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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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<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Mustang3.jpg|thumb|250px|Kurt Cobain and his Mustang]] -->
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Were all Mustang and Mustang Bass variants withdrawn by 1982?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)
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)
Can we please get every reference to 'tremolo' changed to 'vibrato'? 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 18:32, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
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
shakira plays mustang? citation?
She has been seen many, many times playing a pink glitter sparkle Mustang. I think typing 'Shakira Mustang' into Google would yield a few results.
220.240.153.58 (
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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)
1. He primarily used modified Fender Mustangs. A single coil pickup in the neck position and humbucker in the bridge position also modified the bridge to a Gibson style Gotoh Bridge.
2. He played Jaguars for Nirvana's Nevermind tour in Europe because it was easier to find/replace cheap left-handed Jaguars than Mustangs before they hit it big.
3. He played the "Jag-stang" only a few times on the in-utero tour as he felt it was unfinished.
4. They made Fender Mustangs in the US from 1964-1982. He played Mustangs mostly from this era and a few of the Japanese reissues.
http://www.kurtsequipment.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.27.63.236 ( talk) 12:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
5. fender sent him 4 new mustangs for the in utero tour 1 red 3 blue — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.193.16.53 ( talk) 06:20, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
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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)
Dear Otaku,
Azusa Nakano, no matter how much you wish she was, is not a real person. Please refrain from adding her name to the article.
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Cubern (
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04:45, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Who is it that keeps going through articles on intruments that appear in the japanese series 'K-ON!', and attributing the cast of that anime or their namesakes from The Pillows as "notable players of this instrument"? It's bordering on obsessive. 放課後ティータイム are not a real band, and The Pillows shouldn't be considered "notable" just because their conglomerate reused their names in another medium. 219.90.136.52 ( talk) 16:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
David never used a Mustang - He used a Duosonic - There's no source, so it's going off. If anyone wants to rebut this, I have pictures - He used a Duosonic, and later modded two with humbuckers.-- BuddyOfHolly ( talk) 19:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Agreed. Other than this wiki page - and all the other web pages that use it as a 'reliable source' - I have never found a shred of evidence that Byrne ever used a Mustang. And I myself am a 20 year fan of Talking Heads and a 15 year player of Mustangs myself. Byrne simply didn't own a Mustang. It was a Duo-Sonic. 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 18:30, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Robbmonster ( talk) 06:39, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Andy Cox, Fine Young Cannibals, I believe used one too. Maybe somebody knows. Great guitar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longinus876 ( talk • contribs) 14:57, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Mustang (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. Dicklyon ( talk) 18:35, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
It seems this particular section changes every single day, which is very annoying, because it means a user can come to this page on monday, and another on friday, and have completely different readings.
I am interested in adding back some of the "old" known users, though I cannot personally endorse all of them. Can we discuss these users in the talk section? — Preceding
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19:18, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
... shows a Fender Mustang with an 'aftermarket bridge pickup'. This smacks of someone simply posting a picture of their own baby for all to see. Surely there are CC pictures out there of STOCK Mustangs that could be used. 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 12:20, 24 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 12:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi I want to propose a change, in the model section it mentions the 3 competition mustang colors and says red is also known as burgundy but this is incorrect. The blue color was actually called burgundy. Here is a Fender Price List from 1970 that shows what the names for the colors are: https://guitar-compare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1970-March-15.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.146.169.133 ( talk) 10:23, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
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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)
Rem comment:
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Mustang3.jpg|thumb|250px|Kurt Cobain and his Mustang]] -->
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)
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)
Can we please get every reference to 'tremolo' changed to 'vibrato'? 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 18:32, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
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
shakira plays mustang? citation?
She has been seen many, many times playing a pink glitter sparkle Mustang. I think typing 'Shakira Mustang' into Google would yield a few results.
220.240.153.58 (
talk)
18:34, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
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)
1. He primarily used modified Fender Mustangs. A single coil pickup in the neck position and humbucker in the bridge position also modified the bridge to a Gibson style Gotoh Bridge.
2. He played Jaguars for Nirvana's Nevermind tour in Europe because it was easier to find/replace cheap left-handed Jaguars than Mustangs before they hit it big.
3. He played the "Jag-stang" only a few times on the in-utero tour as he felt it was unfinished.
4. They made Fender Mustangs in the US from 1964-1982. He played Mustangs mostly from this era and a few of the Japanese reissues.
http://www.kurtsequipment.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.27.63.236 ( talk) 12:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
5. fender sent him 4 new mustangs for the in utero tour 1 red 3 blue — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.193.16.53 ( talk) 06:20, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 16:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
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)
Dear Otaku,
Azusa Nakano, no matter how much you wish she was, is not a real person. Please refrain from adding her name to the article.
--
Cubern (
talk)
04:45, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Who is it that keeps going through articles on intruments that appear in the japanese series 'K-ON!', and attributing the cast of that anime or their namesakes from The Pillows as "notable players of this instrument"? It's bordering on obsessive. 放課後ティータイム are not a real band, and The Pillows shouldn't be considered "notable" just because their conglomerate reused their names in another medium. 219.90.136.52 ( talk) 16:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
David never used a Mustang - He used a Duosonic - There's no source, so it's going off. If anyone wants to rebut this, I have pictures - He used a Duosonic, and later modded two with humbuckers.-- BuddyOfHolly ( talk) 19:38, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
Agreed. Other than this wiki page - and all the other web pages that use it as a 'reliable source' - I have never found a shred of evidence that Byrne ever used a Mustang. And I myself am a 20 year fan of Talking Heads and a 15 year player of Mustangs myself. Byrne simply didn't own a Mustang. It was a Duo-Sonic. 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 18:30, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
Robbmonster ( talk) 06:39, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Andy Cox, Fine Young Cannibals, I believe used one too. Maybe somebody knows. Great guitar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longinus876 ( talk • contribs) 14:57, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Mustang (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. Dicklyon ( talk) 18:35, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
It seems this particular section changes every single day, which is very annoying, because it means a user can come to this page on monday, and another on friday, and have completely different readings.
I am interested in adding back some of the "old" known users, though I cannot personally endorse all of them. Can we discuss these users in the talk section? — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
50.206.151.149 (
talk)
19:18, 30 October 2015 (UTC)
... shows a Fender Mustang with an 'aftermarket bridge pickup'. This smacks of someone simply posting a picture of their own baby for all to see. Surely there are CC pictures out there of STOCK Mustangs that could be used. 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 12:20, 24 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.240.153.58 ( talk) 12:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
Hi I want to propose a change, in the model section it mentions the 3 competition mustang colors and says red is also known as burgundy but this is incorrect. The blue color was actually called burgundy. Here is a Fender Price List from 1970 that shows what the names for the colors are: https://guitar-compare.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1970-March-15.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.146.169.133 ( talk) 10:23, 28 March 2020 (UTC)