Cobain doesnt own the rights to mustangs.. although it feels like that... he ruined mustangs for all of us that dont want to be seen as nirvana wannabeezz... I have that same blue one... and feel I want to pain it black... or an other colour that doesnt look like Kurts... Curts... no offense but he stole mustangs from the world in a way.... when you own a strat there are too many for people to think of.. a tele, way too many... but a mustang.. not so mamy
The Fender Mustang was my first real guitar. My parents gave it to me for Christmas in '65 when I was 12, with a Fender Champ amp and a hard fender case. Mine was exactly like the blue one that Pete is holding, only in red.
@@patrickcol It's English carpet mate, they all look the same ;-) had similar carpets in my first house, then I met my wife and she got rid of it, lol (with was actually a good thing)
That “cheap sound” is kind of the point- for those of us who went to college in the 90s, the jangly Mustang evokes indie heroes like Liz Phair, Pavement, and sure, Kurt Cobain. There’s just nothing else like it.
Kobain like the mustangs anf jaguars specifically because they WEREN'T "jangly". He actually wanted much of the treble turned down because he wanted his short-scale guitar work to sound more like Black Sabbath.
The vintage Duo Sonic shown on screen is a Duo Sonic II, which was a redesign of the model from 64. The Duo Sonic and Musicmaster were given Mustang bodies and pickguards. The original Duo Sonic shape is not offset and is the current available version being made today. The Duo Sonic II exists today in the form of the hardtail Mustang.
Charlie Willemaers I thought I was the only one who watched videos of gear I have already purchased? Lol, even after the buy I need to re-enforce my decision with the post purchase advice of The Captain!
just ordered my fifth Yamaha Pacifica 112V( theyre still 300€s a piece!) just to be sure I have enough for the rest of my life, or spare parts: nut,neck...., wondrous gtrs they are!
I love my Mexican Mustang. The satin neck is great and the short scale is just really fun and easy to play. I have been playing for about 1.5 years now and it's the most fun guitar I've played so far.
These guys arent doing them justice. If you know how to play a mustang, they sound incredible, and theh can be beefy as fuck with the right amp and technique. Theyre alt 90 guitars, and they'll give you that sound. I even use my mustang 90 for sludge metal and doom. They play super nice and have a lot of bass wobble if you know what youte doing.
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@@FranMjolnir obviously im not Andertons, but it looks like they arent using an app which is why theres no delay. theyre in different rooms of the Andertons warehouse so they can probably hardwire connections similar to a band's practice space or a recording studio.
hey man! I just got my hands on a squier classic vibe mustang bass. Brand new, plays so great but dude the pickups are microphonic af! I'm only really a guitarist, bought the bass for a recording project so im not sure if this is just how mustang bass pickups are? Like, just tapping the pickguard comes out so loud!
I have a 1965 all original, THEY ARE SLEEPERS!!! The trem has springs underneath that attach to posts with adjustable spots for when you change string gauges and need more or less tension. I have had every type of trem and I honestly think the Mustang has the nicest one, because it is so simple. It is very touch sensitive and set up properly they will go back to pitch. I'm 6'2 and have big hands and I do not find the guitar to small for me. Everyone should own a Mustang!! They don't hurt your back after a 4 hr jam session and they have lots of tone selection because of the polarity switching. Just my 2¢
You hit the nail on the head. my 1966 stang is my favorite guitar hands down, over all my strats and teles ive owned. The mustang trem is my favorite of leo's trem designs. now this video has me wanting to finally pull the trigger and get a classic vibe to trick out and modify lol. Mustangs for the win!
@@charlierain I 100% agree I usually pick up my Mustang before my strats or teles. I'm looking for a beat up 60's Mustang that i can steal the pickups, pots,tuners and trem and put on a strat for the longer scale but vintage vibe.!! Mine is to nice to steal parts off!! Maybe Andertons can commission a stratstang!!! Strat with Mustang trem and polarity switches but longer scale!!! They will sell two ... One to me and the other to CHARLIE RAIN
I have a 65 full scale MM neck So it will match up with a Mustang body ? Neck pocket is less than a strat nut width as well Wanting to do a cool build with it Thanks
@@paulcowart3174 yes music master necks and mustang neck interchange as long as they are the same scale and majority are 24". I don't know if the neck pocket is smaller than strat but I know people steal the neck plates off old music masters and put them on strats to rip people off, so they may not be far off. My 65 is an "a" nut 1 1/2" but alot are "b" which is vintage standard 1 5/8" on tele and strats. I have seen one music master with "c" nut width 1 11/16" so there are some wide ones out there. Old necks on new guitars are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!. You get the feel of vintage without the hit to the wallet!!
