New Color for Fender PJ Mustang Bass at Summer 2017 NAMM?

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Christcr

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Has anyone besides me noticed this picture from NAMM? Scroll down to near the end of the Guitars and Basses section (third row from the bottom of the section--labeled Fender Offset). Click on the photo and lust. I wish I could reach into that photo and grab that PJ Mustang Bass. It seems that Fender is going to issue a Capri Orange Mustang PJ Bass in October... another $550 gone in addition to the $1000 for the JMJ Mustang. It seems to be a good (and expensive) year for Mustang Bass fans. And capri orange is my all-time favorite non-metallic guitar color.

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Yes, Capri Orange. Yummy, Isn't it? Like a great big Creamsicle... must have... must have...

The question is, how I am going to be able to wait until October to get my hands on one without going completely insane. That, and the JMJ Mustang.
 
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Christcr said:
Yes, Capri Orange. Yummy, Isn't it? Like a great big Creamsicle... must have... must have...

The question is, how I am going to be able to wait until October to get my hands on one without going completely insane. That, and the JMJ Mustang.
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Yeah it looks great....especially in a sea of otherwise "dull" offerings in the Fender bass world for the most part.
 
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Damn... I wish that had been available when I ordered my second Mustang PJ. My first is sonic blue, the second one red. I'd have bought an orange one instead of the red if it had been available.
 
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Marial said:
Damn... I wish that had been available when I ordered my second Mustang PJ. My first is sonic blue, the second one red. I'd have bought an orange one instead of the red if it had been available.
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I was planning on buying a red one soon, but I think I'll wait for the orange one now.

...well... unless I can do a bit of rationalization and convince myself that I "need" both a red and orange one. Which I'm sure I can do if I put forth just a smidgen of effort. You know... something to the effect that I "need" one PJ Mustang with stainless steel rounds, one with nickel rounds, one with Chromes flats, and... say one with tape wound flats. Yeah, that's the ticket. Just about covers it: Olympic white: SS rounds, Sonic Blue: nickel rounds, Torino Red: D'Add chromes flatwound, Capri Orange: tapewound flats. Perfect. :D
 
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Christcr said:
I was planning on buying a red one soon, but I think I'll wait for the orange one now.

...well... unless I can do a bit of rationalization and convince myself that I "need" both a red and orange one. Which I'm sure I can do if I put forth just a smidgen of effort. You know... something to the effect that I "need" one PJ Mustang with stainless steel rounds, one with nickel rounds, one with Chromes flats, and... say one with tape wound flats. Yeah, that's the ticket. Just about covers it: Olympic white: SS rounds, Sonic Blue: nickel rounds, Torino Red: D'Add chromes flatwound, Capri Orange: tapewound flats. Perfect. :D
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My red one is currently being defretted. :)
 
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nonohmic said:
Wonder if they're also going to file down the fret sprout on them?
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Interestingly, I didn't have to file them down on my PJ Mustangs. And I almost always have to file them down on everything else because it is so dry where I live. I recently got a Fender Dimension bass that was absolutely lethal--you could have slit your throat with the fret sprout. Luckily, having worked as a guitar repair guy in the past, I still have all the tools to prevent having my hands shredded. I could have used an auto body grinder on that dimension! :D
 
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Christcr said:
Interestingly, I didn't have to file them down on my PJ Mustangs. And I almost always have to file them down on everything else because it is so dry where I live. I recently got a Fender Dimension bass that was absolutely lethal--you could have slit your throat with the fret sprout. Luckily, having worked as a guitar repair guy in the past, I still have all the tools to prevent having my hands shredded. I could have used an auto body grinder on that dimension! :D
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Yah the two i tried were vicious; a deal breaker for me. Well, that and a rosewood board.
 
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nonohmic said:
Yah the two i tried were vicious; a deal breaker for me. Well, that and a rosewood board.
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If fret sprout is a deal-breaker, then you're missing out on a lot of great instruments. A lot of basses develop it early-on. You get it taken care of and that's usually that. In fact I think the majority of mine have had it to some degree. To quote Ken Smith, "wood moves" (and metal doesn't).
 
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nostatic said:
If fret sprout is a deal-breaker, then you're missing out on a lot of great instruments. A lot of basses develop it early-on. You get it taken care of and that's usually that. In fact I think the majority of mine have had it to some degree. To quote Ken Smith, "wood moves" (and metal doesn't).
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Ah true, yeah that makes sense. Nuggets of wisdom like this are why I am on this forum. :thumbsup:
 
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