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Thought i'll contribute a thread, its been awhile since i have.


On a recent work trip to Japan i went looking for a nice old acoustic, however i decided i couldn't take the risk of not being able to hand carry it on the plane, and set out looking for a Fender Japan Mustang, always wanted one, and that same week, the JMJ Mustang had started to ship out.

shockingly I only found one mustang bass in the ochanamizu district, and the usual suspects in shinjuku/shibuya.

The mustang was at bass planet, which is where i chanced upon my latest purchase.

I've wanted one since playing one at the Swop shop in Melbourne, and there was a really clean one in Sydney that same time period, both were solid headstocks.


where it caught my eye


next to its short scale friend




sitting at home!

Rad! Don't see these often

It’s the real version of my aria!

Single coil wrote:It’s the real version of my aria!

we need pictures!

She’s a sad lookin old madam, but sure. Be a few hours.

EBs are WONDERFUL basses, anything else sounds trebly by comparison.

I've always liked the look of those slotted pegheads, too. Classy,

snitchez wrote:

Single coil wrote:It’s the real version of my aria!

we need pictures!

So Gibson EB then SG now back to EB??

Is it 34"scale?

Never had an Eb? Unless I was referencing e flat.

It is short scale.

foal30 wrote:

snitchez wrote:

Single coil wrote:It’s the real version of my aria!

we need pictures!

So Gibson EB then SG now back to EB??

Is it 34"scale?

30.5

Single coil wrote:Never had an Eb? Unless I was referencing e flat.

It is short scale.

I'm familiar with Eb played with numerous brass sections

Eb and Bb are where I cut my teeth, but that was a thousand years ago.
Still haven’t got my copy out. Fuck I’m useless lol. I’ll get there

Both Eb and Bb keys actually lend themselves to open string chromaticism rakes ala James Jamerson / Anthony Jackson

Rad. Yeh the slotted headstock is classy as fuck.
Nice purchase.
I love japan.