Adrian Belew was partial to Mustangs around the time King Crimson recorded "Discipline," the weight and the responsiveness of the tremolo being the main reasons as I recall. I keep ALMOST buying one.
@@KenithCopeland I mean yeah, they've been trying to make guitars sound and spec just like they did in 1962, meanwhile nothing really new is brought to the table
@@KenithCopeland and when the ''traditional'' brands (such as Fender, Gibson) launch something new like the G force tuning system, everyone hates it, even though it's really handy
Atheist Thor best color choice I think is on the player mustangs . The player strats aren’t bad as I like the buttercream option . The American performer strat colours are a bit bland
Had 65 Mustang Seafoam green. The guitar sounded great. Stolen in 91. Saw a guy in the Philippines in 1976. (American made guitars of any type, were highly prized) that cat had a Mustang Cherryburst color. I'm not joking the dude had a bassist & drummer. He did ALL Jimi's stuff, Manic Depression, Power of Soul, etc, etc. The cat was divebombing, wringing feedback out it. We were amazed! Not only at his talent but how that Mustang was blasting. I also had a 1962 DuoSonic bought it for $50 In a pawn shop in 1975. That girl was a hot guitar, cherry burst color maple fret board. I found from FMIC the pick ups in the DuoSonic were amsome of the highest outputs they made. I'm not kidding, thst little DuoSonic held its own, against Strats, 335s etc. I was on a detachment in Fallon NV, didn't take it. A guy decided he'd play it, & didn't put it back in my locker. It was stolen. I'm still pissed, loved that little power house. Never forgave the guy. What a great guitar.
@@lucasoheyze4597 man I'm 65 years old. I've already grown up. Been in the Navy, worked for a defense contractor (traveled the country & the world), worked Lockheed & Boeing. I'm fully grown. Have been for quite sometime. Hope you feel better.
Guys, of course, they are springs, under the plate, the cigar bar is connected to them, and also they have 3 different slots with different tension! And it's a simple but effective bridge, a really common mod in Jaguars and Jazzmasters is to swap their bridges to a Mustang. They had originally vintage frets and it's a short-scale guitar, that's its magic, the crystal clear sound that you can get from them, and having much less sustain make them a good blank canvas to use pedals. That's why people like Norah Jones, Ty Segall, Omar Rodriguez, Graham Coxon, and John McLaughlin use them!
And Norah Jones sounds incredible on her Stang! And on RU-vid, Eric Haugen gets incredible tones from his 66 Stang. They’re very delicate guitars too, and actually have very dynamic tone. A strat can really scream and nail that SRV Hendrix thing(Stangs can too of course) and they’re thicker. But Stangs are even more glassy and crystalline. On my 62 brownface fender amp sometimes a strat is just a bit too much, too thick. And then I pick up a Stang and I’m in such sweet crystal heaven. With that amp I actually prefer how Stangs sound(and they have more clean headroom). And with a Vox amp Stangs are just killer. Mustangs are my favorite Fender, my guitars in the world really. Something about how comfortable that shorter scale neck is too that going back to a strat scale almost feels a bit awkward at first before you get used to it again. Very underrated guitars. Low output sure, but very dynamic beautiful tones and you can always thicken them up.
I used to own an original 1966 Mustang. Selling it was a mistake. It had a great clean tone. It was difficult to play and felt fragile, but it sounded really nice...
I'd suggest that the ultimately goofy reason that the Mustang proved more popular is that the almost useless trem system gave it the illusion of having more style and substance.Most experienced players have long agreed that the Duo Sonic is the better design.
