Talk:Fender Mustang

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Apart from the Fender Dynamic Vibrato bridge, the rest of it was the same as a Duo-Sonic; simply put, the Mustang was a budget model with a tremolo arm.

Not so. The existing Duo-Sonic and the Musicmaster were both redesigned in 1964, a few months after the release of the Mustang, adopting its body shape. The Mustang itself was an in-between model, especially the 24" scale version; The budget trem model was the Fender Bronco, which also adopted the Mustang shape but had an even cheaper trem arm, with no redeeming features other than rarity AFAIK. Andrewa 23:41, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

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This image appears unlikely to be reinstated. Andrewa 15:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Were all Mustang and Mustang Bass variants withdrawn by 1982? Some websites seem to assume they were. Watch this space, or does anyone know? Andrewa 20:42, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] "Impractical" POV on trem arm

Hmmmm... current article reads:

Many players also prefer the Duo-Sonic II to the Mustang because it lacks the impractical and difficult to maintain tremolo bridge.

But later (I'm glad to see) the comments about some notable players preferring the tremolo arm above all other designs is still there. I think impractical is rather POV. I'll fix it sometime if nobody else does first. Andrewa 03:34, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. Andrewa 14:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Related models

So... if this is the Mustang article, why are people talking about the Musicmaster and Duo Sonic? Someone ought to redo this page entirely... anyone opposed to me attempting that? Danglybanger

Fender Musicmaster and Fender Duosonic both already have their own articles, as does the Fender Bronco and the corresponding bass models. IMO it's good to have an overview of the history of these related models somewhere, and as the Mustang is the most famous of them, it makes sense to have this writeup in this article.
But I'm certainly not opposed to your having a go at rewriting the article. Interested to see how you get on. Andrewa 14:37, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] shakira?

shakira plays mustang? citation?

[edit] Kurt Cobain

i dont know if the linking of kurt cobain to the mustang guitar is pertinent, he played a custom combo of a jaguar guitar and mustang guitar which has been refered to as a "jag-stang"

Yeah, but they didn't make one until 1994. Meaning for 99% of his career it didn't exist. He grew up playing a Mustang, it was his favorite guitar until it was destroyed in a flood Mujarimojo 05:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Trivia

Kurt Cobain stated that the Fender Mustang was his favorite guitar, and that he bought his first Mustang for only $20, where as now they can be purchased for hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
That's what is said in his book, but I wonder if it's true. Finding a mustang for 20 dollars, even at the times, is rare. But finding, by coincidence, a left-handed pre-cbs fender mustang sold 20 dollars is very unlikely. user14 20:24 20 February 2008 (UTC)

just finding one is unlikely. but once you found it the seller would have likely been thrilled at getting anything at all for it. these were cheap beginner guitars even in the 80s. pre cbs only meant strats and teles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 17:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)