of the Mustang and made this video. I have an old Red '66, and although it's beat up a bit, I'm just afraid to do anything to change it. sometimes the pots and switches are scratchy, but when I turn it up and make it scream, well, it's just a transcendental blast. I'm just a hack, but I love it. Again, I'm thrilled you made this video. Thanks!
I could listen to guitars or basses strumming for hours, there is something that is just so engaging and moving about it. Perhaps it is because my introduction to music in many ways was the few years I spent playing violin, but stringed instruments speak to my soul in ways that I cannot describe.
I really like the sound of just bass and vocals. It's very easy on the ears(at least to me) to process these sounds making it for me more soothing. One of the things while trying to sing and play bass is that playing on time matters even more which can be ridiculously hard.
I love your video. I'm 72 and have had just about every make and model of guitar including my custom made instruments and I must admit that even though my first electric guitar was a 1964 Fender Mustang (in 1964) it and the Duosonic still remains my favorite commercially available electric guitars. The small body and 24" scale length make it much easier to play chord melody and you can get much wider chord voicings as well as lead tones. The new American Performer Mustang is much better than the original. It's made from Alder and the pickups are a lot better. Also the tremolo system stays in tune as long as you don't try to play pedal steel licks which is the case on any guitar that has one unless it has a locking tremolo as on the Jaguar and Jazzmaster. Joe Pass had a deal with Fender back in the late 60's and there's a video of him playing a Fender Jaguar (same scale length) and I think it's the best single note solo I've ever heard him play. Sadly I don't like the size of the Jaguar or Jazz Master body. I wish Fender would make an American Performer Duo-sonic so you could play pedal steel licks and double stop bends without the instrument going out of tune. Either that or figure out how to lock the tremolo on command.
I love the Mustang, nice vibe on this video. I think what's meaningful about your music is the words and thoughts behind the melodies, plus perfect soft vocals and ambient tunes.
You are an impressive musician. I have met the mountain of Singing while playing so I can finally play my songs live for people but It's so hard. You inspire me both as a person and as a musician. Thanks Mary.
I bought a new 1964 red Mustang back in high school when my band had its second paid gig. Loved it, but I wanted to customize it, so I built a semi-hollow body with f holes like a Mosrite. I played it for a year, when a local music store saw it and offered to trade it for a new hollow body jazz guitar (Ventura "lawsuit guitar). I jumped at the chance and it changed my life.
Sometimes I feel like it's not a Mustang without the out of phase option... but then I can't figure out when it's actually useful. I do think the Player II Jag and Jazzmaster missing the rhythm circuit is a major crime though.)
I have a Squier Duo-Sonic and I absolutely adore it. It's in desert sand with a gold anodised aluminium pickguard. It's the only guitar I own that I didn't tinker with.
Mustangs rule. The short scale makes them so easy to play. I have a Player 1 that started life with P90s and those were converted to humbuckers. I love the weight of the smaller body. They don’t get nearly enough love.
great insight about scale length! i played a mustang as my main guitar for a few years coming from a telecaster, ended up settling on a gibson-scale telecaster as a middle ground
For those on more of a budget, Squier has a Bronco and Jaguar Bass models that are also 30 inch scale. The Bass VI is also a great option for guitar players who want to add bass lines without learning bass.
I've been playing bass for 50 years but never had a Mustang, though my first bass was a Musicmaster. Had quite a few bases over the years but somehow, never a Mustang. My current bass is a 78 Precision that I've had for nearly 40 years. You've got me thinking it may be time for a trip to the music store to try one out. Really loved your bass / vocal take. Your voice and bass playing sound great!
My Mustang is a vintage parts caster consisting of a 1969 Mustang neck, a 70s Sunburst body that was refinished on front in black to a previous owner's backyard modifications. It plays fantastic and I love the Vibrato. The Mustang you are playing looks really sharp in the color scheme though I really want the Competition Orange Model from the Vintera II Series. My biggest issues with most Modern Mustangs are the neck profiles are little too thin but I am glad they are still around.
Kim Gordon's bass is a Musicmaster. Also a 30" scale, but with single-coil Strat pickup, 2 saddle bridge, and strings do not go through the body as they do on a proper Mustang bass.
Superb! I could listen to that track over and over again. The single coil output of that Mustang really complimented your vocals. There's definitely something about the old 'slant 2' sound of the mustang... And beginners or folks with not much money can get their hands on a squier sonic mustang now with the two singles for very cheap, so there's no excuse not to own one!
