Mustangs, who plays 'em then?

gilby

Well I'm stumped. A recent thread I started has ended up with me toying with looking at mustangs. Never considered them before and I think it's because I can't think of who plays them !
There's Byrne from talking heads and ........I don't know ?
Come on folks, enlighten me.

ICBM

Kurt Cobain

Lindsey Troy (Deap Vally)

Adrian Belew (although his were heavily modified)

David Byrne's one was actually a modified Musicmaster.

suspiciousminds

From wiki:
Notable Mustang players:
Adrian Belew
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Rob Buck (10,000 Maniacs)
David Byrne (Talking Heads)
Graham Coxon (Blur)
John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
PJ Harvey
Kelly Jones (Stereophonics)
Alan Lancaster (Status Quo)
Magic Slim
John McLaughlin
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth)
Buzz Osborne (The Melvins)
Liz Phair
Todd Rundgren
Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
Matthew Healy (The 1975)
Yoshiaki Manabe (the pillows)

ThePrettyDamned

Lindsey Troy is an interesting player.  Half of me loves it, the other half doesn't.  No doubt she can play that thing though...

Emily Kokal has a red one, but she mostly uses a white Jag I think.

http://www.popshot.nl/site/wp-content/gallery/warpaint/dsc_5646.jpg

ICBM

suspiciousminds said:

Alan Lancaster (Status Quo)

That's a Mustang *Bass*.

(I know, wackipedia... )

guitargeek62

Me. John Frusciante too.

grungebob

I like the look of the new American special mustang. I love shortscale guitars but make sure their right for you up the dusty end before handing over your cash.

guitargeek62

The Squier VMs are great - I got my one last August but I do hate the bridge. I keep meaning to swap in a TOM and lock it off properly, but until then it's just outright annoying. The trem itself is pretty neat though

blueskunk

Haha was just gonna say guitargeek

A_T_W

Theresa Wayman from Warpaint nearly always has a red Mustang on stage, makes some nice sounds with it too

timhulio

They're great guitars once set-up correctly. We've got a '66 in blue and it's aged nicely as the laquer has yellowed. Lack of sustain means they don't lend themselves to wailing cod-rock heroics, but a couple of bright single coils means they work excellently with pedals and clean Fender amps. They're a really cool left-field choice that isn't loaded-down with rockist baggage. Maybe that's why lots of women play them.

Blixa Bargeld used to play one too. 

octatonic

Only junkies and pederasts.

dogload

octatonic said:

Only junkies and pederasts.

Great album title.

gusman2x

Me.

Polly Jean

Kurtdz

Johnny Marr's son

 

I love mine, great guitar.

lustycourtier

They are brilliant. And not really that small, despite looking it.

DarnWeight

Add me to the list...a MIJ 65 Reissue.  Cracking guitars.

And don't believe the hype regarding the trem.  Set up properly and strung with 11s/12s they work really, really well.

suspiciousminds

I recently traded my RI 69 comp mustang but would have kept it if i didnt have other shortscales.
I locked the vibrato down on mine - really was a lovely player - i dont regret trading it but i'de deffo have another.

guitargeek62

I found this site last night offering replacement control & bridge-plates for all manner of Fenders. Interestingly they have a Mustang hard-tail plate too which I'm tempted to try as it'd be an easy install (although it won't fix the stupid bridge itself, just avoids any potential problems with the vibrato);

http://www.ponoko.com/design-your-own/products/custom-laser-cut-guitar-control-plates-10317

suspiciousminds

That looks intresting - wonder if it improves the sustain?

timhulio

If you're worried about sustain then the Mustang probably isn't the guitar for you. Lack of sustain isn't always a bad thing. That said, there's a new USA Mustang with a TOM and a stoptail bridge and a couple of humbuckers. Not very Mustang-y, but doubtless tons of sustain.

The tuning stability issue isn't really an issue if you don't use the trem. There's no real need to lock the bridge or get an aftermarket hardtail.

timhulio

Also, LOL @ 'Teh Kurdtz'.