Beautiful color. You still need a Mustang.

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Tqi wrote:

edwardsand wrote:

Beautiful color. You still need a Mustang.

ARGH SHUT UP DON'T DO THIS TO ME

Mustang’s are so cool. I sold an American Performer recently. Wish I hadn’t . The vibrato was the best I’ve ever used. The body was just a bit small for me.

Kitten and The Tonics

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The VI is one of the coolest things ever made. I knew it the first time I saw one in a Fender catalog. They seem to beg for LaBella flats, and I’m happy to oblige. There’s nothing else I’ve ever played that sounds like a VI, and FMIC is wise to make one available in the Squier line.

As to the Mustang, I have to say that they are quite tempting. If you can imagine yourself back in the ‘60s, the Mustang was a heck of a student instrument and could keep up with the big boys for not a lot of money.

I used to buy sheet music from the local Fender dealer and always gazed longingly at any Fenders they had in stock. I craved a sunburst Jaguar, but they cost roughly a month’s worth of my father’s pay, so that wasn’t going to happen. A Mustang was, at the very least, a possibility, and I wanted one in white. That never happened, but I got a Harmony Rocket, and eventually traded that for an Alvarez classical, but I retain a soft spot for Mustangs, and own a CIJ Mustang bass, that I really like.

Strangely, if I were going to pull the trigger on one, I think I’d end up with a JagStang. It’s not that I’m a Grunge fan, but Ryan, of 60 Cycle Hum fame has one, painted to match Dick Dale’s Strat. Somehow, I really like that guitar, and the Mustang trem’ does some crazy stuff.

All this having been said, please enter my name on the Enablement Petition for TQI to buy a Mustang. It’s a moral imperative, TQI. You posted a picture of one and to not buy one at this point would be the moral equivalent of leaving one’s bride-to-be crying at the alter.

The artist formerly known as: Synchro

When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

I love the look of the Competition Mustangs. I'd get one if I didn't already have a Squier VM that I refinished and rewired. I also had a sonic blue CV Mustang that I recently sold (in one of those "got to make room" phases).

Tqi wrote:

synchro wrote:

Strangely, if I were going to pull the trigger on one, I think I’d end up with a JagStang. It’s not that I’m a Grunge fan, but Ryan, of 60 Cycle Hum fame has one, painted to match Dick Dale’s Strat. Somehow, I really like that guitar, and the Mustang trem’ does some crazy stuff.

God, I love Ryan's Jag-Stang. Wildly, it was a Jag-Stang project I bought the DS neck for - but I never thought of using it for surf until his video. A very "...huh." moment.

When I heard his demo I emitted a loud “Huh!” of my own. Say what you might about humbuckers, etc. that was a great sounding instrument. I have absolutely no need for another guitar, and the doctors here at the institute would argue that if I buy so much as one more pick they will be forced to keep me here for the rest of my life but a JagStang really does appeal to me. It’s a bastard design, on its best day, but I can’t argue with my ears. It strikes me as a great little guitar for raising a bit of hell on stage.

Tqi wrote:

synchro wrote:

All this having been said, please enter my name on the Enablement Petition for TQI to buy a Mustang. It’s a moral imperative, TQI. You posted a picture of one and to not buy one at this point would be the moral equivalent of leaving one’s bride-to-be crying at the alter.

You're a bastard.

If there are still CV Compstangs available once I've paid off the Bass VI, I'll consider it.

Count on it!

Tqi wrote:

edwardsand wrote:

I love the look of the Competition Mustangs. I'd get one if I didn't already have a Squier VM that I refinished and rewired. I also had a sonic blue CV Mustang that I recently sold (in one of those "got to make room" phases).

Oh screw it. I just bought a neck and I'm building a Jag-Stang.

Is this close enough for everyone!?

It’s always pleasing to serve as an enabler. I think I’ll reward myself with a celebratory beer, later this afternoon. OK, I was going to have my Saturday beer either way, but now I have an additional rationale.

The artist formerly known as: Synchro

When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

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edwardsand wrote:

Personally, the Jag-Stang body just doesn't appeal to me at all. Too blobby and awkward, as if somebody drunkenly sketched it on a napkin and the Fender people tried to directly replicate that rather than refine it. Wait, that's pretty much what happened. But I'd like to see somebody take the basic idea and make a refined version of that body shape (the rest of the specs are fine).

Anyway, if you've got a 24" neck, you can easily use that for a Mustang. Or a Duo Sonic. Or a Musicmaster. Or a Bronco...

I agree thatthe shape seems a bit exaggerated, but I see it as a somewhat tongue-in-cheek appearance, for what is a very good sounding guitar. When I was in high school, one of the students bought a red 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, and mounted 14” wide Firestone Indy tires on the back. It was a moderately hot car with a big block engine and a four speed, but it was all but a caricature of a street machine because of those massive back tires.

I see the JagStang in the same way. It’s meant to be on over the top caricature of a cross between a Mustang and a Jaguar. It’s far from my favorite instrument, but I find it strangely appealing.

The artist formerly known as: Synchro

When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

I like it.

The artist formerly known as: Synchro

When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

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