Yeh, they really are neat guitars. And I especially love the OOP sound ... It is MY theory that because of the short scale, the longest part of the string elipse is moved closer to the neck pickup, giving a thicker, richerer sound! Got it? No. You never have enough, already.
My first guitar was a Mustang; candy apple red with a competition stripe. I bought it second hand; it was the only guitar I could afford at the time (this was like 1974 or 75). I didn't really know good from bad at that time and don't remember much of anything about how it played or sounded. All I knew was that it screamed "beginner!" to me and I couldn't wait to trade up. I haven't played one since. Your video is the second or third I've seen recently signing the praises of the Mustang; maybe I'll mosey on over to my local big box guitar store to try one out.
Cool guitars! Thanks for covering them. ❤ My son got me into them more as I realized it wasn’t really too different than the Gibson scale length (24.75).
I don't buy my electric guitars, I build them. I've built 2 Mustangs, one was pretty much a normal mustang with handmade aluminum pickguard and control plate with nice blue metallic paint. I just donated that one to my hometown high school jazz band. The other is a "thinline" chambered style, alder body/ash top with a tobacco burst paint, custom wound pickups, Jazzmaster style trem and a brass nut. LOVE that one, it really sings. I don't play well or often but that's a favorite. Mustangs are pretty cool, easier to play than a Jazzmaster when I'm sitting in my recliner.
Cool! I picked up a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang at a pawn shop earlier this year. It was like new and I got a great deal. Great little guitar. Fits in well with my MiM Jazzmater and American made Strat.
Back around 1964 I was a drummer who wanted to play guitar. I traded my drums even for a Mustang exactly like the one in that first picture, a light blue one. The other guy was a guitar player who wanted drums. I really liked that Mustang but had to trade it for a bass a few years later. Wish I still had it, it was a great axe.
Had 2 Mustang guitars, a ‘66 and a ‘’71 Competition (wish I still had that one); currently only have a Mustang Competition bass in the arsenal, equipped with Nordstrand pickups. As Mary said, the 30” scale length and narrower neck make it amazingly easy to play for a guitar player!
I added a lovely black with pearloid pickguard MIM Mustang to my collection as a 40th birthday present to myself a few years back. I love her and her name's Olivia... :-)
Fun! Lovely song, thanks for 'inviting us in'. I'm keen to get hold of a 3/4ish style to try - I think John Lennon had a shorter-scale Rickenbacker early on? I'm fine with my Les Paul / Strat but sometimes going for those 'John McLaughlin Chordal type things' is a bit of a challenge 😅 Congratz on the lovely song!
oooOOooooh. When I get settled on your side of the pond I may have to snag something like that. I had had a full-length bass before an accident followed by a move, and it never felt right... going with the short scale just might be the trick.
At Jasper Guitar Co we build our base in the 30 scale. It's gives us the tone, snap and quickness we where looking for. We can and have made it in 34 inch, but our preferred is the 30. Flat wounds are a plus too.
I love my short-scale acoustic guitar so maybe it’s time to try a short scale electric to go along side it. Agree with your comment about short scales not just being for small people, I’m 6 foot tall but acoustic is dead easy to play
Hi Mary. I think you could figure out how to make a piece of twine tied to a willow branch sound good. I enjoy these vids where you are trying out new gear.
I had a Fender Bronco, which was the les expensive model of this. I had 1 pickup only a the bridge. I was fine guitar! "Why do you need another guitar"? Yup, we al hear this so I compare my guitars to a plumber's tools. You can't get by with just one wrench. 😜
Works for me Mary! Loved the bass with your voice giving a different laid back and personal vibe. Now I need to get a Mustang Player 2 bass, and possibly a guitar as well. I actually tell my wife I need them as well as my other 7 assorted for the different sounds/moods. 🦘
The closest I have to a Mustang is the Squire Sonic Bronco bass which has the same body as the Mustang, just a different pickup. I swapped the pickup for a copy of a late 60s Fender single coil P bass pickup (and changed the bridge and tuners) and it sounds awesome. If you like the sound of an early 50s P bass with a single coil pickup, it sounds like that, but slightly fuller and rounder and it sustains incredibly. I have 3 short scale basses. Not only are they easy to play (great for guitarists), but the notes have a more even sound as you move around the neck. Also they are bassier sounding than longer scale length basses. There’s not really anything not to like about a short scale bass. Most of them fit in guitar cases as well. Just expect comments from your band mates like “did your bass shrink in the wash”. I use Ernie Ball Slinky Cobalt Flatwound Short Scale bass strings. They sound great, closer to a round wound string than the classic flatwound strings. You did miss out a couple of notable Mustang bass players. Alan Lancaster of Status Quo. I believe his Mustang was on all the classic Quo recordings. Roger Glover used a Mustang bass to record Deep Purple’s 1971 Fireball album.
