I'm saying I've seen both.OutToDrift wrote: ↑Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:57 amAre you saying that the Cobain Signature Mustangs have a 9.5 radius when they were listed to have a 7.25 radius?AcrylicSuperman wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 1:56 pmMostly because they wanted to use their Adjustomatic bridge. That's why the fretboard is wrong. They did the same thing with his signature mustang. His touring mustangs were 7.25" radius rather than 9.5". They also made the nut wider. So that is a valid question, why would they not get the mustangs right? After all there is a video of them taking measurements on two of his guitars. Reality is, it's marketing. In terms of the jaguar, how many fender players out there prefer super thin necks? Most seem to gravitate toward a medium C. Kurt's name definitely carries some weight, but there are people who are going to buy it for his name sake and people who are going to play it. At the end of the day, they want to please both parties.
As for the Jagstang, you were fed a marketing gimmick. Both the Jagstang prototypes featured an MG-69 neck made in Japan by Scott Zimmerman, who was the same guy who made the 10 Mustangs that Kurt ordered before the In Utero tours. The Jagstang necks shipped with Skystang II and III. Fender didn't even use the same shape as the Red prototype for the Jagstang. They definitely gave it a thinner neck as well.
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Weird. I have only seen the Cobain Mustang advertised with a 7.25 radius.
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That is interesting. I have 2 KC mustang necks (1 on the original guitar, and 1 that i put on a jag), and they are both 7.25”
Regarding the use of flatter fretboards, i’m not sure if Fender would do this to better match the bridge, or because that’s what they assume the ‘modern’ guitarist wants. After all, they regularly produce reissues and custom shop Fenders which are reasonably accurate renditions of 50s/60s models except that they put 9.5” fretboards on them.
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Regarding the use of flatter fretboards, i’m not sure if Fender would do this to better match the bridge, or because that’s what they assume the ‘modern’ guitarist wants. After all, they regularly produce reissues and custom shop Fenders which are reasonably accurate renditions of 50s/60s models except that they put 9.5” fretboards on them.
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