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Post subject: 65 Mustang, SUSTAIN PLEASE !!!
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:43 am
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Hi guys and gals,

I got an old Mustang. The problem I have with it is that it has zero sustain. I know that typically electric Fender guitars with strings which do not go through the body will typically have less sustain, but I find it really too little sustain (I would classify it as "total absence of sustain" :lol: ).

The only thing I can think of is to increase the string gauge a little (I have the super light .09 etc) and make sure that the pickups are not too high, which I think they are not.

Is this problem of sustain normal for the mustang and is there anything which can be done about it ? Anybody else with Mustangs noticed this ?

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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:10 pm
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I have a 65 Mustang and I use D'Addario 8-38s on it,although it doesn't have the sustain a Strat has it isn't absolutely void of sustain as you say yours is,maybe if you tried a different brand of string.

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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:11 pm
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Oops I forgot maybe a new nut may help,sometimes the nut can affect sustain.

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Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:30 pm
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Hmm,

actually it has a brass nut. I would expect that the brass nut would help sustain no ?

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Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:21 am
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You're right,a brass nut should increase sustain,very puzzling indeed.Have you had the pups tested for signal strength?If the pups need rewinding Fender has a repair facility in TN.(I believe that's where)and charges $160 per pup for rewind.I'm not really sure of his web address but his name is Jeff Krause and he'll have all the info as far as I remember his address is
jkrause@fender.com not absolutely sure but I believe that's it.Also you could post your problem on the Lounge Forum as that generally has more viewers.Good luck,the Mustang is a great little guitar and worth holding on to.

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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:43 am
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Mine sustains just fine, but then it's a 70's one, and has an ash body. Do you know what wood yours is made from? That will have some effect on the sustain.

It doesn't have the sustain of my other solidbodies--but it sustains plenty.

Not sure why you're experiencing this.

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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:35 am
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I'm not sure what wood it has, I don't believe it is ash, it is quite light, alder perhaps ?

I think the pickups are ok, impedance was in the standard range for a guitar of this age.

Does the neck screws have to be really tight, would that change something. I did not screw them too tightly fearing to strip the channels which seemed a bit soft.

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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:15 pm
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I believe I've read it in the forums that srews that don't have a firm hold can affect the sustain.You could always try the old wood glue and tooth pick solution,that is dip a toothpick in a strong woodglue and poke it into one of the screw holes in the neck.do this with all the holes and then tighten your screws,they should have a very strong hold then.That may just do the trick,Good luck.

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I just had a symour duncan jb installed in the bridge and it increased the sustain by a lot. Probably more than a 60% or 70% increase.


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