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kingkiller
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 Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:48 am Post subject: New Squier Mustangs |
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I've seen those new Squier Mustangs, has anyone played one enough to know if they're worth it? I know they're super cheap, but if they're not even half decent then that's a deal breaker. I've got 10 other guitars and none are shortscale so I'm looking for an easy entry first one.
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Doog
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LewA
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Hi,
I've just bought a Squier Mustang VM having previously bought and been happy with a Jaguar VM.
Build quality is very good, frets finished well etc (Ihaven't taken a look at the pup cavity yet but if its the same as the Jag there's plenty of shielding paint.) Pots are Alpha mini's - which are quite good quality.
Sounds - just like a Mustang should - sort of like a more trebley strat.
Playability is excellent - the neck is fatter than I normally like (more so than the Japanese reissues) but I had no trouble adjusting even with my arthritic hands.
A word of warning for all Mustangs with the traditional trem - it must be set up with care - there is a guide on this site which takes the pain away. When you get it right it is much more sensitive than a Strat type Trem.
Hope this helps
Lew
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Cavediver
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:20 am Post subject: Re: New Squier Mustangs |
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| kingkiller wrote: |
I've seen those new Squier Mustangs, has anyone played one enough to know if they're worth it? I know they're super cheap, but if they're not even half decent then that's a deal breaker. I've got 10 other guitars and none are shortscale so I'm looking for an easy entry first one.
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If you mean the new Squier Bullet Mustang then they are the low point of the Mustang series. I saw and tried one out for s&g last week and they are nowhere near as well made as the VM Squier Mustangs and miles away from a Fender Mustang. I own two Fender Mustangs and a VM Squier Mustang so I can compare and recognize the differences. The Squier Bullets have no vibrato/trem, the saddles and bridge are junk, they have low end pups and have really cheap tuning machines. Then neck is basically unfnished.
That being said, they would be a good platform for modding or building your own.
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Fakir Mustache
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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| LewA wrote: |
| Sounds - just like a Mustang should - sort of like a more trebley strat. |
The VM pickups are not that trebly, they're high output and darker than vintage Mustang pickups. They're still great pickups though.
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Mr_Martin
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| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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The Bullet Mustang ist great right out of the box.
Hardware is absolutely ok, the Pickups are great.
No need to mod.
Here is mine:
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