Squier Mustang First Impression & My Honest Opinion $149 Guitar In SURF GREEN W/ Humbuckers
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- My First impression on a 2017 Squier HH Mustang in Surf Green “Thanks Rob The Meat Manifesto”. In the video I call the guitar Sea Foam Green. It’s actually called Surf Green. Here’s my honest opinion right out of the box. It’s my first impression.
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I have bought this guitar in sonic grey (which is a grey color with greenish vibes) in 2021. The strings it came with were 9s and I had to tune it constantly. The neck was very dry, almost like a raw wood feeling. The fret ends were a little bit sharp, but it was not that bad. I did file the frets anyway, oiled the fingerboard, changed the strings to 10s, adjusted the action, set the intonation and now it plays really well, stays in tune, and it's generally a fun little guitar to grab anytime. I would also recommend it.
Do you have a hard case for it
I would like to see you put it back in the box.
I love your comment. I love your name. And I love you.
@@JL-mu9sl awww, you're sweet
@@unabonger777You know what? I don't love you
Had this guitar for almost two years (will be two year's on March 8th) Got this as a birthday present and it's been my prized possession since and my favorite guitar. I play everything from blues. To metal. And everything in between and it can do it. Has that bite when you add high gain. And warmth on the lows. If you're considering this guitar. Do it.
It’s simple and does the trick. That’s for sure.
@@MikeFromNashville Got it in Olympic White. I have now got better amps too. Sounds much better with them than a boss metal zone and 20 watt combo amp. Boss Katana is unbeatable with this thing.
Happy two years! Just bought my friend’s this morning.
@@hanataroyamada8990 Three now! You’ll love this beast. I had many since but this still is my favorite feeling/sounding. It can do anything you throw at it. Rock on brother
Nice, thank you for updating your journey with us. I am about to get one to start my guitar journey. I have been playing bass for a while, which I absolutely love playing, but I also like guitar (especially mustangs hehe)
3:26 for the waa
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Good work
Set the intonation. Loosen and retighten the tuner key top screws and it will stay in tune. Change nut or put graphite in it. Good value.
since they stole my usa stratocaster year of construction 1972 I bought the mustang because i can not afford expensive guitar anymore as a pensioner. I have tested many guitars under 180 euros ... there is no better for the price than this mustang. the humbucker surprised me with the clear sound and the guitar is so light that comes my old back after more than 50 years of stage performances to good.the only thing I changed is the strings at strength 0.10-0.46
Thanks for your input Willy. Yes, I absolutely agree with you on these pickups, they are pretty clear and not muffled. They have a great balance for a humbucker. With my experience with a guitar at this low price you can almost expect to change the pickups. There is no need to change the pickups on this Squire Mustang. The pickups are great. Thanks so much for your input, it's great to hear your opinion based on your experience. That's a pitty someone lifted your US Strat. Sorry to hear that. Take care.
Thank You
I have 1 in black and love it, and its beautiful
I have the white one and have the same tuning problems. One thing I do love about this guitar is how "shreddy" the neck on this guitar feels. I have already played 2 gigs with this guitar and it wasn't too bad live. But tuning problems aside, it can't be beat at this price point.
I got a Surf Green model today at my local Guitar Center. Brought my amp to use it with, although it turned out they had that exact same one (go figure!). Floor model sounded great, but just to be sure I asked for and received one from the stockroom. They had two back there, so I picked the one that appeared to be in the best condition. It only needed some nut adjustment. For its price, it sounds _awesome._ The humbuckers have a much better-rounded (to my ears anyway) sound than the treble-heavy excuses for 500T clones on my PRS Mark Tremonti Signature, even with the difference in string gauges (for now). I was thinking of replacing them with a Duncan Custom/'59 combo when the stock strings wear out and I get heavier ones, but now that I've heard how they sound in person, I might keep them.