I was thinking it was the Mustang, and that’s cool, I love my Mustang, and I definitely play it differently, which is cool. Although the versions without a vibrato and the out of phase options, they’re really DuoSonics more than Mustangs, which is still cool.
Hello Mary, In Japan they even have short scale Stratocaster and Telecaster. Named junior models. I am selling one of them… just in case. Love your voice and playing. Cheers from France.
You might like the the Bass 6 models. They are 6 string short scale basses from Fender and Squoer. I would love to hear your fingerpicking style on one of them.
Really nice playing! You have to be careful playing short scale guitars. I’ve been playing one recently. They make playing big stretches much easier, but if you plan to go back to a normal scale, doing these stretches is a real challenge.
Hm..bought my first mustang in 1967..three on the floor red. Yes, it was a car. However, being close to guitarists in the past, this little beauty was nice to listen to and apparently easy to play..not being a particularly large person, I'm guessing that size also held its appeal.
My first ever guitar was a Mustang, I think '71. Fender 3-tone sunburst, white pearl pickguard. Great first guitar, tho I found the pickups very weak, even by Fender single coil standards. Was never gonna have that Les Paul tone I wanted.
🎸 *MY TOUR DATES* bit.ly/MarySpenderTour
Player II Mustang Guitar bit.ly/3XzefQf
Player II Mustang Bass bit.ly/47fGtmz
🥁 *MY PATREON CLUB* www.patreon.com/maryspender
I could listen to Mary read the dictionary all day long. Such a relaxed, smooth presence. But then, to hear her sing?! Oh man... what a beautiful gift.
That's why I subscribed to her channel years ago.
That bass+vocal take was 🔥
Definitely one of my favorite Mary Spender performances I’ve ever heard! 👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Love the Bass and Vocal version the most. That low sound combined with your voice hits the spot. They blend wel together. Nice mellow relaxing vibe.
I had a Black Fender Mustang (lead) in 1979. It was the very best electric guitar I have ever owned. Don’t be fooled by the lower cost, the older models really play well 👍🇬🇧🙏♥️
Dziękujemy.
That bass and vocal take…just wow! I don’t have a Mustang but I do have a Jaguar in my repertoire. It is also really cool.
Sometimes, your voice just makes me melt 🫠
Omg Mary everytime you drop a guitar or gear video I get so excited. I love these videos.
I bought my first Mustang just over 20 years ago when they reissued the Competition Stripe model (I got the red variant). I absolutely adore Mustangs. They look so beautiful and quirky and they're effortlessly fun to play. I've always swapped the bridge pickup for a single coil humbucker or hotrail and it sounds incredible.
I have several Mustang basses and a Mustang guitar with a solid Ash body. I do not play them very much, but your video certainly made me want to start again.
I’ve played my friends ‘68 Mustang bass. It was a fun change up from my P bass.
Lovely song, my friend.
I have a 1965 Fender Mustang. Love it.
My high school jazz band had a Mustang. I got to play with it a few times. I've always gravitated towards the short scale models.
That’s really interesting. My high school jazz band also had a Mustang. I took it home a couple of times but I think there was some thing wrong with it. It could produce much volume. It would be fun to try and work with it an again as I’ve gained a lot of experience and knowledge working on guitars and electronics.
you're my favorite! I'm so happy that you found the lure of the Mustang and made this video. I have an old Red '66, and although it's beat up a bit, I'm just afraid to do anything to change it. sometimes the pots and switches are scratchy, but when I turn it up and make it scream, well, it's just a transcendental blast. I'm just a hack, but I love it. Again, I'm thrilled you made this video. Thanks!
I could listen to guitars or basses strumming for hours, there is something that is just so engaging and moving about it. Perhaps it is because my introduction to music in many ways was the few years I spent playing violin, but stringed instruments speak to my soul in ways that I cannot describe.
I own a jazzmaster and I love it. I've also been very interested in this guitar as well because of the short scale length.
