Mustang Brotherhood & Similar

[DanDoesBass]

21 hours ago, ped said:

The neck pickup being that close to the fretboard would be a bit muddy. Better to have the additional pickup near the bridge to approximate jazz spacing. Imo obviously

 Agreed 🙌

 

[JohnDaBass]

39 minutes ago, DanDoesBass said:

Looks great! How does it sound? 

The pups are EY Parts Eric Custom T Bird ceramic humbuckers. I chose to use two 14k Pups both higher output units which offer a huge range of very diverse tones. The Harley Benton is great starting bass for pup up grades. Alder body, bound neck, nicely finished, all for £199.

[DanDoesBass]

5 hours ago, JohnDaBass said:

The pups are EY Parts Eric Custom T Bird ceramic humbuckers. I chose to use two 14k Pups both higher output units which offer a huge range of very diverse tones. The Harley Benton is great starting bass for pup up grades. Alder body, bound neck, nicely finished, all for £199.

That’s really not bad at all! Might have to order a HB just to mod 

[BassAgent]

Proud owner of my all original Mustang from 1973. Bought it from the first owner and sounds the absolute business.

 

 

[eude]

30 minutes ago, BassAgent said:

Proud owner of my all original Mustang from 1973. Bought it from the first owner and sounds the absolute business.

 

 

Good lord that's tasty 

[DanDoesBass]

4 hours ago, BassAgent said:

Proud owner of my all original Mustang from 1973. Bought it from the first owner and sounds the absolute business.

 

 

 

 

That is so nice dude! 

[Byo]

4 hours ago, BassAgent said:

Proud owner of my all original Mustang from 1973. Bought it from the first owner and sounds the absolute business.

 

 

Such an amazing looking Mustang you got there @BassAgent 🤘🔥

Fender were aiming for this colour with their latest Vintera II 70's in Burgundy, but nothing beats a real colour, fading naturally over decades.
 

[DanDoesBass]

1 minute ago, Byo said:

Such an amazing looking Mustang you got there @BassAgent 🤘🔥

Fender were aiming for this colour with their latest Vintera II 70's in Burgundy, but nothing beats a real colour, fading naturally over decades.
 

Yeah, I had that the Vintera II and it didn't come close to this in colour or mojo. 

[BassAgent]

10 minutes ago, Byo said:

Such an amazing looking Mustang you got there @BassAgent 🤘🔥

Fender were aiming for this colour with their latest Vintera II 70's in Burgundy, but nothing beats a real colour, fading naturally over decades.
 

Yep, agreed. The original colour is still visible under the control plate:

[miles'tone]

Squier Classic Vibe, Labella MUS flats, Gotoh Resolite GB528 tuners, and I'm installing a set of Sentell handwound pickups and a new wiring harness on Weds. Can't wait for that!

It sounds fine as is to be fair, but, y'know how it is...

[uncle psychosis]

As someone who loves Mustangs but doesn't really like PJ setups at all, this thread is giving me very mixed feelings... 

[2x18]

Here is a link to a very Handy Mustang Bass guide from Talkbass Forum!

May be useful for you Stang owners.

Will.

 

https://www.talkbass.com/wiki/mustang-bass-strings-links-tips-tricks-things/

[Ritsugamesh]

Currently just rocking the JMJ for specific gigs/bands I work with, and do still migrate back to a P or J for other projects. 

 

I am another on the pile of fallen soldiers in the fight for that Atelier Z @DanDoesBass - so much so that I currently have Danny Stewart from Bass Japan Direct trying to specifically hunt one for me. Have you ever seen the insanely rare Ocean Turqiose? Because I would sell an organ for it 😂 I've spoiler warninged the picture because it's definitely one of those... Once you've seen it you can't unsee it type of basses. I am unsure if he'll be able to actually find one in the wild. 

 

 

Spoiler

 

[DanDoesBass]

6 hours ago, Ritsugamesh said:

Currently just rocking the JMJ for specific gigs/bands I work with, and do still migrate back to a P or J for other projects. 

 

I am another on the pile of fallen soldiers in the fight for that Atelier Z @DanDoesBass - so much so that I currently have Danny Stewart from Bass Japan Direct trying to specifically hunt one for me. Have you ever seen the insanely rare Ocean Turqiose? Because I would sell an organ for it 😂 I've spoiler warninged the picture because it's definitely one of those... Once you've seen it you can't unsee it type of basses. I am unsure if he'll be able to actually find one in the 

 If you mean this one, then yes!! It’s incredible!! 😍

[DanDoesBass]

On 15/09/2025 at 17:54, uncle psychosis said:

As someone who loves Mustangs but doesn't really like PJ setups at all, this thread is giving me very mixed feelings... 

@uncle psychosis how come?

[DanDoesBass]

Just seen this on Instagram… 

 

Billy Sheehan mod.

[uncle psychosis]

1 hour ago, DanDoesBass said:

@uncle psychosis how come?

 

Not sure what you mean. 

 

If you mean "how come the mixed feelings" its because there seems to be a modern trend to ruin otherwise awesome Mustangs with a J pickup. 

 

If you mean "how come you don't like PJ" its just because it never works for me. The J is too weedy/too noisy/too unnecessary/just doesn't balance. I am a huge fan of Jazz basses - its P, or JJ, or go home IMO!