Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by dren68 » Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:33 pm

zeero9 wrote:
Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:23 pm
Great find! It doesn’t seem to be a Fender sanctioned announcement. I can’t find any similar news anywhere else. When the Player was officially announced, multiple review videos went up simultaneously and the new models were available for order immediately on many stores. I remember being very impressed by the coordinated effort. This is a far cry from that, so I imagine someone’s in trouble!
I kind of wondered the same thing. Is there any chance these were supposed to be announced at Winter NAMM?

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by kamillebidan » Sat Nov 17, 2018 8:38 pm

I'm interested to hear the tone of the Mustang bass' traditional pickups with J-bass pickups. Colors look cool too.

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by wooderson » Sun Nov 18, 2018 2:54 am

vistavision wrote:
Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:05 pm
They've been manufacturing those bodies for 2 years now so it makes sense. I'm guessing they're doing well enough with the MIM Offset Series to offer an upgrade.
Anybody know the price range on this stuff?
The current American Special models with rosewood are $1050 street price.

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Futuron » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:49 am

GUYS! Pre-order plus other pics:
https://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_am_per ... _penny.htm

€1,145 £1,018.43

Fender American Performer Mustang RW Satin Penny; e-guitar; Alder body; Deep "C" neck shape; Maple neck; rosewood (Dalbergia Latifolia) fingerboard; 22 Jumbo frets; Saddle width 42,8 mm (1.68"); Scale 610 mm (24"); Pickup Yosemite single coil Mustang (bridge/neck); 1 Master Volume; 1 Master Tone; American Performer Mustang Bridge and Tremolo; Original string Fender 250L NPS 009-042 (133191); colour Penny; Incl. Deluxe Gig Bag

Vintage tuners. Still haven't found other finishes for this model.

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Also this:
https://shop.theartsmusicstore.com/coll ... stang-bass

Price: $1,559.99 (Canadian?)

Fender 0198620380 American Performer Mustang Bass Guitar Rosewood in Arctic White w/Bag

So, Mustang bass finishes: Arctic White, Satin Seafoam Green, Aubergine & Sunburst. All with rosewood fretboard.
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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by zeero9 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:58 am

dren68 wrote:
Sat Nov 17, 2018 7:33 pm
I kind of wondered the same thing. Is there any chance these were supposed to be announced at Winter NAMM?
Winter NAMM announcement was my assumption. Those are a lot of new models for a low key release so near NAMM. But Thomann now says 3-4 weeks availability so what do I know?

Edit: Tele is one week away, Strat 2-3!

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by dren68 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:20 am

Futuron wrote:
Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:49 am
GUYS! Pre-order plus other pics:
https://www.thomann.de/gb/fender_am_per ... _penny.htm

€1,145 £1,018.43

Fender American Performer Mustang RW Satin Penny; e-guitar; Alder body; Deep "C" neck shape; Maple neck; rosewood (Dalbergia Latifolia) fingerboard; 22 Jumbo frets; Saddle width 42,8 mm (1.68"); Scale 610 mm (24"); Pickup Yosemite single coil Mustang (bridge/neck); 1 Master Volume; 1 Master Tone; American Performer Mustang Bridge and Tremolo; Original string Fender 250L NPS 009-042 (133191); colour Penny; Incl. Deluxe Gig Bag

Vintage tuners. Still haven't found other finishes for this model.

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Also this:
https://shop.theartsmusicstore.com/coll ... stang-bass

Price: $1,559.99 (Canadian?)

Fender 0198620380 American Performer Mustang Bass Guitar Rosewood in Arctic White w/Bag

So, Mustang bass finishes: Arctic White, Satin Seafoam Green, Aubergine & Sunburst. All with rosewood fretboard.
Anyone notice in the photos of the Mustang that the bridge is on backwards? And what's going on with the tuners? The pic of the front of the headstock looks like modern tuners, but the back headstock shows vintage tuners, but there aren't even mounting screws. Seems like a bad photoshop mockup.

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Tehz_ » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:09 am

Those Mustang Bass finishes sound lovely. A purple one? :?

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Futuron » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:48 pm

Probably not very purple though, at least going by the pics of the other models in that colour. Looks to be mostly very dark red, a bit of brown or purple mixed in? Will have to wait for "real" photos and "in-person" sightings before the gavel comes down of course.



It's curious about those photo issues, but that serial number checks out. US18037322

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:37 pm

the tuning heads on the mustang guitar are unique.
notice there's no screws holding them in? Must be lugs instead.

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Futuron » Sun Nov 18, 2018 5:54 pm

More from https://shop.theartsmusicstore.com/search?q=mustang, including the following:

Fender 0115510372 American Performer Mustang Electric Guitar Rosewood in Satin Sonic Blue w/Bag

Price: $1,429.99 (Canadian)


Colours: sunburst, satin sonic blue, vintage white (yellow), penny. All with rosewood fretboard.

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Larsongs » Sun Nov 18, 2018 10:32 pm

Any Sound Clips of both? What about US Pricing?

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Futuron » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:35 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
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the tuning heads on the mustang guitar are unique.
notice there's no screws holding them in? Must be lugs instead.
You are right. I had another look at the Jazzmaster that was on ebay and it's the same. Probably modern tuners that simply have the vintage shape on the back. Strange. I wonder if they can be directly swapped with the normal modern tuners (ie will the locking ones plug straight in).

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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:38 pm

Futuron wrote:
Sun Nov 18, 2018 11:35 pm
CROSS_guitars wrote:
Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:37 pm
the tuning heads on the mustang guitar are unique.
notice there's no screws holding them in? Must be lugs instead.
You are right. I had another look at the Jazzmaster that was on ebay and it's the same. Probably modern tuners that simply have the vintage shape on the back. Strange. I wonder if they can be directly swapped with the normal modern tuners (ie will the locking ones plug straight in).
I reckon they would be very similar to the Kluson Revolution tuners. They are sealed tuners but shaped to look vintage.

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Post by Jan Deal » Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:08 am

I wonder if they have made any adjustments to the vibrato so it actually works.
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Re: Fender American Performer Mustang & Mustang Bass

Post by Johno » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:56 am

Jan Deal wrote:
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:08 am
I wonder if they have made any adjustments to the vibrato so it actually works.
The Tremolo works great on my USA Mustang, stays in tune perfectly well.

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