We’ve kept a backup copy of the brillant Mr Maxima’s Fender Mustang Story web site at jag-stang.com for many years since it disappeared. We were recently contacted by Mr Maxima that he has revived the web site.
It’s now located at: http://fendermustangstory.com
We’ll be updating our copy of the page shortly to refer folks to the new site.
[Edit: Hope everyone had a fun April Fools Day and didn’t believe anything posted today, April 1.]
It’s a Jaguar Bass. It’s a Mustang Bass. No. It’s a Jag-Stang Bass!
Similar to how the Jag-Stang was created it looks like Fender has taken features from both the Fender Jaguar Bass and the Fender Mustang Bass and created the Jag-Stang Bass. There are not many details available yet but we did get a hold of a couple images. Fender is expected to announce the Jag-Stang Bass at the Summer NAMM show.
There are a couple more Gearwire vids of Eric Byrne’s Mustang collection. He even has Mustang, Jaguar, and Bronco bass guitars. Visit the links below to check them out.
Guitars And Guns Go Hand In Hand
If you have an affinity for collecting mustangs, jaguars, jazzmasters and other similar guitars let us see your collection.
Gearwire has recently posted a cool video interview with Eric Byrne where he shows off his collection of Fender Mustangs. And what a collection he has!
Check out the video interview here. (@ Gearwire)
You should also check out the band Eric Byrne is in the Black Beauties. Click the album cover below to check out their myspace page.
We like Best/Most/Worst/etc lists. They seem to generate great discussion in all kinds of directions.
So here we present you with Blender.com’s “28 Most Recognizable Guitars”. The Fender Mustang, as made famous by Kurt Cobain, comes in at a very respectable 14 on the list.
This list is shown below. You can also check out the Blender article which includes great descriptions and video links for each entry. (Blender article link)
A common question of new owners of guitars with a Dynamic Vibrato is how to keep the tremolo arm in the tailpiece bar. The tremolo/bridge unit of the Fender jag-stang and most mustangs is a Dynamic Vibrato, so this article applies to both the jag-stang and mustang.
The first thing to know is that the tremolo bar itself does not “snap” or screw into place like the tremolo bar of a stratocaster. The tremolo bar is held in place by pressure from a small allen screw in the tailpiece bar.
The photo below points to the location of this allen screw. Note the location indicated by the blue arrow pointing into the end of the tailpiece bar.
So to hold your tremolo bar in place get the bar in a position you are comfortable with and then snug the screw in the end of the tailpiece using a 4mm (or 5/32″) allen wrench. Don’t over tighten this screw. (see below)
So another very common problem is that the screw in the end of the tailpiece bar will be missing. They fall out very easily.
There are not a lot of options for finding a replacement screw. You may have to buy an entire dynamic vibrato tailpiece that includes the screw. Or another option would be to pull the tailpiece bar off the guitar and take it into your local hardware store looking for a screw that will fit.
[If anyone has found an exact replacement for this screw please let us know the details and we’ll add it to this article.]
Dave Fisher has put together a great video showing off his modified 1996 Fender Mustang. You can check it out below. His modifications include Rio Grande neck pickup, new wiring, blocked bridge, graphite nut / string tree, and more!
If you have a video showing off your modified (or even non-modified) jag-stang, mustang, jaguar, jazzmaster, etc.. feel free to let us know about it and we can post it up here for all to see. Fill out the contact form to get in touch with us.
Nice mustang Dave!
So if you’ve looked into the Fender Jag-Stang a bit you know the name jag-stang comes from combining the names of the Fender Jaguar and Mustang. Even though the jag-stang is mostly a weirdly shaped, un-contoured, mustang with a humbucker and very little jaguar influences it still has the 1/2 and 1/2 name.
Sindre Bremnes has created a conceptual design of a Mustang and Jaguar combination that he calls “the antithesis of the jag-stang”, the Fender Mu-uar. He’s even done an amazing bit of photoshopping to create some images of his conceptual design.
Here are the technical specs of his conceptual design:
I have to admit it has a very cool look and vibe to it. It does seem to have some similarities to the recently discontinued Fender Cyclone that we talked about last week in this article. Nice work Sindre!
You can see a larger photo of his Fender Mu-uar by following this link.
If any of you have come up with any other conceptual designs for “alternative” Fender guitars contact us and we may feature your design on jag-stang.com in a future article.