Don’t mean to be offensive or anything , but if you don’t know much about a model and you plan talking about it for 40 minutes, it’s always wise to do a bit of research.
Yeah. Probably one of the worst videos I've seen them produce. Pete's early face in this pretty much sets the tone for the whole thing, as does..well the actual tone of voice honestly. Mustang is really popular here in Japan, so its a little...jarring?..to see it done such poor justice.
Sounds thin on its own, but it’s a perfect rhythm guitar for cutting through when playing in a full indie/alternative band. The boxy, contained frequency spectrum just works great as part of a live mix
They’re cool because their short scale makes an average height man like myself look like a giant like John Mayer comparatively.... does that make sense?
There are springs on the trem system. Underneath the trem plate, you can see the routed out cavities for the trem springs on Mustang bodies. Adjustable AND lockable too. Check out Eric Haugen on the RU-vid for some great Mustangyness!
When I was 14 and able to play my first few chords the brother of a friend of mine came home with a black fender mustang... This first impression with an electric guitar has always stayed with me...just like your first girl you had sex with will always have a special place in your heart. Anyways..these early 70's black mustangs ..with a black fingerboard have become rare and somewhat expensive. So I was thrilled to hear fender came with re-isseus...BUT NOT IN BLACK
The Mustang bridges with the cigar tube suck so bad in terms of sustain. I love the look though since it's unlike anything out there. I replaced it with a tune o matic Nashville style bridge and boy what a difference. It's a pretty common mod. No drilling through the body.
Damn it! Now I want a classic vibe mustang. 🙂 I had a vintage vibe mustang but I struggled with it. Willing to give the vibrato mustang another try. I really liked the out of phase options. I have a p90 and hh bullet. I like them both. Great playing and thanks.
Have a 1965 Mustang (Daphne Blue) and it plays and sounds extremely well! I don’t think it really matters what you play as long as you get the sound you want to hear. With strings, pickups & pickup positions, mics, amps (with hundreds of control combinations), speakers and a plethora of pedals to incorporate, I don’t think there is a person alive that could tell a $500 guitar from a $30,000 guitar if the were being played behind a curtain!
The Duo-sonic (with some work) is the one of the best guitar Fenders ever made. As you stated, it was originally designed as a student guitar. I'm 67 and the Mustang was the first electric guitar I ever owned. The problem was that they never stayed in tuned with that horrible tremolo. The Duo was a hardtail. What people didn't realize back then was that you could put string ferrules in the back of the body (like a Tele) like the ones you're showing because in the original the strings went into the tailpiece and not in the body at all. There are six holes in the original Duosonic tailpiece that, after you drill holes in the body and install the ferrules you can also install Strat saddles and then the guitar plays perfectly in tune. That said the pickups sucked as well but they are the same size as a standard Strat so they are easy to replace. The tuners were cheap back then so you just replaced them. Nowadays it's much easier to get super high quality parts to replace the crap with. I'm saying this because with some work you have a guitar that sounds great, is super light weight and extremely easy to play because of the short scale length. In fact, I had my friend and luthier build me a custom Duosonic that I've been playing for over 11 years. I've done a couple of hundred gigs on it and it's still going strong.
Bruce Baldwin awesome insight, you just dropped a ton of knowledge. I've always been interested in the Mustang because to me they sound like an angry telecaster, always wanted one but I was a 90's child and never wanted to look like a Kurt Cobain wannabe. Thirty years later I still want one. But you really know your stuff and have inspired me to pick one up, thanks for that. One last thing I've always loved the fact they plug in the front and not at the bottom like a telecaster.
I feel like the Mustang is one of those guitars that you can throw a shit ton of pedals at and have a blast making all sorts of weird and backwards sounding stuff. :)
There are two coil springs under the wiggle stick plate. Affordable in the 60s was a relative thing. My parents bought me a new a Musicmaster in 1968 for $125. That’s $800 in 2020 dollars!
I have a the offset 90 and honestly it's the most stable and resonate thing I've ever played. I did a few things that put it into a different level: fender locking tuners, ultra series hard tail bridge (my favorite for comfort), and lollar p90s. I play that guitar waaaay more then any of my others
Set it up like Todd Rundgren's and replace the awkward little pickup switches for a Gibson-style toggle switch. You can leave your out-of-phase sounds at the curb.
