Thanks. I have to say at the risk of sounding boastful, this is like my best project to date. I have no complaints, it sounds fantastic, all humbuckery. I played one of those G&L Fallout basses with the humbucker, and this sounds so much better. The neck is smooth, frets are perfect, it’s comfortable to play for so small a body, it’s perfect.
Even with the racing stripes, which I’m not sure I would have chosen but it comes with the line.
Well, I’d say that a great success is always a valid option !
That’s a very insteresting instrument, at the same time a classic (Mustang with Racing stripes) and something different (the color scheme is not a classic one, and obviously the HB in a Precision / Mustang position)
The Jaguar looks more like a Jazzmaster (not exactly the same body shape, but very close) with two single coils and chrome metal plates inserted into the pickguard.
The Mustang is a short scale guitar (existed in two different scales) from where the Mustang Bass is directly derived (body shape, pickguard, chrome control plate … and still short scale as we all know)
Also Jazzmaster guitar pickups should be retconned out of history and replaced with P90s. I keep forgetting, see a Jazzmaster, think “ooh…”, and then remember
I agree. I’m a fan of the stripes too. That white and blue one that @Wombat-metal has is sweet. I wonder if they do yellow and black or other color combinations.
That’s quite different, yeah. The Jazzmaster pickups are way more … Fender and the P90’s are way more aggressive. It’s quite hard to find really good P90’s tho. My Gibson ones are stored in a little plastic box and the ones I use on my guitars are a Sunbear, a Seymour Duncan, a Bareknuckle and two Custom 77.
I’m not surprised at all, the pickup(s) quality is often (almost always) the weak point on Fender’s.
My favorite Mustang Competition color scheme is most probably the orange one :