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Post subject: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:33 pm
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Is there such a thing as a guide to the pedals available on the Mustang 3. I was in a store playing with one before I buy and there is a vast number of pedals of course. Many have knobs with abbreviations I did not understand and setting I can could only play with and listen for a tone or effect change.

All of my actual foot pedals came with at least a guide of what the knobs abbreviations stood for and what they were designed to do.

Or is this %100 trial and error as far at settings?

I did find some great presets I liked and started taking notes on some pedal setting from the factory values.

Thanks. Mike.


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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:30 am
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the full owners manual should have the details.


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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:14 am
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Full owner's manual does not have a guide on the abbreviations or any hint as to what they do. Crazy omission.
I'm ok, I know 90% of them, but it's hard work for beginners.

But ask your queries here and you'll get help!


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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:24 am
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Thanks. you would think that if Fender used the same pedal model across it's entire line of amps they would give you a guide to how to adjust them. As as far ad the manual, I think calling it a "full" manual is a stretch. I've gotten more in depth manuals with a dvd player. I think you tube has better instruction on some of the home made videos than Fender does.

Maybe the wave of the future.


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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 8:43 am
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fender uses the same effects and knob names as the old cyber-twin. all kobs are more or less explained on the cyber-twin manual

http://support.fender.com/manuals/guita ... manual.pdf


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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:21 pm
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Also Google for Ride The Mustang. That site has a pretty good overview of the effe ts and what the knobs do.

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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:39 am
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Here you go

http://ridingthemustang.blogspot.it

Also check out this thread. Not specific to effects but very awesome:

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=75417


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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:11 pm
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mlcasmey wrote:
Thanks. you would think that if Fender used the same pedal model across it's entire line of amps they would give you a guide to how to adjust them. As as far ad the manual, I think calling it a "full" manual is a stretch. I've gotten more in depth manuals with a dvd player.

I think this expectation has a lot to do with the frustration regarding documentation for the Mustang amps and pedals. A DVD player is a good example. Or how about a paintbrush? If you read the advanced user's manual for a paintbrush, would it tell you how to create a Picasso? Or would it be something more along the lines of "first you dip the brush in the paint, then you apply the paint to whatever it is you're painting".

Anyway, here is some info about what the 3 available pedals do. I took all of this info from the Advanced user's manual and just reformatted it:

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Mustang III 2-button Footswitch Instructions

Connect a 2-button footswitch to your Mustang amplifier to enable remote multi-function foot control.

Use the Utility menus to assign one of the following functions to the 2-button footswitch:

• Select presets (up/down)
• Select Quick Access presets (QA1/QA2)
• Bypass effects (various combinations)
• Set TAP interval


1. Press the UTIL button on the top of the amplifier to enter the Utility menu

2. Press the UTIL button 3 more times until the display reads 2-Btn Ftsw Mode. If you pass it by accident, just keep pressing UTIL until it comes around again

3. The footswitch will be set to Down/Up (default setting)

4. Turn the DATA WHEEL until the desired footswitch function is selected

5. Once the desired function is selected, press EXIT. The last thing you chose will stay.

These are the available functions:

a. Down/Up - choose this function if you'd like to simply scroll up and down through the presets. This allows you to scroll through all 100 presets in a linear fashion (in other words, you can't skip from preset 01 to preset 10 without pressing the Up button 9 times or the Down button 91 times).

b. QA1/QA2 - choose this function if you'd like to use the pedal to switch between 2 Quick Access presets of your choosing. You will not be able to scroll through the rest of the presets using the pedal if you choose this option.

c. Stomp/Mod - choose this option if you'd like button 1 to turn a stomp box for the selected preset on and off, and button 2 to turn a modulation effect for the selected preset on and off. You will not be able to scroll through the rest of the presets using the pedal if you choose this option.

d. Stomp/Delay - choose this option if you'd like button 1 to turn a stomp box for the selected preset on and off, and button 2 to turn the delay effect for the selected preset on and off. You will not be able to scroll through the rest of the presets using the pedal if you choose this option.

e. Stomp/Reverb - choose this option if you'd like button 1 to turn a stomp box for the selected preset on and off, and button 2 to turn the reverb effect for the selected preset on and off. You will not be able to scroll through the rest of the presets using the pedal if you choose this option.

f. Stomp/Tap - choose this option if you'd like button 1 to turn a stomp box for the selected preset on and off, and button 2 to set delay time or modulation rate settings for the selected preset by rhythmically pressing button 2. You will not be able to scroll through the rest of the presets using the pedal if you choose this option.

:idea: NOTE: You might wonder why there are 3 Quick Access slots when there are only 2 buttons on the footswitch. That's where the optional 4-button footswitch comes in. You can use it by itself to get similar options to the 2-button footswitch, but with a little more flexibility:

4-Button Footswitching options

Connect a 4-button footswitch to your Mustang amplifier to enable remote multi-function foot control. The footswitch display and LEDs show you some of the same information as the amplifier screen, so you can, for example, tune your guitar and select presets by watching the footswitch without ever looking at the screen onboard the Mustang III!

• Select Quick Access presets (QA1/QA2/QA3)
• Select presets (up/down/bank)
• Bypass effects
• Activate the Tuner


You can also use the 2-button and 4-button footswitches together to gain access to more than a dozen footswitch options:

6-Button Footswitching options

Plug both a 4-button and a 2-button footswitch into your Mustang amplifier to expand your remote control options. By assigning different functions to each footswitch you can create more than a dozen different foot control combinations.

For example, you could assign Quick Access presets to the 4-button footswitch and Up/Down presets to the 2-button footswitch. Or you could bypass effects with the 4-button footswitch and select presets with the 2-button footswitch.


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the above doesn't cover the other available pedal, the EXP-1. It's an expression pedal that can be used to control lots of parameters, from GAIN to Delay parameters, Reverb to Wah effects, etc etc. There's so much you can do with it.

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Post subject: Re: Mustang III Pedal Guide
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 6:19 am
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strings - by "pedals" I think the OP is referring to all the effects built-in to the Mustang, not to the physical footswitches. Just mentioning for clarity.


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