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Post subject: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:24 pm
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When Kurt Cobain hit the stage, it was very often with a Mustang® guitar—an enigmatic anti-hero figure with an esoteric anti-hero instrument. It’s with great pride then that Fender introduces the Kurt Cobain Mustang, which evokes the man, the band, the sound and the times, and gives an authentically crafted nod to one of the most unlikely guitars to ever find itself at the center of a musical maelstrom.

Cobain liked Mustangs a lot. For one, he preferred offbeat guitars that didn’t cost zillions of dollars, and the Mustang certainly fit those two criteria. Also, being somewhat physically diminutive himself, he liked to perform live with slightly more diminutive guitars, like Fender Mustang and Jaguar® guitars, which better fit his hands and his reach.

See for yourself—go back and watch the famous 1991 video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and there he is and there it is slung over his shoulder. Or think back to when you saw them on the ’93-’94 In Utero tour, when he seldom went onstage with anything but a Mustang. Quite often and especially later on, Mustang guitars were a big part of what Kurt Cobain was all about, musically.

Inspired by his arsenal of modded guitars, the new Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang takes you back there, with highly distinctive features including an angled single-coil Mustang neck pickup and ferocious Seymour Duncan® JB humbucking bridge pickup mounted directly to the body, dual on-off/phase in-out switches for each pickup, a polyester-finished alder body and an Adjusto-Matic™ bridge with dynamic vibrato tailpiece.

Other features include the classic 24” Mustang scale length, C-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 7.25”-radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets and vintage-style ivory dot inlays, four-ply pickguard (Aged White Pearl on Fiesta Red and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe models; Tortoiseshell on Sonic Blue model), master volume and tone controls, vintage-style tuners, and chrome hardware. Finish options include Fiesta red, Sonic Blue and Dark Lake Placid Blue with stripe. Available in right- and left-handed models.

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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:15 am
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Did Fender had plans to reissue the JagStang along with its matching bass version?


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:42 am
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When is this actually going to hit the shelves?


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:12 pm
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I just ordered one so I guess so? :)


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:12 pm
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I still think the Jag-Stang will be released as a Squier.


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:01 pm
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Kurt didn't even like the Jag-Stang. It should be left in the past.

These new Kurt-style Mustangs though are FRIGGING AWESOME!


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:35 pm
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Courtney Love must be making a mint!!

Nice looking guits tho. Are the MIMs or what?


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:52 pm
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I noticed that musicians friend doesn't have the dark lake placid blue w/racing stripe. Wonder why?


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:19 pm
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They are making these Left Handed too!!

Too bad they put a Seymour Duncan pickup in it.

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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:22 pm
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Just got mine in sonic blue. I really like it. I am happy I sold my USA Sienna burst strat to pick it up. Not a big fan of the 25.5 scale. Wish they came with some sort of case for the price. Well worth the money makes a great companion to my HH Jag special.

Question to the admin: How do we register these things to get the record? Ordered mine from musiciansfriend. No registration card or promotional info. I would really like to get in on the record since I paid the extra dough to get it next day shipped.


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:42 pm
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I know this is a quick follow up but I freakin love this guitar. Totally kicks my USA Sienna Strats butt. I even have a duncan little 59 in the bridge of my start and this guitars tone kills it. Feels as good as my les pauls and way lighter. The build quality is as good as my USA Fender so don't let that stop you. If you are looking at one of these and have the dough handy pull the trigger. Great guitar kills the jag-stang, jaguar and strat hands down. Of course its all personal preference and I am a hack but still this guitar rocks.


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:16 pm
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I'm waiting for the JagStang to come back!


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:54 am
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Ive had mine for around a week now and love it. It makes my MIJ Jag-Stang feel like a cheap toy. If they do reissue the jag-stang i hope they elaborate on the original as it can be improved in a few ways!


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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:30 pm
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CAFeathers wrote:
They are making these Left Handed too!!

Too bad they put a Seymour Duncan pickup in it.



I must retract my previous statement about the SD pickup. I heard one of these Mustang's today and I must tell you I was impressed!!

I can see one of these Left Handed in my future!!

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Post subject: Re: NEW Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang® Guitar
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:19 pm
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SquierStrat94 wrote:
I'm waiting for the JagStang to come back!


Did you also want a matching jagstang bass to have a nice pair?

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