mustang and marshall amp

mack

I'm new here, so hello everyone.

I recently bought fender mustang reissue from friend - it's probably '69 reissue, but I'm not sure since this sort of serial number (R 033242 - R and six numbers) is not exist on fender.com.

Anyway I own chinese squier strat with fast track 2 in the bridge, marshall mg15 amp ang boss ds-2 effect. So this is not equip from heaven but I'm quite satisfied. But I always was obsessed with fender mustang - and I have to say, that here in 3rd world (Poland 😛), it's impossible to find this gear new or used.

So finally I bought mustang and after plugging... I was disappointed. I know that I shouldn't expect miracles with that amp, but really, I think that sound should be much different - not that flat. On clean it not so bad, but with distortion it's horrible.

So here is my question: am I really stupid that I thought I can obtain good sound on my amp? Or maybe this is about setting intonation (I have to buy some special screwdriver for this strange bridge)?

robertoriginal

your mustang has low output single coils.

this means that in high frequency situations it will not be the best performer, try using more overdrive, or a more over driven sound, if you cannot find a sound you like, you will have to change out the pickup for a beefier single coil or a humbucker sized for a single coil.

hope that helps some.

mack

Yeah, I'm sure that if I change the pickups I'll get sound with more power, but I thought that oryginal fender with default single coils sounds far better than chinese strat (even with dimarzio fast track 2).

So I'll install that dimarzio pickup in my mustang and - oh wow! - it will be almost the same as squier :/

I think that as long as I won't get bigger amp it's useless to have any other guitar than squier.

stone_gossard

mack said: Yeah, I'm sure that if I change the pickups I'll get sound with more power, but I thought that oryginal fender with default single coils sounds far better than chinese strat (even with dimarzio fast track 2).
So I'll install that dimarzio pickup in my mustang and - oh wow! - it will be almost the same as squier :/
I think that as long as I won't get bigger amp it's useless to have any other guitar than squier.

bro,

i have a standard mustang '65 RI (CIJ)..no modification has ever done to it

though the sound sometimes might not be as good as u expect..but im pretty impress with the sound when i hook it up with MT2..the distortion sound is heavy!! so try to find the right overdrive or distortion for it..btw im using vox ad30vt amp.

mack

stone_gossard said:
im using vox ad30vt amp

And I have '69 ri which is made of basswood instead of poplar (like in '65 ri). As far as I'm concerned basswood is rather worse :/ I wish I had known it before I bought this guitar :/

This is also better amp than mine.

Anyway, I have to live with this gear, but someday I'll buy REAL fender mustang ri 😛

Tommorow I'll have mustang with fast track installed and squier with seymour duncan sh4 - I'll see what it changes...

Thx for help guys.

mack

Hmmm... I've just read that jag-stang is made of basswood too...so this cant't be reason of that bad sound.

Anyway my mustang has now that dimarzio fast track 2 pickup - and you know what? sound is still as if it comes behind the wall. Haha :/

Maybe I have to get used to new volume and tone controls (I found this guitar quieter than squier).