I really like the sound of just bass and vocals. It's very easy on the ears(at least to me) to process these sounds making it for me more soothing. One of the things while trying to sing and play bass is that playing on time matters even more which can be ridiculously hard.
I love your video. I'm 72 and have had just about every make and model of guitar including my custom made instruments and I must admit that even though my first electric guitar was a 1964 Fender Mustang (in 1964) it and the Duosonic still remains my favorite commercially available electric guitars. The small body and 24" scale length make it much easier to play chord melody and you can get much wider chord voicings as well as lead tones. The new American Performer Mustang is much better than the original. It's made from Alder and the pickups are a lot better. Also the tremolo system stays in tune as long as you don't try to play pedal steel licks which is the case on any guitar that has one unless it has a locking tremolo as on the Jaguar and Jazzmaster. Joe Pass had a deal with Fender back in the late 60's and there's a video of him playing a Fender Jaguar (same scale length) and I think it's the best single note solo I've ever heard him play. Sadly I don't like the size of the Jaguar or Jazz Master body. I wish Fender would make an American Performer Duo-sonic so you could play pedal steel licks and double stop bends without the instrument going out of tune. Either that or figure out how to lock the tremolo on command.
Thanks
Thank you so much.
Love seeing a glimpse into your process!! Thank you
I still have my 65 Fender Mustang my parents gave me on 12/16/1965.
Your voice is very relaxing! The bass sounds great in the song. I play my mustang bass when im playing chords. 🎸✌🏼
I love the Mustang, nice vibe on this video. I think what's meaningful about your music is the words and thoughts behind the melodies, plus perfect soft vocals and ambient tunes.
You are an impressive musician. I have met the mountain of Singing while playing so I can finally play my songs live for people but It's so hard.
You inspire me both as a person and as a musician.
Thanks Mary.
lovely voice
I bought a new 1964 red Mustang back in high school when my band had its second paid gig. Loved it, but I wanted to customize it, so I built a semi-hollow body with f holes like a Mosrite. I played it for a year, when a local music store saw it and offered to trade it for a new hollow body jazz guitar (Ventura "lawsuit guitar). I jumped at the chance and it changed my life.
Sometimes I feel like it's not a Mustang without the out of phase option... but then I can't figure out when it's actually useful. I do think the Player II Jag and Jazzmaster missing the rhythm circuit is a major crime though.)
I have a Squier Duo-Sonic and I absolutely adore it. It's in desert sand with a gold anodised aluminium pickguard. It's the only guitar I own that I didn't tinker with.
What a voice ❤
Mustangs rule. The short scale makes them so easy to play. I have a Player 1 that started life with P90s and those were converted to humbuckers. I love the weight of the smaller body. They don’t get nearly enough love.
I think the hardtail bridge makes it perfect
great insight about scale length! i played a mustang as my main guitar for a few years coming from a telecaster, ended up settling on a gibson-scale telecaster as a middle ground
For those on more of a budget, Squier has a Bronco and Jaguar Bass models that are also 30 inch scale. The Bass VI is also a great option for guitar players who want to add bass lines without learning bass.
I've been playing bass for 50 years but never had a Mustang, though my first bass was a Musicmaster. Had quite a few bases over the years but somehow, never a Mustang. My current bass is a 78 Precision that I've had for nearly 40 years. You've got me thinking it may be time for a trip to the music store to try one out. Really loved your bass / vocal take. Your voice and bass playing sound great!
Try tape wounds or flat wounds on a short scale. Amazing thump 🤙
Beautiful singing and playing! Love all Fender guitars.
Sounds good on both Mary !! Thanks
My friend has one of those and its completely awesome. I think i will have to get one for myself.
A Spender Fender!
That's it. i need a Mustang now. P90 version. Mary has a wonderful vibe about her. Subscribed.
My Mustang is a vintage parts caster consisting of a 1969 Mustang neck, a 70s Sunburst body that was refinished on front in black to a previous owner's backyard modifications. It plays fantastic and I love the Vibrato. The Mustang you are playing looks really sharp in the color scheme though I really want the Competition Orange Model from the Vintera II Series. My biggest issues with most Modern Mustangs are the neck profiles are little too thin but I am glad they are still around.
Awesome as always. 👍👍👍 thank you.
Kim Gordon's bass is a Musicmaster. Also a 30" scale, but with single-coil Strat pickup, 2 saddle bridge, and strings do not go through the body as they do on a proper Mustang bass.
