Mustang Brotherhood & Similar

[Len_derby]

Mexican P-J , my go-to gigging bass. Love it.

 

 

[DanDoesBass]

1 hour ago, Len_derby said:

Mexican P-J , my go-to gigging bass. Love it.

 

 

Great aren’t they! 🙌

[DanDoesBass]

4 hours ago, Byo said:

Very interested in this too.

 

The Nordstrand is a great upgrade for the Japanese pup, especially if you want more definition.

 

The JMJ has a custom Mustang pup, wasn't this done by Seymour Duncan? 

It's a very P-bassy sounding pup, a bit more body than the Mustang. As far as I am aware.

 

@DanDoesBass tell us more!

 

@Byo @Lozz196 

 

I loved the JMJ’s punch, but I wanted a warmer, beefier tone with bigger lows, less top-end bite, and a hotter output, so I dropped in the Nordstrand. That said, depending on the amp and pedals the difference can be subtle—both pickups are great…I mostly just wanted an excuse to put Nordstrands in. 👀😂

 

My father in law has a JMJ with the stock pickups, I’ll do a side by side to see how noticeable it really is. 👌

[DanDoesBass]

When does it go from a collection to an obsession?! 

[Lozz196]

Erm, like this?

 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, DanDoesBass said:

When does it go from a collection to an obsession?! 

I think it’s probably 5+

 

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

Erm, like this?

 

However, I could be wrong 

Edited 16 hours ago by ezbass

[DanDoesBass]

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

Erm, like this?

 

Now this guy knows how to party! 

TBH I have been considering a second JMJ for a while now... Nice to see I am not the only one. 

Any differences between them at all? @Lozz196

[Lozz196]

Only the weight, not much in it though, from about 7.5lbs to just over 8. All play and sound pretty much identical.

[ped]

Welcome to BC @DanDoesBass

 

I'm a paid up member of the Mustang Brotherhood - which is weird, because a few years ago I would have laughed at the idea. I bought the '66 Mustang on a whim and fell in love with it, especially with rounds. Since I had it modified with new pickups it's become my favourite bass. I realised that short scale would be really well suited for fretless, given the additional weight afforded to the higher strings. I bought the '72 Musicmaster and a fretless Mustang neck to test that idea, and it's fantastic. Shortly the bass is going to a local luthier who is doing a few other bits such as correcting the electronics, replacing the bridge and possibly epoxy coating the board.

 

 

[Byo]

1 hour ago, ped said:

Welcome to BC @DanDoesBass

 

I'm a paid up member of the Mustang Brotherhood - which is weird, because a few years ago I would have laughed at the idea. I bought the '66 Mustang on a whim and fell in love with it, especially with rounds. Since I had it modified with new pickups it's become my favourite bass. I realised that short scale would be really well suited for fretless, given the additional weight afforded to the higher strings. I bought the '72 Musicmaster and a fretless Mustang neck to test that idea, and it's fantastic. Shortly the bass is going to a local luthier who is doing a few other bits such as correcting the electronics, replacing the bridge and possibly epoxy coating the board.

 

 

The red Mustang... 🔥🔥🔥

What pups have you got there? Looks like a Thunderbird-style and a really beefy single coil, has a Burns vibe to it that fits so well!

[ped]

2 hours ago, Byo said:

The red Mustang... 🔥🔥🔥

What pups have you got there? Looks like a Thunderbird-style and a really beefy single coil, has a Burns vibe to it that fits so well!

 

Cheers, the 66 has two Gemini pickups, the front is a dual coil 'Degenerate' with one extra hot. It gives a lovely P sound. The bridge is a 'Surfrider' and it's very powerful, so the honk is amazing. There are a few audio clips here and the build diary for the bass is here - you can see it was modified already when I bought it, so no crime has been committed.

 

The fretless build diary (more of a parts assembly thread) is here