Competition Mustang, except it barely has an original part on it ...

[stratoclutter]

I've been heavily recording with this, it features heavily on this track

https://rousetheboroughs.bandcamp.com/t ... art-of-tin

Found in the depths of Reverb, at first I thought it was a heavily worn japanese reissue but ... turned out to be a legit early 70s 'Stang











Pickups are some form of early Seymour Duncan single coils, no clue what they are exactly, they sound a bit hotter than regular single coils so there is that ... Oh yes ... those tuners are Schallers made in West Germany ! My only change was to the Mastery Bridge to replace the pitted original, it sounds amazing and just works ! thought I'd share it here !

[PorkyPrimeCut]

It looks as though only the pickups, bridge & tuners are non-stock though, right? There're still quite a few original parts on it!

I had the very same guitar but mine was squeaky clean & I ended up selling it on, a little before these shot up in price.
Strangely, I slowly went of the competition stripe, finding it a bit too flashy. Still, it's a gorgeous colour combo.
I love Mustangs though. Great tone & the perfect size for me. I just wish the vibratos weren't so temperamental.

A couple of black pickup covers & maybe some strong tape behind the pickguard should clean things up a lot.

Oh, and throw the Mastery in the bin & buy a Staytrem

[Fiddy]

Oh, and throw the Mastery in the bin & buy a Staytrem

A man of culture.

[Maggieo]

Keep the Mastery; don't be fooled by the Staytrem hype. Mine is a dog. It barely intonates with 10-46 strings and flops back in its mount if I pull up on the bar.

[PorkyPrimeCut]

There's always one!

Interestingly, this is the very first time I've read a complaint about a Staytrem bridge but I've read several about Masterys.







Sorry for the thread de-rail.

[stratoclutter]

I had tried the Stay Trem on another guitar, I guess that the mastery system works well for me, I have a peculiar way of setting up my guitars and at this point from tension, break angle to string height it's just simpler for me to copy and paste from one axe to another what I want.

I know that the Stay Trem is closer to the original bridge in looks but tbh, I've been recording a ton of music in the last few years and I put a ton of focus on tried tested and true right now ... I usually have more time experimenting between records but the latest one had 9 songs and we're already working on 2 new ones for the third ... Who has time !!!

[GreenKnee]

Keep the Mastery; don't be fooled by the Staytrem hype. Mine is a dog. It barely intonates with 10-46 strings and flops back in its mount if I pull up on the bar.

I've also found this with the Staytrem. Apparently a greater break angle will help remedy this, but my neck's already fairly well shimmed...
I prefer the Mastery for reliability purposes, I just know it's going to work throughout an hour long set, whereas the Staytrem may move and throw out the intonation.
The Staytrem looks nicer, and feels nicer to palm mute on. Pros and cons for both so use whichever you're happiest with