5:25 Any Weezer fans here?
weezer is dad rock
When I see a mustang, I always think of kurt. Idk why ·-·
He played it
It's because no one cared about the mustang until Kurt played it. He made the mustang famous during the era of pointy guitars.
hmm, maybe because he fucking had a mustang
Sniper .308 its 12 am and im still wearing my nirvana shirt 👌
@Bickley Jonas the early 90's were still the 80's
Opening a box feels like christmas
“This guitar wants to be distorted”
Sir id like to take ur entire stock!
What's funny is that I can see that you're a Beatles fan from your collection of guitars behind you, but then your playing just confirms it for me. Rock on man. P.S, tuning problems aren't always on the tuners (I'm sure you are already aware of that). Lube the points of contact with the strings on the guitar.
Harry Emmott You sir are correct.
The whole idea behind the opening of the box like it was Christmas time, is to see how they packed it for shipping. What to expect when you buy something through the mail.
The reason the guitar or any guitar sounds like it’s out of tune when you’re cording after you’ve turned it with all the strings open. The intonation is off. If you want to get more accurate turning after you Adjust the intonation, tune your guitar strings at the fifth fret instead of open strings. That is more accurate
You likely need to set the intonation by adjusting the bridge saddles. If I had to guess, I'd say the fretted note at the 12th fret is way sharp of the harmonic of the same note. This is the first thing that needs to be fixed on most inexpensive guitars.
Exactly! I bought one, on every guitar i buy, the first thing i check and adjust is the intonation!
How do you adjust the intonation pls
The bridge and saddles on this thing seem notorious for not wanting to intonate easily. I ended up doing a Bubba mod on mine.
A really short scale guitar like that has really wobbly strings, if you don't fret carefully you can bend it out of tune, without even trying. It might be better with heavier strings so it isn't so easy to wiggle the strings out of tune.
@@toxicgraphix that's why I put 10 gauge acoustic strings on my affinity tele. Hard to bend that g string. Nice thick tone also.
"Nevermind" the tuning, i was surprised not to hear Nirvana. Lol
I’m gonna buy one now but I’ll make it sound like a 2 dollar guitar
I absolutely love this guitar. 5th guitar in my collection
Before you spend a bunch on new parts, take off the strings (9's) and put some 10's on it. You'll notice it sounds much more in tune. The 9's are too bendy.
Your right about that. I actually went to 11 gauge on this guitar but 10 gauge or higher works great. No out off tune issues. Take care Mike.
Well said, always makes me laugh seeing people review Mustangs with a set of 9's on and they start crying about it going out of tuning and needing new this and new that.
@@phildale8451 Ever try the Ibanez Mikro line? LOL, if you even look at it wrong it goes out of tune. Two issues with it. #1 Their tuners are garbage, and #2 string gauge. Another issue is that it is so damn small at 3/4 so 22.5in which even on a good day makes it hard to keep anything in tune. All of this is normal 1960's style playing, but do any bends, etc... get one and retune. I think the Mustang at 24 in is a good go between of a full size and the crazy that is 3/4. I saw a 1/2 recently, and I don't even want to know more about that one.
I put 10s on mine and it helped, but refuses to stay in tune. The issue is the saddles which just flat out suck. Fredrik is dumb with the troll remark they made.
Nice video! I appreciate the candid takes on the parts, etc. Didn't know they sold a Squier Mustang that cheap!
S19NAL C14AIN It’s a great guitar for the price tag. I think the pickups on this sound great. I did replace the nut. That’s it.
Mike From Nashville i played one of these in guitar center and loved the pickups. very high output. may pick one of these up just cause i enjoyed playing it so much
I got mine $120 brand new at Guitar Center
Thanks for the review. A lot of reviewers on CZcams say things like "its good for the money" and "not great but good" and ultimately make you feel bad for buying a cheap guitar. With your recommendation I'd gladly plunk down $149 for this. And I agree, unboxing is overrated and a waste of time!