Amaziiiing!!! And the tone master pro is really what i was looking for
Absolutely incredible
Superb! I could listen to that track over and over again. The single coil output of that Mustang really complimented your vocals. There's definitely something about the old 'slant 2' sound of the mustang... And beginners or folks with not much money can get their hands on a squier sonic mustang now with the two singles for very cheap, so there's no excuse not to own one!
Yeh, they really are neat guitars. And I especially love the OOP sound ... It is MY theory that because of the short scale, the longest part of the string elipse is moved closer to the neck pickup, giving a thicker, richerer sound! Got it? No. You never have enough, already.
My first guitar was a Mustang; candy apple red with a competition stripe. I bought it second hand; it was the only guitar I could afford at the time (this was like 1974 or 75). I didn't really know good from bad at that time and don't remember much of anything about how it played or sounded. All I knew was that it screamed "beginner!" to me and I couldn't wait to trade up. I haven't played one since. Your video is the second or third I've seen recently signing the praises of the Mustang; maybe I'll mosey on over to my local big box guitar store to try one out.
Cool guitars! Thanks for covering them. ❤ My son got me into them more as I realized it wasn’t really too different than the Gibson scale length (24.75).
I have a 65 Sonic Blue Mustang and I would NEVER part with it. I love that you can put the pickups out of phase with the switches.
I don't buy my electric guitars, I build them. I've built 2 Mustangs, one was pretty much a normal mustang with handmade aluminum pickguard and control plate with nice blue metallic paint. I just donated that one to my hometown high school jazz band. The other is a "thinline" chambered style, alder body/ash top with a tobacco burst paint, custom wound pickups, Jazzmaster style trem and a brass nut. LOVE that one, it really sings. I don't play well or often but that's a favorite. Mustangs are pretty cool, easier to play than a Jazzmaster when I'm sitting in my recliner.
Love your vibration Mary . 🫶🏼🥁
Love the Mustang! I got a Sonic Blue one a few years ago, and it's the best couch guitar out there. So much fun to play.
Cool! I picked up a Squier Classic Vibe Mustang at a pawn shop earlier this year. It was like new and I got a great deal. Great little guitar. Fits in well with my MiM Jazzmater and American made Strat.
Back around 1964 I was a drummer who wanted to play guitar. I traded my drums even for a Mustang exactly like the one in that first picture, a light blue one. The other guy was a guitar player who wanted drums. I really liked that Mustang but had to trade it for a bass a few years later. Wish I still had it, it was a great axe.
Had 2 Mustang guitars, a ‘66 and a ‘’71 Competition (wish I still had that one); currently only have a Mustang Competition bass in the arsenal, equipped with Nordstrand pickups. As Mary said, the 30” scale length and narrower neck make it amazingly easy to play for a guitar player!
I added a lovely black with pearloid pickguard MIM Mustang to my collection as a 40th birthday present to myself a few years back. I love her and her name's Olivia... :-)
So beautiful Mary. Another great video. Very entertaining.
Fun! Lovely song, thanks for 'inviting us in'. I'm keen to get hold of a 3/4ish style to try - I think John Lennon had a shorter-scale Rickenbacker early on? I'm fine with my Les Paul / Strat but sometimes going for those 'John McLaughlin Chordal type things' is a bit of a challenge 😅 Congratz on the lovely song!
THAT is iTHEEE tone I love ! Beautiful .........thanks for posting !
I have a couple Squier Mustangs. A Fender Player Mustang is my next conquest. Would look good between my Player and MIM Standard Strats.
I play the squier Mustang, classic Vibe, it's a beautiful guitar.❤🎸.
I'll NEVER get rid of my Mustangs... Always looking for another addition to the heard...
I love short scale guitars!
oooOOooooh. When I get settled on your side of the pond I may have to snag something like that. I had had a full-length bass before an accident followed by a move, and it never felt right... going with the short scale just might be the trick.
At Jasper Guitar Co we build our base in the 30 scale. It's gives us the tone, snap and quickness we where looking for. We can and have made it in 34 inch, but our preferred is the 30. Flat wounds are a plus too.
I have a Red '66 Mustang I bought new for $225. it still plays really nice. Still have the cover for the floating bridge.
I've got one and love it.
Yep, it works ❤
I love my mustang !!!! Get one !