Dante Palomba yes, I have one I. Sea foam green, it’s definitely more vintage correct sounding than the performer one. Has smaller frets but very nice to play. The radius is 7.25 but it came setup super well and there was no fretting out. I have several Mustangs, including a real 1964 one and for the price it’s an incredible Stang! My vintage one is nicer than my custom shop Fender. But for a Mexican the build quality and sound and everything I would say is better than what I expected, nicely rolled fret edges too. Keeps tune very well, and they setup the bridge the way it really should be. Slanted a bit to the back and low, that way there are no issues and it’s still locked. The only thing I needed to do was to adjust the pickup heights. They were too low straight out of the box, but that’s an easy fix. But I’d still say to try one first, Mustangs are kind of an acquired taste for many. For me they’re my favorite guitars in the world, very delicate, very crystalline tone. They don’t have the muscle of a strat, strats really scream. But Stangs to me are more twangy and crystalline, I love how vibrant and delicate they are. Besides with pedals you can make em sound like anything really. Work super well with Vox amps and fuzz pedals. And can get a really nice big star/surf sound, they do that Link Wray thing to me better than strats do. But the performer model has a very very smooth neck, and more modern features which some might prefer and hotter pickups. Although I personally prefer a more vintage Stang sound, to me there’s just more mojo. And I’m very used to vintage small frets and actually prefer them on Stangs. Also the Vinteras vary a little in quality but when you find a nice one it’s very sweet. More attention to quality than most Mexican Fenders. The vintera is basically mostly based on the original 64 model with it’s button tuners and 12th fret dot placement but the shape of the headstock and patent numbers are based on the late 65 . It’s like a hybrid of the two. I love it and easy to play slide guitar on as well. But if you can try before you buy. I also kind of wish I had gotten the lake placid blue colour, but since I already had a Stang in that colour I went with the sea foam green. Sorry for the long message. Hope this helps a little ✌️
Lasse Suurmunne Lasse Suurmunne thanks. Bought one. Got it set up tuned down to d with 11s and the guy got solder on my guitar and brought the tremolo all the way down so you can only make the pitch go down and it was slanted way too far back I believe. There was fret buzz all over the neck so I just brought it to a different guy. Hopefully he does a better job. Phew. Nightmare so far but I really like the guitar. I had a mustang before and really liked it. The tremolo is what’s the most frustrating. I vision it with 11s tuned to d sitting just right and being able to pull up or push down on the bar. Maybe it’s not probable or something. I’m not sure. Maybe what he did to the bridge is a better option? Maybe the 11s and too much tension for a full step tune down? Idk. Thats what I do on all guitars
Not only the most beautiful looking guitar, but also extremely easy to play. I love Jaguars, and Strats are solid, but the Mustangs tick all the boxes for me. My tip is to replace the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan single-coil humbucker to give it a bit more bite, without swamping the tone.
the 22.5" scale length duo sonics were reissued in the 90s I think. Ryan from 60 cycle hum has one and you can stumble upon them on craigslist sometimes
@@dashell1008 No, Japanese made ones don't have matching headstocks. I think those are the Squiers that do. Japanese made ones don't even say "Mustang" on it, just Fender. At least that was how it was in 2009.
Gotta be 100% honest: after a year or so of enthusiasm, my 2016 Mexican Duo Sonic got me lot of troubles. Abysmal tuning stability (which, after changing nut and saddles, must be due to the degradation of the tuners) and frets that got chewed up very quickly. The only way to make it playable again would be to refretting it myself, since otherwise it would not be worth the cost of a professional refretting. The playability and the sound was fantastic at first, so I'm a bit bummed out: maybe the American Mustang is a more reliable option.
@@wonderwomanguy Ok, sorry, you probably meant compared to a new American Mustang, my bad :-) I was actually suggesting possible buyers to save up for some more months and go for the top of the range. Personally, a new Fender Offset is not currently on my wishlist, since I'm saving for a single cut guitar.