I have the same one. (I Put 10 Balls on mine before even trying out) Solid, Slick, Bendy. Only gripe I honestly have myself is narrow frets but it's a 24" scale so that's expected. Thangs a jammer especially for $150 range and I'm extremely happy with it, I'd even gig with it.
Thankyou for your comprehensive Honest Review/Demo. Am hoping to find one of these but $299- Australian makes me think.
Thank you. Honestly, I would pay about $300 for this guitar. The pickups are great out of the box. This guitar will really last you forever as long as you take care of it. Even if you don't, this guitar can take some bumps and bruises and still plays fine. This really is a great guitar for everyone. It's cheap, you can get great tones from it. It's a good one.
Never trust a man who wears a watch on his right wrist.
My point exactly!
So don't trust lefties? Thanks, James.
Michael Maze it doesn't look like he's playing left handed ._.
@@user-lr7fv6td5y I am a lefty and I play right handed.
@@AdventuresWithWampa me too
One of these caught my eye the other day at Guitar Center. Thinking about getting one and modding the hell out of it. DEFINITELY nickel pickups, or possibly zebras, Grover Tuners, CTS pots and an orange drop cap. He ll I might even paint it, since I have the experience. For the price you can't go wrong. I was also surprised by the sound, NOT bad definitely better than an Epi LP Special. The intonation is easily fixable. I have too many guitars, most 5-6 times the cost of this thing. It would mainly be a fun project to jam on.
got mine 2 days ago as my first electric and i am in love
Just got one of these on sale. I've always loved surf green guitars but I've never had one.
The intonation issues can be resolved by installing shorter screws (I think 3mm diameter) in the Low E and G string saddles. The screws are too long and hit the string when these saddle are adjusted. I also put in a graph tech tusq nut (42mm - PQ-5042-00). I also put in some wilkinson ez-lok black tuners). Additionally, the .09 strings IMHO are to slinky and finger pressure variances in chording make it very sensitive and can cause it to seem out of tune. I put .10s on. With these mods, the guitar plays real nice and stays in tune well. I have the black color model, but like the looks of the surf green.
capecodcdog Thanks! Thats a great tip. I appreciate that.
Hey man what brand strings did you go with for the 10s?
ideal for a practice guitar that you can leave out all the time and schlep around the backyard, on the porch, in the car, etc., w/o worrying about getting it banged up...
I opted for the Harley Benton MS-60 VW LTD Edition. Put in 2 Duesenberg GrandVintage Humbuckers and it sounds and plays great. No tuning problems and the neck is outstanding. All for under 200 euros.
Spike Neil I hear a LOT about those Harley Benton guitars. They seem to be loved and get amazing reviews. I need to check one out.
Hey Mike. For 111 Euros (about $130) it was worth the risk. I had an early 70's Fender Mustang and the HB feels & plays better in my opinion.
@@TheSkarocker56 this guitar is like 80 euros
@@bandshite8468 I bought one of those Squier bullet mustangs too. Fitted it with alnico hotrails, mustang switches and a Duesenberg 'Les trem'.
@@MikeFromNashville The trem on the HB is an intonation nightmare. Switching out the trem, putting on a decent nut and set of locking tuners costs more than the original price of the guitar.
Isn't obvious why is out of tune?
If you get a $150 guitar don't expect to come setup out of the box.
I use one as backup, here's what you need to do. Adjust neck relief, put 10 strings, change bridge screws to shorter ones and set intonation.
Machine heads are just fine, you don't need to change it as the nut.
After is setup correctly it is just lovely to play with it, I was able to set really low action with no buzz or tuning problems.
To be honest, if you spend 12 minutes saying is out of tune and just guessing why, it looks you don't have much experience with guitars.
Mine stays in tune pretty well ! I guess I’m just lucky ?
I'll just stick to my 30 dollar toy story guitar from Walmart😔😔
Whatever, you probably cant play anyway.
@@calebproductions5970 not very nice of you Caleb. Imagine being named Caleb
@@calebproductions5970 imagine being a dickhead and poor shaming someone, CALEB.
