"Mustang" + Mustang

[gearHed289]

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.

[Highlander]

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...) 

[jumbodbassman]

love em both.....
what year are both mustangs

[ilan]

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)

[gearHed289]

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.

[Dave W]

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?

[Daniel_J]

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?

[gearHed289]

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!

[Chris P.]

Wow! Just wow!

[chromium]

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 

[Pilgrim]

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.

[gearHed289]

Better than the car...

[Highlander]

Mustang + Mustang (Sally)...? 

[nofi]

i'll take the car.

[Pilgrim]

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....