Why Japan fell in love with the Mustang ( It wasn't Kurt Cobain )

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The Fender Mustang is one of the coolest designs they company has ever had, and in today's video I talk about the very first Japanese made reissues of the guitar that began shortly after American production was ended and just why the guitar model became so popular in Japan!
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0:00 The original Fender Mustangs
0:56 A Japanese Guitar hero...
2:10 The beginning of Fender Japan
3:20 The "Collectors Series" Mustang
5:44 Quick improv sound test
7:46 How does it compare to Modern MIJ mustangs?
8:19 Tuning stability tips
9:03 A final thought on Char
10:41 What do you want to see next?
11:47 Outro jam

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@DisabilityExams Год назад

My first electric was a used '64 Mustang. Paid $175 for it.

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

Bargain! I'm not going to do the inflation calculator and pretend that was extremely cheap even then haha

@Michelangelo5555 2 месяца назад

When did you buy it?

@mjvicc1952 Год назад

Jim, Bought, on your review, a Squier Classic Vibe FSR Mustang and I LOVE IT! I never considered or even gave a Mustang a second look. Being 70 years young the light weight, short scale, diminutive size and outstanding playability you’ve breathed new life into my playing. Thanks for your informative and honest reviews and keep up the good work! 😊

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

Man this made my day, I'm so happy you decided to give one a try and fell in love with it... they really are such fun guitars.

@Panda-sd9nd Год назад

Great video and great playing Jim, glad to see you hit the ground running in the new year. A video on some of the different Roadstars that Ibanez put out in the 80's would be cool. There are some real gems there - saw a video of Paul Gilbert playing a gorgeous reverse burst one with a single angled humbucker in the bridge and a floating trem. That thing was killer.

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

Thanks Panda, it's funny you mention them because I have never had Ibanez on this channel and have been looking around for about two weeks trying to figure out which model I'd like to give a try first.

@Xcorgi Год назад

Beautiful clean tone and beautiful surf 🏄‍♀️ playing for the demo!

@cinemod5393 Год назад

Great video, I absolutely love my MIJ mustang. 1995 MG-69 in Dakota red with matching headstock, mustangs are some of the sickest guitars

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

I love the Dakota Red, severely underrated color - sounds like you have a keeper for life there!

@christopheraaron8299 Год назад

I have a Squier Bullet Mustang (Imperial Blue) that I modded with P90s, a white pearl pickguard with P90 cutouts, locking tuners, roller trees and a neck shim to make it easier to intonate. I also ordered the new Squier Sonic Mustang SS in Torino Red that's supposed to arrive today. I'm also putting locking tuners and a neck shim on it as well. I love how the maple fretboard looks with the red body.

@IanNorsworthy Год назад

Great video - lovely history, recommendation for the artist too and I have to say it just looks and sounds right to watch you playing a mustang tbh!!!! 😊

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

I always have a ton of fun playing them, they are so light and the scale length makes it really easy. Didn't expect myself to get so aggressive with it but it really just worked that day ahah

@IanNorsworthy Год назад

@@AudiomoMusic yeah absolutely- that’s what I loved in the video - it came across how much fun you were having and how the music was just carrying you which is always an amazing sign 😊

@jackvalentine4694 7 месяцев назад

I’ve been a fan of char for a while. I love his music

@rob1996ization Год назад

Sounds so good. Mustangs are so awesome for garage rock

@nd4804 8 месяцев назад

Have to admit I am hooked on the Japanese guitars, especially the short scale! I am an old duffer trying to learn guitar with all my physical maladies so the short scale is very helpful. Been going thru your videos and really enjoying them so just subscribed. Learning a lot and appreciate your videos! Any info on the current Japanese factory offerings might be interesting, maybe the Junior Collection which are short scale but difficult to get new here in the US. Where are they made, etc? Anyway, thanks for your content! Apologies if you have covered this and I haven’t seen it yet.

@jonathanhudak2059 8 месяцев назад

Hi Jim just learned about Japanese Fender Mustangs cool! I always forget how the Mustang is one of the Fender offsets! Nice playing too and never heard of Char either, going to check him out thanks!

@AudiomoMusic 8 месяцев назад

Char is incredible, still rips to this day definitely worth checking out!