@@calebproductions5970 let’s see you do better then. rude douchebag
@@calebproductions5970 "WhAteVeR, yOu prObAbLy CaNt pLaY aNyWaY."
Im headed to Guitar Center in a few hours to get one. Hopefully ill find one in surf green to match my Squier telecaster FSR which I adore.
Yes, I have that same tele. I love it. But I need to level the frets now cause I want to lower the action.
I’m just getting into electric guitar how do you like it? Is it a good one for beginners?
@@bellaberkshire1997 bought one today
@@gutenbird oooh lucky is it a good guitar for beginners?
@@bellaberkshire1997 I think so. If your budge is under 200. It feels nice. The strings could be replaced and you can do a bit of upgrades over time. Of course if you have 600 or 700 you could get a fender. But for 179 bucks, it’s pretty good and at minimum is a good practice guitar.
i just bought one today at guitar center.what a nice squier mustang.such a delightful pleasure to have an play.i honestly cant put it down.im glued to it.its amazing.i love it!!
Exactly! I have one and that's my feeling too. It's just so light ans easy to play that I don't want to put it down. And for the price it''s just amazing, I love it too!
I have this guitar in pink, and I love it, beautiful guitar., great for blues. 💓🎸.
Thanks for the great and honest demo. This isn't a guitar I'd play for nice, clean sounds anyway, its place is totally in the realm of distortion, creating soundscapes or even massive walls of dirt with the right effects, so it's awesome you played the guitar with some considerable distortion as well. I'm still not sure about buying one of these, considering they obviously need a proper set-up to fix those intonation issues etc. (I won't find a gitar technician right now and I don't trust my own set-up skills). Anyway, liked, subscribed, keep it up, man!
Squiers sound like shit with distortion imo.
I just ordered the Imperial Blue one on Amazon for $139.99. I also ordered a set of P90s to drop in it and a set of locking tuners. I got the P90s because I really wanted a Jazzmaster, but it was out of my price range. I'll eventually replace the bridge with a Jazzmaster bridge and trem system.
Patience is the key if there is something specific you really want; decide what you really want to hunt down, do your research to see what a good price would be, set alerts on eBay/FB etc and save your cash so that when one eventually comes up you are ready to pounce. I picked up a Squier Jazzmaster Deluxe (basically the awesome J Mascis one but red instead of white) for circa 240 USD recently (so not just a Jazzmaster, but a really good quality one) and previously got a Fender Tele for 100 (Korean; oddity from the 90's, crappy body but good neck).
As an aside, don't be afraid to try lesser known brands to see if they suit you. My go to guitar is a beat up but solid Hohner JT60 from the 90's that I picked up for about 40 USD; went to it not having any expectations (I do love to try an offset guitar) but turned out it was the guitar I didn't even know I was looking for.
The Peavey Raptor I picked up for pocket change on the other hand, I'm gonna donate to the local school music room (nothing 'wrong' with it, but it's just not for me). Money I could have saved for something I really wanted, but heck, maybe some school kid will appreciate it more than the usual garbage instruments they have in the school (I do feel obliged to upgrade the electronics first though; as the stock electronics are junk... there I go spending good money after bad where I could be saving up for a nice Jaguar or something if I listened to my own advice 😋..... no one said guitarists were consistent or smart!)
The pick up selector switch is absolutely supposed to be that way so you don’t hit it accidentally hit it mid song
Kelly P You are right. I didn’t know. It makes sense.
I think you may be a beatles fan. Just a guess.
Thanks Mike. Just bought this for my daughter for xmas. Appreciate your review and for validating my purchase!
The reason the switch goes sideways is so when you are strumming vigorously you don't change pickups by hitting the switch!
I always change my les paul type guitars this way!
Opening a box is like getting ready to be pleasantly surprised.
Try it.
You know, like Christmas morning when we would see all those presents 😁
I thought I'd mention this because you gave me the impression you were pretty lost about the pleasures of opening a box of something new🎶
I bought a 42m 9 1/2 radius bone nut. Works great!