I love my short-scale acoustic guitar so maybe it’s time to try a short scale electric to go along side it. Agree with your comment about short scales not just being for small people, I’m 6 foot tall but acoustic is dead easy to play
Nice video, Spender on a Fender! I enjoyed it very much, just an old man here trying to make a few clean chord, cheers!
You play bass like Sting. 👌
Hi Mary. I think you could figure out how to make a piece of twine tied to a willow branch sound good. I enjoy these vids where you are trying out new gear.
Beautiful Duo-Sonic? 🤔
No out of phase option on the Player Series, seems like a pretty bad and distinct omission. But it damn well does look good...
Yes
Beautiful song. I LUV Fender 🎸
John McLaughlin Performed and recorded his material with Miles Davis with a Fender Mustang.
I had a Fender Bronco, which was the les expensive model of this. I had 1 pickup only a the bridge. I was fine guitar! "Why do you need another guitar"? Yup, we al hear this so I compare my guitars to a plumber's tools. You can't get by with just one wrench. 😜
I have a Squier Bullet Mustsng .I usually buy Fender but the Squier weighs under 5lb so something special
The Mustang and Jazz Master were an integral part of the surf guitar sound. An important part of the history of rock guitar.
Works for me Mary! Loved the bass with your voice giving a different laid back and personal vibe.
Now I need to get a Mustang Player 2 bass, and possibly a guitar as well.
I actually tell my wife I need them as well as my other 7 assorted for the different sounds/moods.
🦘
The closest I have to a Mustang is the Squire Sonic Bronco bass which has the same body as the Mustang, just a different pickup. I swapped the pickup for a copy of a late 60s Fender single coil P bass pickup (and changed the bridge and tuners) and it sounds awesome. If you like the sound of an early 50s P bass with a single coil pickup, it sounds like that, but slightly fuller and rounder and it sustains incredibly.
I have 3 short scale basses. Not only are they easy to play (great for guitarists), but the notes have a more even sound as you move around the neck. Also they are bassier sounding than longer scale length basses. There’s not really anything not to like about a short scale bass. Most of them fit in guitar cases as well. Just expect comments from your band mates like “did your bass shrink in the wash”.
I use Ernie Ball Slinky Cobalt Flatwound Short Scale bass strings. They sound great, closer to a round wound string than the classic flatwound strings.
You did miss out a couple of notable Mustang bass players. Alan Lancaster of Status Quo. I believe his Mustang was on all the classic Quo recordings. Roger Glover used a Mustang bass to record Deep Purple’s 1971 Fireball album.
I was thinking it was the Mustang, and that’s cool, I love my Mustang, and I definitely play it differently, which is cool.
Although the versions without a vibrato and the out of phase options, they’re really DuoSonics more than Mustangs, which is still cool.
The only Mustang I’m interested in is the one I’ll be riding on from Manchester to Brudenell SC in Leeds😙
I just loved it 🎼👏👏💐😀.
Hello Mary, In Japan they even have short scale Stratocaster and Telecaster. Named junior models. I am selling one of them… just in case. Love your voice and playing. Cheers from France.
Fun adventure Mary... I can see the advantage for you... less "fighting"... Is there an addition of you adding the guitar as well?😀
You might like the the Bass 6 models. They are 6 string short scale basses from Fender and Squoer. I would love to hear your fingerpicking style on one of them.
I have the p90 player Mustang. Looking so hard at the new one.
Fender needs to bring back the Pawn Shop Mustang Special. Finest Mustang EVER! Hey Fender, are you listening?!
Really nice playing! You have to be careful playing short scale guitars. I’ve been playing one recently. They make playing big stretches much easier, but if you plan to go back to a normal scale, doing these stretches is a real challenge.
Thanks so very much for a review of Fender's history...
im probably going to save up to buy a player 2 because they finally have rosewood back
Hm..bought my first mustang in 1967..three on the floor red. Yes, it was a car. However, being close to guitarists in the past, this little beauty was nice to listen to and apparently easy to play..not being a particularly large person, I'm guessing that size also held its appeal.
🔥🔥🔥
My first ever guitar was a Mustang, I think '71. Fender 3-tone sunburst, white pearl pickguard. Great first guitar, tho I found the pickups very weak, even by Fender single coil standards. Was never gonna have that Les Paul tone I wanted.
Sounds great, how are the frets? Particularly the ends
Durango Guitar Works has a 24" short scale T 😊