New Fender Vintera II Mustang vs. Vintage '66 

So how ya feeling now? You got the vintera 2? Competition orange? Or Capri? I love my mustang bullet I got right when they came out.got the rosewood which I love over laurel. But I def wanna get a fender,as I have 6 squiers. I just want a high quality mustang

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That's all good. Im gunna get one. Thanks for the input

@@NintenDub hey did you get it? are you happy with ir?

@@Lalairu I just bought a Vintera 2 mustang burgundy w/ rosewood fingerboard. It is very nice my only complaint is the tuners look cheap but it stays in tune out of the box. Have not done a set up yet . I also wish they painted the headstock to match. Sounds good as well. Some point I’ll be changing pups to tone hatch a2/a5 set.

right or even as a main tone

The problem is a flat pickup and a curved fretboard. The low E is the loudest wound string and the closest to the pickup so it's very loud, whereas the A and D get progressively smaller and farther from the pickup, therefore quieter. The pole pieces should be staggered like in a Start. Jazzmasters have the same issue. This particular Mustang has the 7.25" radius so the volume imbalance is magnified.

Well, as much as this sounds logical, but the first Broadcasters/Esquires/Teles should have the same problem then. However, I never heard anybody complain about this. And just to put it straight: this is not meant to be like the typical „Tele-glorification“/„Tele is the best“- bashing. My favourite guitar is a Jazzmaster! Although I do have a Tele too😅 I just wanted to question: is this really the reason for this problem? Maybe it is a problem on some guitars and on other guitars it is neglect-able? I don’t know. I find it interesting though. Peace and love to all of you, and once again, Eric, thank you for your work! Great video as always👍

My Jazzmaster has terribly uneven volume across the strings with a 9.5" radius@@robertbecker6903

Yip, the twanginess is exactly what I love about the mustang. And they've got a lot of bright shimmery bitey air to them too. Sounds really good with opto compressors, and fat full range drives, like the MXR Timmy too, where other guitars can get sludgy and muddy, if you don't rolloff tons of bass.

All of them! The more colors the better! Live really depends on the gig and what the rest of the band is using.

I have the P-90 equipped Chinese made Fender Mustang from about eight years ago. It checks the boxes for me, and it’s a beautifully made instrument. In fact, it’s the only guitar I never felt a need to upgrade. I can definitely hear echoes of my guitar in Eric’s Mustang demo’s.

I’m actually a p90 purist - I say go Gibson or Epiphone construction. I think the mahogany and Gibson angles matter - part of the p90 sound

There’s no difference.

@@Dram1984 I didn't think so, but thank you for confirming. You would think they'd maybe do like a humbucker setting or something, but oh well.

they're out of phase when the switches are in opposite directions, so when the switches both face inward and when they both face outward

I’m general I love the squier stuff!

Generally I really like the squier classic vibes (I have a p bass and a baritone)!

I've owned a few classic vibes (Mustang, Jazzmaster, Jaguar and Stratocaster) and they have all been great guitars, especially for the price. I recently picked up the new Vintera ii Mustang in competition orange and I was speechless as to how good it is. It's hard to put into words, but there is a higher quality feel with the Vintera ii compared to my classic vibe Mustang. The most noticeable difference is in the neck/fretboard. All of my previous classic vibes came with Indian Laurel fretboards. The slab rosewood in the new vintera ii Mustang and the neck feel are great. The pickups are your typical low output spanky quality. Whereas on my classic vibes I couldn't wait to swap the pickups, the stock ones on the vintera ii are more than adequate. Straight out of the box the new Mustang was pretty much ready to go, which I could not say they same for the classic vibe equivalent. At the end of the day the only limiting factor is the price. I was able to find my Classic Vibe Mustang for $240 on craigslist - while the new vintera ii Mustang was full list price from Sweetwater. Is the vintera ii 4x better than the classic vibe? No. Is it a great guitar worth the msrp? Yes

so are light gauge strings on regular scale

Upon second listen I missed a chord from the Spoon song and indeed morphed it into cry baby cry!

Just noodlin!

I use 2 canon 6Ds and an m200

Oh yeah that’s toontrack EZ drummer “70s Soul” midi bundle

Just thirds!

Mastery bridges are great! Buuuuut my mustang is weird and when I tried to install one I couldn’t get the action low enough

I agree with Eric, Mastery bridges are awesome - I have one on my Jazzmaster and it totally transformed the way the guitar plays - not to mention the sustain. I've considered getting one for my Mustang but tbh I've never really had any problems with the Mustang bridge. The length between the bridge and the tremolo plate is considerably longer on the Jazzmaster - which lowers the break angle and can cause unwanted vibration whlich over time will cause the bridge to sink into the body. The Mustang doesn't really have that problem as the space is shorter and the break angle is greater. Before you buy a Mastery, I would make sure the Mustang is properly set up. That would include making sure the cigar bar (where the strings feed into) isn't set too high. Also, putting loctite on the height adjustment screws on the bridge helps keep it in place. Lastly, adding a shim to the neck pocket can also do wonders for these guitars. If you've done all of the above and it still isn't to your liking then I would consider the Mastery.

Yeah my buddy Mike modded it - NOS transistors- it’s FAT!

it's absolutely possible to set up the Mustang vibrato to stay in tune

To be honest, I don’t really love the 7.25 radius either. They say it’s better for open position chording, but I prefer 9.5

hotter pickups sound bigger, no surprises

the one thing that makes the guitar unique and you got rid of it instead of learning how to use it

@@AndreaAustonisound’s unique, not necessarily good