Mustang control plate shape complaining!

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by tequila_in_teacups » Sat Jun 26, 2021 6:22 pm

LVC wrote:
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You think Mustangs and Jag-stangs are bad?

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A truly hideous design. And I use the word 'design' very loosely.

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by blunderbuss » Sat Jun 26, 2021 11:36 pm

Maggieo wrote:
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mbe wrote:
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I have the new Player Series Mustang Bass. Plate looks perfect to me.
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Holy fucking baby Jesus, I want this. :w00t: :fp:
I just got mine back from the shop. Rewired it, setup, new strings and it sounds amazing.
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by Maggieo » Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:21 am

Ryan, what rewiring did you do?
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by blunderbuss » Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:00 pm

Maggieo wrote:
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Ryan, what rewiring did you do?
I did a Gun Street Wiring kit. This one: https://gunstreetwiringshop.com/classic ... -harnesses

I’m not seeing it in their menu but I’m he direct link works. I was planning to DIY, but ended up just taking it in.
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Sep 11, 2021 8:52 pm

Ok, this grinds my nads!

Not even sellers know which control plates they are selling.

It arrived today. It's the wrong shape! but in their listing, the picture was of the correct shape.
This is the picture from their listing.
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And this is what I got!
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by Mechanical Birds » Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:44 pm

I swear I tried real hard but I can’t see a difference in like any way between the two

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:01 pm

Mechanical Birds wrote:
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I swear I tried real hard but I can’t see a difference in like any way between the two
You can't tell the difference between these two?

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by CROSS_guitars » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:05 pm

I traced them up.

The one on the left is the correct one and the one on the right is the shitty one.
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Here they are overlaid.

Red is the correct one and the green is the shitty one.

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by Mechanical Birds » Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:01 am

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:01 pm
Mechanical Birds wrote:
Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:44 pm
I swear I tried real hard but I can’t see a difference in like any way between the two
You can't tell the difference between these two?

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Sort of? Idk the OP was pretty harsh about it being nowhere near lined up and I look at the guitars and it’s like, shit that extra 2 degrees makes zero difference to my eyes

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by BTL » Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:52 pm

I wonder if they're using the same plate for both bass and guitar.

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Nope...a closer look reveals they're different. I'm stumped.
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by HNB » Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:32 pm

One chubby and one with a little bent tip...
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by ThePearDream » Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:02 pm

My collection of these mutants has been growing lately. Definitely avoid any from AllParts or their resellers.
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by CROSS_guitars » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:58 pm

ThePearDream wrote:
Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:02 pm
My collection of these mutants has been growing lately. Definitely avoid any from AllParts or their resellers.
That's interesting. I thought the Allparts ones were the correct ones and they seem to be out of stock everywhere.

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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by ThePearDream » Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:09 pm

CROSS_guitars wrote:
Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:58 pm
ThePearDream wrote:
Mon Sep 13, 2021 7:02 pm
My collection of these mutants has been growing lately. Definitely avoid any from AllParts or their resellers.
That's interesting. I thought the Allparts ones were the correct ones and they seem to be out of stock everywhere.
Yeah there are plenty of places listing it with the old picture, but I'm not going to risk ending up with another one of these:
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Re: Mustang control plate shape complaining!

Post by CROSS_guitars » Tue Sep 14, 2021 7:17 pm

eww, gross!

I bought a couple of Allparts Mustang plates 10 or so years ago and they were the correct ones, so I guess now they've gone to the dark side.
Thanks for the heads up!

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