@jonathanhudak2059 8 месяцев назад

@AudiomoMusic you know I started listening to the first couple of songs off his first album so far so good thanks!

@elephantcemetery 4 месяца назад

You and that guitar sound so good

@AudiomoMusic 4 месяца назад

I actually rewatched this because I forgot how I played in this video, man that guitar really did sound good and I had a ton of fun playing it. Thanks for that compliment

@ectoplasm Год назад

I bought a candy apple red Fujigen JMG6R (the ones with the "FGN" logo in the goofy take-out food font on the hook-nose headstock) a while back and I love it, but I can't find much information on it or that period of time when Fujigen were producing Fujigen-branded Mustangs and stuff. I'd like to see a video on Fujigen and their branded stuff (especially highlighting the JMG6, though). I also noticed an abundance of cheap red Mustangs on Japanese auction site, so Char not playing red ones definitely explains that. I love fiesta red, so that works out in my favor.

@carpathus Год назад

Nice! Have an Arctic White Bullet Mustang that hardly ever gets played. It' s my travel guitar but haven't gone anywhere for awhile so it's been living in It's case. Has a set of Gotoh Magnum Lock-Trad 6-In-Line Tuners on it so there's a little bit of Japan to it. Need to put it out on stand and play it for awhile. Cheers!

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

You should! Short scales are really really fun to jam on!

@aminahmed2220 Год назад

What a fantastic video have a good weekend

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

Thanks as always Amin same to you enjoy your weekend

@Markleford Год назад

Adrian Belew also did some time with Mustangs in the 80s.

@Thomas-wk8vs Год назад

great video, btw what is the height of your mustang's pick up ? it sounds so good

@AudiomoMusic 11 месяцев назад

thanks man, for mustangs on the bridge pickup 4mm on the bass side from the string, 4.5mm ( roughly ) on the treble side. It's subtle but it brings a little more low end out of it.

@RiotBike Год назад

Have you tried the FSR CV Mustang that we’re meant for the Japanese domestic market? Those are made it China but came with Fender USA pickups and trem. Amazing workmanship on those. They are just as good as the Japanese Mustangs I’ve tried.

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

I do find it funny how in Japan they get runs like that for Squier and for Epiphone (the Shinichi Ubukata 355 for example) that far surpass what we get here in the USA in their budget lines. They simply don't settle and even on lower end models make sure they are done to a standard they are happy with. I'm not surprised at all they are great guitars but I haven't actually had one in my hands.

@Orieus Год назад

They are epic man!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@stratbmx1542 Год назад

Todd Rundgren is the first that comes to mind he was using them back in the 70s

@ManolisSamarakis Месяц назад

I have a couple of Mustangs but I really find that their sound is not as powerful as in your videos! What would you suggest, hardware wise (effect pedals, pickups, amps etc) in order to achieve a sound similar to yours in this video? Thanks!!

@AudiomoMusic Месяц назад

first try raising the pickups, other than that you gotta really push the amp a bit to open them up. What kind of amp are you using, I can try to give you some recommended settings if I know that. They sound really really big once you dial them in and you don't need to replace the pickups OR hardware to get them to sound that way.

@ManolisSamarakis Месяц назад

@@AudiomoMusic hey, thank you for your quick answer. Right know I am playing to a boss katana 100 mk2. Thank you in advance! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

@thecappy Год назад

What is the code word for lacquer when searching Japanese fenders? Rsv?

@AudiomoMusic Год назад

VSP

@thecappy Год назад

Thank you

@dunsaniandreams9 2 месяца назад

What year is that model?

@AudiomoMusic 2 месяца назад

that one is a 1986

@dunsaniandreams9 2 месяца назад

@@AudiomoMusic thank you for answering! is it a slab or contoured body?? And do you think that makes a difference in tone?

@horsthansen6959 8 месяцев назад

so, this is a 80's reissue of a 60's mustang, but why does it have the 70's mustang body with the belly carve?^^

@AudiomoMusic 8 месяцев назад

the answer for that is weird actually - they didn't want people to confuse these early japanese reissues with older american ones. same reason the color choices were a bit off too. really odd time considering all of this was taking place as the fullerton factory shut down and they were opening up the corona plant