Nick Stewart Awesome! Thanks. I’ll get the same. Thanks for the tip. I had a few people comment asking for a recommendation on the nut. So thanks again.
Doesn’t that guitar have a 12 inch radius?
pretty sure this guitar has a 12” inch radius. how would you put a 9.5” radius nut on?
Why your voice sounds so much like Ryan Reynolds XD
i was thanking mat ryan
@@julianasmith2364 i was thinkin burt reynolds .....or bert from seasame street ...or just bert down the road
I just ordered the Daphne Blue Mexican Tele then I ran across your channel! Very cool! Just subbed!
Jack Allen Your going to love that Tele. That’s a great color. My favorite. Thanks Jack!
I got it in yesterday, I do love the tone, the neck will take a bit of getting used to, my 90's MIM tele has the older neck radius. The color is way cool looking in person I must say!
Every screw and nut on mine was loose right out of the box. Where the neck screws on to the body and the tuners were way loose. Easy fix, put some 10s on it and it's great. Holds tune just fine.
Great vid. I’m looking for a guitar just to have around the house and for GarageBand stuff. Torn between this or a “better” quality secondhand guitar. This is calling me more but the idea of changing tuners or a nut is not appealing!!!
When your budget is very low, ALWAYS get the better second hand guitar. It's been cared for, setup, and problem parts have probably already been changed.
I bought an Olympic white one purely just to mod and have as a project Guitar. First thing I did was buy new saddles and new nut. Tuners aren’t great it doesn’t hold its tune very well but hey it’s a cheap guitar. I’ve got a tortoise pick guard on order with a HS configuration :)
I modded tf out of this guitar I turned it into a micro tonal guitar fucking happy I found this nice cheap guitar to do it to
That’s cool. modding is a lot of fun.
Awesome video I am a new subscriber! I love the content extremely informative. I've been playing acoustic guitar for about 5 years now and I'm switching over to electric hopefully this will be a good guitar to start with!
I love the color soo much. I saw one at a guitar store today.
Thank you so much!
Cool vid bro love how you play I will get squire mustang thanks for the input I only play as an hobby not professional that's right up my alley to Curt's mustang thanks looking forward to next video bro Kevin I from Orlando Fla
Thanks Kevin!
I got in a Royal blue I love my quitar. Has beautiful awesome sound and light weight .
We got a blk one. and yes, it kept detuning until those strings finally settled, but I changed them and upgrading it now as well. Actually, on ours, the neck PU is way louder than the bridge, not sure what that's about. And on ours, the tuners were far better than expected so far. Can't build it for that price.
Thanks for saying the nut... always start there on inexpensive guitars.
Awesome I just got this today. And some people like unboxing because they wanna know what to expect to get. I tend to read/watch a lot of reviews and unboxing before I purchase any product over $100 lol
open the box is too soon...i prefer a video of the box arriving on the porch...
I want to see it being shipped
And be there during transit !
and be there while you ordering
@@profile1251 i want to see it being pulped in the forest of some native kids ....pushed off the land by the big corporation and the tree being chopped that makes the cardboard ., i want to see the orangutan find a new tree ...this is a must in videos for me
i want to see the box being made ...and the pulp mills
I just purchased this exact same one new (FSR Sea foam Green that was made June 2021) for 199 delivered + tax. I really love this guitar, but the top load bridge is shit (I hate them), and the saddles suck ass on this guitar, so I have a new TusQ-XL nut, stringsaver TusQ saddles, Fender locking tuners, and TusQ-XL string trees coming for it. My old Squier Fat Strat ended up giving me CTS due to my small hands, and I was using my wrist to compensate in very bad ways. WIth this guitar I can do a full four finger F Barre chord.
