Lindy Fralin Mustang Pickups

imadrid

By reputation alone I heard Lindy Fralin is a famous boutique pickup maker and somewhat of a legend. The price listed on his website is not bad. You expect to pay the same price around $75 for a Dimarzio or Seymour Duncan.

I am seriously planning to build a Mustang guitar project. Competition Lake Placid Blue with matching headstock. Yeah I know Kurt Cobain. I'm a big fan he's the guy who inspired me to play guitar and start a band with my friends. Its crazy how expensive Fender is charging for this supposedly starter guitar. Both for the US and Japan reissues. I won't be able to afford that.

I'll get the neck and body from Warmoth and I think the Paint Job costs to much. I am still undecided with the pickups. Right now I am leaning towards single coils for a more authentic sound.

For a guy who never played or seen a Fender Mustang in person! I don't know which pickups should I get for a Neck and Bridge. Any advice or opinions?

On my style of playing I like a hot bridge pickup. It mostly stays there, maybe if I upgrade the Neck and Middle i'll use it more. 😆 On my '93 MIJ Fender Fat Strat. I had a PRS Dragon Treble. On my other '93 US American Standard Strat I left it stock with single coils for now. Although I wish all the pups have more output. My fav. guitar btw is the Fat Strat.

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Replacements for Mustang's

EvilPandaDog

Competition blue is the Best Color Scheme Ever. Just get a Mustang body of eBay, Warmoth are a bunch of cunts.As for the Mustang pick-ups, Lindies seem expensive, but they offer a hotter set, so that might me good for the sound your after.

foxyloxy

i have been looking into those PU's for my "jazzmaster" project. the word on the street is they sound the same as vintage if not better!! if you have the cash to splash get them!

Doug

Imadrid,

Sounds like a fun project, building a Mustang.

Lindy Fralin pickups? I'm just learning about electric guitars, amps, and how to play electric . And my Mustang's not needed new pickups so I don't have too much to offer here. But I had to have the neck P90 on my Epiphone Casino rewound...it was playable but the wire had one break. My luthier asked Lindy Fralin to do the rewind.

It's like a different guitar now. I rarely used the neck pickup but now it's so beefy & loud, I use it solo or with the bridge pickup about 40% of my playing. Hope this helps you decide, Imadrid.

Doug

Robbmonster

I always wondered about the cost of building a guitar from parts vs buying one off the rack.

Does anyone have spreadsheets?

imadrid

Robbmonster said: I always wondered about the cost of building a guitar from parts vs buying one off the rack.
Does anyone have spreadsheets?

I think Warmoth is the only place where you can get a new Mustang body and Short scale neck. You could buy most of the hardware and electronics elsewhere.

A custom built guitar can easily cost more. Than the one you could buy from a store. The advantage is you could customize it to spec. according to your taste. The limit depends on how much you are willing to spend. If you got limited funds you can buy the parts individually once you could afford it. When I was a kid my my dad wanted me to get a nice mountain bike, but couldn't afford to buy it on one go. Every payday we go to the bike shop and buy some parts.

The '69 MIJ competition reissue w/ matching headstock cost around US $1,000 when you convert from Yen. Plus its only sold in Japan, where Mustangs have a cult following. There is even an anime "Mongolian Chop Shop/BECK" "65 Mustang Yellow Competition guitar. Imagine that a Fender guitar artist model from Anime.

Here in the Philippines I found a used '65 Fender MIJ Red Mustang reissue from a local online music store at Php 55,000. The exchange rate is $1 = Php 48. Its outrageous how a used guitar could cost more. When your local exclusive Fender retailer doesn't carry it.

EvilPandaDog

The guitar market is a mess, +$1,000 for a "student" guitar my ass. Damnzorz yu Kurtz Kabainz! Raising cool Fender guitarz to all hell