cousindave

The mid pickup is in the same position as the original Mustang split coil, I was a bit worried that the new route wouldn't cover the pickguard hole but it was just slightly larger. This pickup centre line is 235mm from the 12th fret, the bridge pickup is 315mm, sounds a bit more Stingray than Jazz I think.

Now the sound is in the same ballpark as the Bantam, really thick bass though and zingy high end, the Bantam has an active emg system and the pickup blend works really well, the Mustang has two volume controls which act more like a Jazz Bass, if you turn one down a little you get pretty much the other pickup on it's own. It does sound huge....better than I was expecting!

Squier Mustang project bass! I have been into short scale basses for a good few years now as I am getting older and have a trapped nerve in my shoulder often using them instead of my long scales as they are lighter and give an easier reach to the lower frets, all are active, a Spector Bantam and two Sector Shorty basses so my Squier CV Mustang had remaind virtually unused. It played and sounded really good with a low action and the neck stayed reliable and in tune but I got used to the tonal variety and power that comes with active basses. As I had a pair of EMG HZ pickups and Tone Pump preamp lying around I decided on a bass project. The preamp is in a route under the pickguard, battery box on the back and jack socket moved to a plate on the side to make way for the extra knob position. Routing was done by my excellent friend Terry Goodchild and is a fabulous job, everything fitted great! The wiring is a seriously tight fit under the chome plate but it works really well, I may revisit it at some point. Changed the plastic knobs to Chrome to finish it off, fresh strings and set up properly to my liking with a seriously low action, it is a really powerfull little beast! and it sounds great! All I had to pay for was the battery box and side jack plate so a really cheap project that has given me a bass that suits me better.

Had no problems with them so far!

My 32" scale Zoot Boudica!