I work week on week off. So I looked for a lightweight electric I wouldn’t need to baby because my SG in a gator case was way too much to lug around. I picked up a white one. After setting intonation after widening the nut for 11s, I’m super happy with it. I’ve got way too many spare humbuckers so I may do some experimenting soon. I just toss it in a cheap gig bag and throw it over my shoulder.
Why can’t I find one of these, nobody has one for 2 months for some reason. Cool video
You have to keep looking and add this to your feed on Reverb or watch list on EBay. Or Guitar Center’s used section. They turn up. I purchased this new from Guitar Center.
They run 179.00 New unless there you get a 15 -20% off. Sometimes guitar center offers discounts.
149.99 brand new on ebay free shipping
They go for as little as £107 in U.K. right now, brand new. That's for the blue/black version, the others go for a bit more but only around £140-170.
saw one of these when i had the money and with each passing day i regret not buying it.
Mortimer Disastros Are they no longer selling this model? I’m surprised.
they are, its just that the one i saw was used and significantly discounted, which put it into my budget. But I'm not sure they are available new in this color anymore. Can still be bought in black or blue direct from fender or sweetwater.
They actually stopped production of the fsr model, and only have a handful of these left since rosewood is restricted. You gotta order direct from fender unfortunately
I just got myself one, it’s actually really nice
@@orange.juice. I have one and I'm having problems on the clear tone it doesn't sound good on clear idk why maybe cause I got 9s
I have an American 57 strat reissue and never touch it. This thing is fun and easy to play.
This guitar is really fun to play. There is something about it. It's simple and just sounds and feels great. I'm with you on that.
I have one of these and I really like it. I don’t gig anymore so for the purpose of jamming in my room its perfect. If I was recording, I don’t think I would use it. There are way worse out there. Ibanez in this price point really suck!
As far as I can see it's a Squier. Never heard of Squire ;)
Squire is a part of Fender. They make all of their budget guitars. My very first guitar in 1989 was a Squire 2 made in Japan. Squires have come a long way. For the money they are great guitars. They are made with less expensive parts but many of their guitars look, feel and sound great!
it's about how u spelled squier. ier not ire :) tnx for the vid though
Oh Austria? Well than, G'Day Mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie. I just realized I have been spelling this wrong for years. Doh! Sorry.
WOW! There is a good chance I have been spelling it wrong for years. Doh! How embarrassing. Thank you. I knew I should have finished college!
@@darthcannabris5406 you've obviously never seen the movie dumb and dumber lol. That's what he is quoting with the Austria line
I have the same guitar. I just replaced the nut and string trees. The bridge is fine. Maybe some brass saddles would help. The pick-ups are fine in my opinion. I also replaced the strings with Ernie Ball 13-54 gauges. I had to put heavy gauges on it to help get the back bow out of the neck. Loosing the truss rod wasn't enough. The action was a nightmare at first but with work this guitar actually plays just as well as my US Stratocaster.
Nick Stewart Thanks for your input. Any recommendations on the type or size of nut you used? Thanks again! I also agree that these pickups are really great.
RobertsVision Guitar I bought a 42m 9 1/2 radius bone nut. It works great. I also tighten the machine heads. Tuning was still spot on tonight after sitting a week in the gig bag. The heavy Strings help with tunning as well though. This is a jagging little guitar. I play it live at least twice a month.
Nick Stewart what was wrong with the truss rod ? Was it not working?
Rebel & The Hearts The guitar had a bad back bow and I loosen it as far as I could with no avail. I like heavy Strings anyway, so I wasn't too upset about it. It plays lovely now. I actually it enjoy it as much as my US Stratocaster.
Seems like a cool guitar! You mentioned the nut. Guys always say the nut needs changed. I admit I always thought it was people just being picky...until the other day I yanked out one of those cheap plastic nuts that are always way too high and installed a bone nut. I swear it was like a difference if night and day! I'll never think people are picky again when it comes to changing the nut! I want to put bone nuts on all my guitars! I gotta get busy...I made it from scratch. Takes a while but cool to make something yourself!