@@matthewsommerville88 No guitars are born equal, even in mass production. Plus, if yours is more recent than mine, maybe they managed to correct some issues in the subsequent years, so you won't face any of my problems 👍 What's really weird is that the Mexican Classic Series Strat I bought a year later, which has vintage tuners and floating bridge, stays in tune perfectly, even if it should be waaaaaay less stable on paper.
There's something between the scale length and that bridge that open chords and streamy playing just sound great on Mustangs. Also put a hot rails in the bridge and they're one of the best guitars for punk rock rhythm.
I want to own a Mustang at some point. I had the pleasure to playing one that was old enough to be my father last year, and it was just awesome, except it was near impossible to tune because the tuning machines were 60+ years old and not well-maintained. If I'm going to buy one, I'd probably go for a brand-new Squier or something. They look like pretty high-quality guitars, to be honest...
I like the scale length, I'm fine with the guitar's looks, but I'm on the fence with the stock pickups. I prefer the P90 version. Too bad that version doesn't have the vibrato system.
Definitely dig the Vintera series the best, and I would have to go with seafoam green or whatever they are calling it. But that price point on the Vintera series, considering it is made in Mexico, seem too high. Great video guys, thanks for the upload!
My first REAL guitar was a Fender Mustang. This was a long time ago, in province far far away, .... 1964 Olympic White with tortis guard, and the small headstock ( large was '65 on)
Very Cool Demo/Review. Thankyou. Awesome sound and the 24 inch scale is what catches my attention with The Mustangs. Will be getting one for sure ..... one day. Cheers
Damn you Anderton, I was trying to reduce my guitar collection and now you've put the idea in my head of buying four Squire Classic Vibe models so I can have one of each! This isn't helping!! 🤨
I own a 1966 mustang and it sounds just as good as all my strata..in 66 they used strat pickups with the poles covered my 64 musicmaster has a great vintage sound also..you are right the new ones sound cheap as hell.. that's the reason why the vintage ones sell for so much .I got a couple for sale.. come get one !!!
Hey Paul I'm here in Texas..I have about 30 guitars .I own many Les Paul's , Stratocasters and Paul Reed Smiths and many others to name..the only thing I have laying around is a Fender strat neck and a broken body of a guitar Paul Stanley gave me at a show.i run across Alot of things..I'll keep my eyes open for you..I own a studio called Sound Station Studios in Kerrville Tx ..look me up on face book.i do sound for hundreds of clients..I'll look around but vintage stuff is hard to find..thanks for shouting Roy
I have always played humbucker guitars, and I’m used to the bridge pickup being used for rhythm and the neck pickup for lead, but it seems like all the offsets from Fender are set to use the neck pickup for rhythm and the bridge for lead. Is this because the single coils (including p90’s) just naturally work better that way, or does Fender just put the hotter pickup in the neck? Alternatively, have I always been wrong, and the rest of the world has always used the neck pickups for rhythm?
The springs for the tremolo are insids the unit. Please read about these things before posting videos, you're misinforming people for the sake of 10 minutes research.
Jack Greenwood don’t see the problem because you already have the answers? Just ribbing in good fun! Excellent entertaining videos and yes sometimes they miss a few specs but that’s fine by me! Rock on JG!!!
@@benlogan430 yeah on the whole the videos are great, and entertaining. And I'm so happy that now there are videos on the Jazzmaster, Jaguar and Mustang which always have been the black sheep of the Fender family. Stay safe and rock on Ben :)
I started on a 70s Mustang and a deluxe reverb silver grille in 1976. There was nothing it seem that combo with a fervant heart for musical love magic couldn't do.
I had a 1958 Duo-Sonic. I bought it at a pawnshop in 1980...I wish I had it today... it had the copper or bronze metal pick guard., … But I sold it for barely nothing.... I always think about the guitar and what a mistake it was for me to sell it. But I was only the young man and didn’t know my future but I think about that guitar all the time And what it would be like for me to play it now… Take care everyone
My first electric guitar was an original '65 Mustang that my brother and sister bought me for Christmas in the early '80s. Don't know what overcame them to give me an actual nice present, but there you have it. I immediately routed out the bridge pickup which had extremely low output and replaced it with a Dimarzio Super Distortion, cuz metal! I've still got the guitar and still play it.
