The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: ilan on March 12, 2022, 02:49:58 PM
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https://reverb.com/item/51988937
Cleanest Mustang I've ever seen.
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Is that a Guild bridge?
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No, that's an original Mustang string thru body bridge.
Little Tokyo Guitars is the seller. I wonder if this is actually in their possession or of it's another one being fronted by a seller who doesn't own it.
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Fender used some seriously unstable pearloid on those basses. By the early '70s you find Comp Mustangs with 20+ pickguard screws from the factory, just to keep the things flat.
The D and A strings are perilously close to the height adjuster screws. There is something a bit suspect about the geometry of Mustang bass bridges. The bridge is a clear influence on the first Stingray bass bridge. Leo Fender took some ideas from the Stang to the Ray. For being a budget instrument the Mustang is richly appointed.
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Fender used some seriously unstable pearloid on those basses. By the early '70s you find Comp Mustangs with 20+ pickguard screws from the factory, just to keep the things flat.
I don't think it was the factory. Some people added screws when the guards started to warp.
There is something a bit suspect about the geometry of Mustang bass bridges.
Not a big fan of string-thru-body. You need medium scale strings or the silk gets over the nut.