74dart man Oh for sure. I’m now set on getting a new Nut for this squire.
RobertsVision Guitar yep...good idea!
Definitely more of a rock a billy instrument.
That's just what I hear.
Thanks for your video. Thinking about buying one.👌
Yeah.
just got one and put flatwounds on it. Turn on the slapback and its a Rockabilly machine.
I am getting the olympic white one next week :)
The nuts on my machine head were super loose and I had the same issue. I tightened them and it stays in perfect tune.
That’s all you need. A little adjustment and this guitar will last you forever.
my goodness. so many guitars and so many amazing huge high watt amps !
Lajos Vas I know. I have too many. I just really love Fender Amps.
"I'm not gonna judge..."
Immediately after judging.😒
tune the string and pull away from the guitar to set the tuners and saddle...do it several times for a few minutes until you can't de-tune the guitar anymore, it takes a few days but you'll have a stable tuning then....except for when it rains, then all guitars go sharp.
Yeah Made in Indonesia!! Greeting from Indonesia!!
The Mustang is a great guitar 🎸👌
The switch is supposed to be sideways. It's an odd design choice, but I don't mind very much.
mrthiel1967 You are right. I figured that out after this video. It is strange. I thought it may have just been loose. I was also wrong about the color. It’s Surf Green.
Seems to me it is that way to stop you knocking it down by accident when strumming away, due to where it is placed, makes sense really.
You are right! That is a good point.
melvoid01 That’s exactly right. I prefer my switches like this for that very reason. I tend to pretty much always knock my switches into the bridge position when playing rhythm on the neck. It is why I’ve reversed my Strat switches.
I just bought this exact guitar and it’s buzzing I’ve been trying to adjust the action but still there’s a buzzing any help?
Have u fixed it yet?
I just got one, I tried adjusting the action right out of the box but it turned out u needed to add relief to the neck. It doesn't play right if the neck is perfectly straight. Still feeling my way around it tho
I like the room you are in, I'd love to have half the musical stuffs you have laying around there 👍
Your review is pretty informative too. I have seen this Mustang on Amazon India at a very great price range and was rather curious to see what it might sound like.
Yeah, it's a bit out of tune.
Thanks man. This may have been new so maybe became out of tune when I tuned it. If you don't stretch the strings this could happen.
it sounds like Fogerty's Rickenbacker
Nice review man. You've some nice guitars and amps too so as you say, couch guitar indeed. I have an LTD M10 I use that stays in tune all stock. Love the hell out of it. Lmao.
The switch was meant to be that way so you don't accidentally switch positions while strumming.
Remy Rising You are correct on that. I figured that out after shooting this. I may do an update video. I really love this guitar and only upgraded the nut.
here again at 3am trying to figure out if I want to learn how to play this instrument or not
If it’s 3AM and your watching this wondering if you want to learn to play or not, I’d say that’s a hard yes! Go for it. Learn open chords first. It’s very difficult and takes time. Your hands will hurt and your fingers will but in time your hand will strengthen. Start with learning a song with three chords. You can google that.
Even Jimmy Hendrix was known when asked about learning to play, he would say “learn the open Chords first”.
@@MikeFromNashville okay!! I’m going to be taking lessons once I actually get a guitar 😂
For 150 bucks, it’s a great platform to mod for sure.
6:32 I ve got a feeling, a feeling I cant hide! Oh yeah!!!!😃
Bought this one used for $99 after shipping ... Changing the tune keys, the nut the bridge and strings to
Vinny Miller That’s awesome Vinny. How do you like it?
Truth be told, between this and a Les Paul Special now, I think I'd rather have one of these. The blue one, to be exact.
I owned a Fender Mustang in the 60’s and when it broke I traded it for a Tele that I still own. I was too dumb to realize that it could have been fixed as I am sure it was just a wire connection that went bad. It was a great all-round guitar and held tune great. I miss that guitar like I miss my first car.
