The new guitar is an animal- Fender's Mustang model, precisely, this is an MG-77. It's on my acquisition list because it features a maple fretboard. Dig out Fender's history & check which other Mustang features a maple 'board. :-)
Also, it's an ash bodied Fender which I really dig. It does some good to the pickups- '50s Fender... you get the drift.
But this one's different. Never mind the body wood, weight plays a part in it too so you are not gonna hear the good 'ol '50s here. Not quite. The pickups also do not do justice to tone appeal. They are, at best, acceptable & largely to blame for many non-eventful playing time . No Strat twang, no Tele honk but hold it just there- this guitar is neither, it's a Mustang for goodness sake. So how does a signature Mustang tone sound like? That's a tricky one isn't it? The Mustang tone I'm well acquainted with is the Teen Spirit kind but that's a glorious humbucker singing its way through pop-music history, not single coils like the ones here. What's that? Swap pickups, you say?
To be continued...
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