Found this article on the Seymour Duncan website about why the pickups are covered. TL;DR: it prevents the pickups from shorting out from strings or fingers coming in contact with the pole pieces. Something about how you can reverse the phase of the pickups. www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/why-do-fender-mustang-guitars-have-solid-covers-with-non-exposed-magnets-and-not-covers-like-strats-with-raised-exposed-poles-jim-anderson-lake-tahoe-california
I have a sonic blue American Mustang just like the one played by the Captain on here. I am not sure what was going on, but mine sounds great and yes these are very good with pedals. You are both correct, it is a niche guitar model.
Love seeing Mustangs getting some love. '72, I order a Fender Catalog,,,,sure, SB Strat, Blonde Tele were great for a 15 year old kid to pine over. Fave of the lot, SB Mustang. short scale with 22 frets....in Love. Maybe I could buy one ;) Kurt C wasn't happy with the bridge. Can't say. After nearly 50 years, I've never played one !!
I have a vintera Stang, it’s a gem. I really recommend them. It came setup very well too, usually on Stangs you need to setup the bridge but the vintera it was perfect right out of the box. I only needed to adjust the pickup heights, that was all.
Vintera Mustangs are great, but the American Performer is the best buy. The vibrato is modified and reinforced, thus making it far more usable and stable.
Zen Jenga I have to kinda agree and disagree a little there. I’m sort of a Mustang freak. I own 7 now. I have both the vintera and performer and yeah the performer is an absolutely magical Mustang. I could never sell it. But it is sort of a modern take on a classic Mustang, and you’re right the bridge is now pretty much perfect. They finally got it right. None of the old issues exist, and you can have it set up differently so and still no issues. And it works exactly the same way, feels the same. And the tuners are great, the neck is super smooth, love the satin. The nut is wider than most Stangs that many will also prefer and it has a modern radius and medium jumbo frets. You can be as delicate or as aggressive as you want on it. But the Vintera is by no means worse, it’s just a very different thing. It’s more vintage correct, and the pickups especially sound closer to a real old one. The most precious thing I own is a real 1964 early Mustang and that sounds by far the best and has the nicest neck. Just pure magic. The vintera sounds shockingly close in many ways but the vintage one actually screams and has more muscle and it’s an even more delicate guitar. But that’s also what you’d expect. I have a rare custom shop Mustang too which is the best sounding after the 64. The vintage ones have their own mojo entirely and more sound options. It’s like you put up with the issues for that mojo. And that said if you setup the bridge correctly, slightly slanted back and low you have no issues and it still moves. My 64 has no issues, doesn’t even fret out like my Japanese one does. Neither does the vintera, came setup almost perfectly and no fretting out. The build quality is obviously higher on the performer over the vintera. But not by miles. The performer still sounds like a Stang but doesn’t quite have that big star sound of a vintage one, doesn’t quite have that bite but it’s not a worse sound just different. It’s about preference, the performer is for people who prefer modern features. The vintera is for people who want a more vintage correct Stang that’s a mojo of it’s own. And I tend to prefer vintage small frets on Stangs over jumbos. And that’s just preference as well. They’re two different flavors of the Stang really. But I love having the performer, it’s something different and the switching is faster on the go. But with my 64 you have 7 tones with the switches, and that out of phase sound is amazing on Stangs. And the performer doesn’t have it. The vintera has four tones since I can’t distinguish the difference as well as with the 64, one version of the neck on it’s own clearly has more bass than the other. And I personally seem to pick up the vintera to play more often than the performer. I guess I personally love the more vintage correct Stangs. So it’s down to personal preference. And I’d always recommend trying before buying always if you have the chance. Especially with Mexicans, the consistency varies a little so you wanna find a good individual one.
I swear my Squier mustang HH sounds better haha. Or not. Not sure. But I absolutely LOVE IT! Even stock it's great with updated tuners. It's such a FUN guitar. Even with a Gibson and Ibanez next to me, I still love picking up the Mustang. Other guitars are too serious, this one is just fun
I'd go for the Fender Vintera if I could afford it over the Squier, mostly for the trem system over pickups or anything. Found the Squier one is more unstable.