Well at least you still have that tele. I know what you mean though. I think back to years ago and I was so scared to touch the wiring or the truss rod. Once you start tinkering you realize it's not a big deal. Thanks for sharing Emil!
Played one today and it was a very fun instrument. Plus they make it in orange... So, 😁
Hexagon Sun Orange!? Right on. I didn’t know they made it in Orange.
Wow great video dude, I’m really thinking about getting a mustang, I really want one in the same color as yours. You really helped out here, thanks. Also, where did you get your guitar? I’m also from Nashville so I wanted to know the Guitar Shop you got it
The Guitar Center in Nashville. You can find them online as well. They certainly won't be selling this at Gruhns! =)
@@MikeFromNashville Got it! Thank you so much dude!
Nice review! Been playing for a good 3 years. This guitar seems good for punk???
Absolutely killer for punk. Maybe put a higher output humbucker in the bridge after a while, but otherwise, this thing is great for punk. I tuning bothers you (which it shouldn't for punk) then also change the tuners, but at that point, you've already payed the value of the guitar again in mods. Maybe look at the fender duo sonic/ mustang with the humbucker as a long term investment.
Do another vid after the mods you do. Have a sound weekend Rob. ;)
I've just ordered one of these today. I will probably put 11 gauge strings on it and do some minor tweaks. The heavier gauge strings should sort out the tuning stability. I won't be modding mine, the mods could cost more than the guitar! A coil split switch would be nice though as mustangs traditionally have single coils. Pickups sound great on this video.
Christopher Grech Awesome Christopher! You won’t need to mod this. The pickups are awesome and your spot on about the 11 gauge strings on this. I have 11 gauge on mine and they are perfect for this guitar. This really is an amazing deal for this guitar.
@@MikeFromNashville definitely! Squiers are getting much better recently.
Christopher Grech They sure are!
I bought the squier jazzmaster master 229 I like it
not good for big chords, but, ditones and chord framents and scale excercises, it would be a good practice tool. Not for giggin' or recording..."I've got a feeling!"
I’m gonna get a blue one.
Nice but what about that box?? AGREE 1000%
After a few hours I’ve noticed this thing drops out of tune especially G and B strings. What can I do to fix this
kmatt12 There are a few options. Here is what I did and mine doesn’t go out of tune.
1. Tighten the Tuning Machines. Mine were loose.
2. Make sure you stretch the strings when you install new strings or with the current strings you have on. Tune the guitar and pull each string stretching each string with a good pull. I installed 11 gauge strings because the short scale the heavier gauged strings don’t feel as heavy as they would on a longer scale neck.
3. The nut is almost always the culprit to a guitar going out. I avoided changing my nut buy applying “Nut Sauce” to my bridge slots. I use Big Bends Nut Sauce. You can find it on EBay. You lube each slot. That for me does the trick.
If this doesn’t work you can have the Nut replaced but this is what I did and it no longer goes out of tune.
RobertsVision Guitar You could also put graphite on the nut.
Give it a kick??
Most importantly fully stretch the strings out, a lot of people fail to do this males a huge difference with tuning stability
Played one at the store today. Same color and everything. Honestly, all the upgrades you suggested are cool and i would do them too, but really I dont think it "needs" to be modded. A fresh set of real strings and fixing the intonation is all it "needs". A few weeks ago i got rid of all my supposedly great used old gear for the money garbage amps and guitars. Took the 💰 and bought a blues junior, vox ac15 and a bullet strat. Best sounds and most fun ive have in years on guitar. To any beginners who might be watching, buy the best amp you can to start off with and get whatever guitar you can afford with the 💰 left over. The "tone" is 90% in your fingers, 9.9% is in the amp. The other .1 is in the guitar. Oh, pedals are worthless, skip'em.
Mister Knight Bear & Co. your totally right about that. I put 12 gauge strings and adjusted the intonation and it was great. I also added a new nut but only because I had one that wasn’t being used. Thanks!!
If your guitar won't stay in tune, it definitely "needs" the mods, dude.