Fender Mustang Bass

[Dedman]

Drop Adam an email, you may be surprised at what can be done on a custom order.

[king casey]

Thanks for pointing that page out george.

Basically the main restriction is just body shape.

De ja Vu. A body without a neck?

cheers, Mark.

[burngeorgesbush]

No worries. Like I said if you have a bronco and you are keen all you need is a blank and a neck and tools to cut out your shape

[king casey]

No worries. Like I said if you have a bronco and you are keen all you need is a blank and a neck and tools to cut out your shape

So far I've got the 'keen' part.
Thanks Dedman. When I've formulated a plan I'll be sending Adam an email.

cheers, Mark.

[burngeorgesbush]

Once I got my 2 p bass builds done I will probably want to do a mustang. But I do have a short scale Hagstrom bass from around 73 that needs a lot of work so I might just finish that off. The mustang is definitely a cool design though and is definitely getting more attention nowadays. Attitudes towards short scale basses being beginners or for guitarists are changing and they are being taken seriously.

TBH it would also be interesting to see 34" scale mustangs being an option and being made. With the skinny body it would look really cool with a long neck

[king casey]

Well it never rains, but it pours...
Decided to order a short scale neck as the budget for a whole kit isn't viable at the moment.
It won't show up until August so that gives me plenty of time to work out a solution for the rest.

Meanwhile a used Squier Bronco shows up fairly local on the Gumtree.
Put in a conservative offer which was accepted.
Now Ive got TWO short scale basses in the modding pipeline.

cheers, Mark.

[burngeorgesbush]

Jealous! Just google "squire bronco bass mods". It's definitely a popular model with modders. Seen plenty of mustang builds from these and assorted others. locally all I've found is a full price new one (a little over $400).

[king casey]

G'day George.
When I took the neck off, the manufacture date was May 2013. Serial no: in the 30,000 range.
The serial no: on the one I bought for my daughter early this year was 62,000 range.
Hardly rare, so the odds of picking one up second hand should be pretty good.

cheers, Mark.

P.S. Yes I did see that modding Bronco Forum and what got me wanting one for myself.

So let the process begin

[burngeorgesbush]

Definitely not rare, but not super common either. For a stock model I would be looking at around the $200 mark at the most. Considering that all the hardware would need replacement, paint stripped and refinished. My daughter is only 3 and a half so not in a massive hurry. Plus I probably should just get onto my hagstrom bass first as it's been a few years and it's vintage (73)

[king casey]

I'll be upgrading the electrics when the budget has been returned to surplus.
Meanwhile the first 'cosmetic' stage has been reached.

cheers, Mark.