I only gave this particular one a 5-10 minute test spin through a BA-210 in the noisy store to make sure the electronics weren't DOA, but the one that triggered my coveting of these was really impressive sounding in my slightly more extensive time w/ it. Both have a great feel and seem like an absolute blast to play.
I was pleasantly surprised to see it came w/ a Fender "Deluxe" gig bag rather than it just riding bareback in the shipping box as the Sam Ash product page had it advertised. I ordered one of the Fender G&G Mustang/Bronco hard cases for it at the same time as the bass but it might be a bit before I get it since it's a special order from Fender.
I'm probably going to get my luthier friend to do an unbleached bone nut for it on Saturday (assuming I don't somehow decide I hate it and am sending it back in the interim, which seems highly unlikely) just because I'm goofy like that. Otherwise I can't really see much I'd think of changing on here other than swapping for some form of straplock buttons and maybe trying a different set of flats if the stock Fender ones turn out to not be all that I could hope for w/ further playtime.
As a bonus, I had a couple of cool straps that hadn't quite caught for me on other instruments yet, I think they could both work pretty good on here, what do you guys think?
Thanks again for taking a look!
). A/B-ing w/ the Wattplower, I think the Reverend will be the bass of preference for the more aggressive and punchier sounds, but for the low and warm but still fairly focused stuff the Mustang is sounding great. It's got some awesome faux vintage mojo going for it sonically w/some very nice differentiation in character from the Guild B-301 which was my previous go to for those kinds of sounds so I doubt they'll feel sonically redundant to me. I probably should reserve semi-final judgement of the Mustang in stock form until I drag the PF210 back up to the music room and try it through the full stack and some fuzz/drive though.
