FENDER MUSTANG 90...

SPECTRUM001

So this is my Fender Mustang 90 - which I absolutely love.

It was a gift from my employer as a long service award, has a lovely neck and plays exceptionally well.....and just feels great (and lets be frank, this isn't particularly high end) !

But, I am going to upgrade the pickups, and been looking at a set of Sonic Sixes from The Creamery (a little brighter than the  MP90s). Jaime has been pretty busy of late, so if for some reason he cannot supply, I will discuss with Oil City.

Here's my question (and its kinda trivial...). I was thinking of going with aged cream rather than black, and also for the toggle switch (might as well replace, as I am already having some issues with the stock Fender). Any thoughts on whether this would look odd, and I should keep to black on all three ? Planning to retain the pickguard as is...

Have to say, the Dakota Red and Pau Ferro work a treat !

Sesh

I do like the look of those. Not sure cream on pearloid would look great in my opinion.
Congratulations on the long service award. I've been where I am for 20 years now and have never got a thing. 

Whitecat

Personally I might try silver/chrome to go with the control plate. Otherwise I like black on red like that...

SPECTRUM001

Thank you ! It was quite a nice milestone (though when I started, many of my new colleagues had 20 or 30 years' service - now I am eighth longest serving). Our new recruits seem to move around far more these days - the times are a changing... 

The Creamery do have a nickel chrome option - which was my original choice. Not sure why I abandoned it...

I really wanted to do the aged cream, but I (obviously) have reservations, hence I am pondering here.

Funkfingers

On Mustangs, normal pre-CBS Fender practice is black parts with white scratchplates and off-white parts with tortoiseshell. 

Cream covers would go perfectly well with pearloid, especially as it ages. Whatever you decide, you will still be stuck with black volume and tone control knobs.

SPECTRUM001

Funkfingers said:

On Mustangs, normal pre-CBS Fender practice is black parts with white scratchplates and off-white parts with tortoiseshell. 

Cream covers would go perfectly well with pearloid, especially as it ages. Whatever you decide, you will still be stuck with black volume and tone control knobs.

Yes, there is a big part of me that says keep the colour scheme as is (they did it for a reason !) - especially as the control knobs are staying.

ICBM

What Funkfingers said...

Black pickups with a pearl guard on a Mustang, always. Cream on tortoiseshell is fine.

SPECTRUM001

Thanks - yep, I have pretty much decided to keep to black, especially as Jaime has offered to take the shine off the gloss covers, giving them more of a satin finish.

Am really hoping the new pickups will be the icing on the cake - as the neck is one of the nicest I have played. Certainly will be once the fret ends have been given a little smoothing over...

sawyer

Would look good with competition stripes.

SPECTRUM001

Well - here it is !

I have discussed the new Creamery pick-ups on a separate thread (which are wonderful).

But, am not sure the off-white cover works. I had intended to keep them black, but this is how they arrived so thought it worth giving a go...

Jaime did give me some black covers too, so can have them changed when the new toggle switch is installed (had wondered if a cream tip would help tie in with the pickups ?).

I want to like the cream, but somehow am struggling !

Most importantly, the guitar sounds great, has an excellent set-up and is extremely addictive to play.

munckee

Go tortoise with the guard. Looks better than pearloid I think. 

What’s the weight of it like. I have a squier jag which my 15 year old daughter likes but I assume a mustang will be quite a bit lighter. 

SPECTRUM001

That was my very first intention - and had hoped I could pick up an actual Mustang 90 Tort (cos Fender do make them for one of the other colour schemes), however they said they are not available as a spare part. Could go to WD I guess... 

The weight is nice - around seven and a half or less. It is much lighter than my Jaguar HH.

Funkfingers

Black pickup covers would follow Fender convention. (Boring, “safe” but beyond reproach.) Most observers will give black covers barely a second glance, possibly, not even clocking that they are P90-sized rather than Fender-sized single coils.

Cream plastics will get attention but some of it will be negative.

Neither colour scheme is “better” but one of them feels right.

mbe

Those toggle switches work fine after a squirt of Servisol. The issues are common to all of the recent Mexican Fender models with toggle switches.

rossi

I am going to build a cheap version with an orange  Bullet Mustang ,a new pickguard and a pair of Tonerider p90's .I do lust for the Fender version but means must .It would probably end up with Toneriders anyway ,An A2 in the neck and a A5 in the bridge.great tone from them ,had them before in a PRS ,fantastic tones for my style of playing ,blues and jazz mainly but other stuff as suits .  .