Some things just naturally go together: fish & chips, hot chocolate & marshmallows, shoes & socks… Fender & Surf Green. And since it first appeared, way back in 1966, Fender’s mighty Mustang Bass has also made some pretty good partnerships: Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads and her Mustang Bass; original Rolling Stones bassist, Bill Wyman; current Stones bassist, Darryl Jones; Holger Czukay of Can; Sheryl Crow; XTC’s Colin Moulding; Alan Lancaster of Status Quo; Raul Malo of the Mavericks; Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon; Jimi Hendrix Experience bass player, Noel Redding; Sharin Foo of the Raveonettes… and heaps, heaps more!
History
The 2018 American Performer series Mustang Bass saw Fender keeping pretty much to history, though with just enough modern day tweaks to make for a much more player friendly instrument. satin-finished Modern-C profile Maple neck; medium-jumbo frets; tapered tuner shafts that keep your string windings tight; TUSQ nut; and individual bridge saddles for improved intonation.
All-night player
With a smaller body than a Precision or Jazz, the lighter weight – even the tuners are lighter – makes this a super-easy, all-night player. And the Yosemite pickups – a split-coil Mustang Bass in the middle, and single-coil Jazz Bass at the bridge – coupled with the Greasebucket tone circuit, lets you cut your treble, without going muddy. Full marks all round to Fender on this one!
Satin Surf Green
Other features include a solid Alder body, finished in a very sexy satin Surf Green; 30” scale Rosewood fingerboard, (9½” radius); and classic seventies-style Fender headstock logo. As well as our own soundfile, here’s Fender's Pete Griffin taking all those premium features for a spin: LINK
MINT- condition
In MINT- condition, this cool addition to your bass rack comes complete with its original deluxe Fender gig bag, (see pics # 8 and main), and FREE COURIER DELIVERY to any address in Australia. ($100 airfreight to New Zealand, $175 to the US, Canada, UK and mainstream European countries. International freight added during checkout)
Weight: 8lb 4½oz / 3.75kg
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