The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Fender Basses => Topic started by: gearHed289 on June 04, 2010, 11:48:22 AM
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So my friend just got her Musicmaster-turned-Mustang back from getting re-finished. Turned out cool! It's got a Duncan '51 P style pickup and a Badass bridge. I strung it up with TI jazz flats, tweaked the truss rod, and intonated it. Sounds great! Tons of lows, and planety of everything else through my '74 SVT. I had to take advantage of the photo op with my car. :)
(http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9642/hpim8230.jpg)
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7813/hpim8231s.jpg)
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I had to take advantage of the photo op with my car. :)
GT... that figures... "T" for Tom... ;)
Yeah, that works... matching strips and everyfin... (alright, hold tight, I'm a GT star...) ;D
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love em both.....
what year are both mustangs
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Looks great! Better than my frankenstang. Here's my son playing it (yeah that's a cast on his right arm... broke it in football, and still could play bass)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs618.snc3/32487_127029133981876_100000243703150_254066_2864137_n.jpg)
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The car is an '08. The bass - she thinks it's a '73? Did they make Musicmasters in '73? I don't know Fenders very well.
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Nice color!
73 would have been early in its run. The Mustang dates from the 60s, the Musicmaster didn't start until about 71.
Looks like a Badass bridge, which would accommodate the polepiece spacing of the 51-style pup. But that's wider than the original bridge spacing, which was narrower because the neck width at the heel is Strat-width, not bass width. Any problems with the strings being too close to the edges of the fretboard?
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So sweet! Competition stripes are a must for these little devils!
I was about to make the same question as Dave: aren't the strings to close to the edge of the fretboard?
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Checked the s/n and it looks more like '76.
I spent an hour or two setting it up and didn't notice any issues with the strings being too close to the edge of the fingerboard. But then again, I play a Ric most of the time. Very cool little bass!
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Wow! Just wow!
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I've really been tempted by Mustangs in the past, just hard to justify adding one. They are indeed a blast to play.
That one came out great! Cool photo op 8)
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I like that - and I think it has provided an inspiration. I have the Squier Bronco with a Hot Rails Strat pickup...I think I'm going to look for a '51 P style pickup and install it in place of the hot rails. I'll bet it will add depth to that bass. Probably won't require much re-shaping of the PG. Dave's note about string spacing is well taken - I'll check that. Might be able to modify the saddles on the original bridge to change the spacing.
It's kinda fun to have a bass like the Bronco that is an experimental platform.
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Better than the car...
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs336.ash1/28968_1403114410950_1625044491_991250_6757328_n.jpg)
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Mustang + Mustang (Sally)...? ;)
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i'll take the car.
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Hey, I just spent the last half-hour searching the internet for info on the pole spacing on an SCPB pickup. No one seems to list it...and I just sold the only bass I had with such a pickup. Could someone please measure the pole spacing on a single coil Fender pickup and email me or post the pole spacings - and distance from E to G poles?
Thanks....
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@ Pilgrim: Seymour Duncan to the rescue!
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/dimensionpages/scpb-1.shtml
@ all people here: WE'RE ALL GONNA BURN IN HELL
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I have a print-out of that diagram, but unfortunately it doesn't give pole spacing...it gives everything else!
This isn't a rush idea...I'll keep my eyes open.
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I can't find this on Vintage Vibe's site any more so I made a jpg from the pdf I already had.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/davepix/Basses/51pbass_dimensions1.jpg)
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THANK YOU! That has been really difficult info to find! It really helps me.
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I have a print-out of that diagram, but unfortunately it doesn't give pole spacing...it gives everything else!
This isn't a rush idea...I'll keep my eyes open.
Ooops! My bad, must be that damn heat, feels like meltin down here.