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Hey, this is Pete Griffin here.
Let's take a look at the Fender American Performer Mustang
Base.
Built in Corona California, the short-scale base
delivers exceptional tone and feel,
featuring new Fender designed pickups.
It's super fun to play.
And you got four awesome colors to choose from.
So let's get right into it and learn more about this bass.
The tone you heard up top is a base plug
directly into the Rumble Stage 800 amplifier with the jazz
pickup soloed.
Before we get into the features, let's hear a little bit more
from the base adding in the split-coil pickup.
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OK, let's talk about the features of the bass.
This one has an alder body.
And depending on the color, it will either
be a gloss or a satin finish.
This one's satin surf green.
But it's available in three other colors as well.
Control-wise, we have our volume for our middle pickup,
our volume for our bridge pickup,
and then our master tone knob, which features the grease
bucket tone circuit.
It lets you cut your treble without losing any gain
or making the tone sound too muddy.
It's incredibly useful.
The new pickups I mentioned before are the Fender Yosemite
pickups.
Voiced specifically for the Mustang bass,
we have one Yosemite Split-Coil Mustang Middle Pickup
and one Yosemite Single-Coil Jazz Bass Bridge Pickup.
It's got nice, big punchy tone.
Don't let the size fool you.
The bridge is a four-saddle bridge.
A string-through-body design enhances
string-to-body vibration transfer for added sustain.
The neck is a modern C-shaped neck
with a rosewood fingerboard and a nice satin
finish on the back.
So if your hands get a little sweaty when you play,
you won't stick to it.
We have 19 medium jumbo frets and a 9 and 1/2 inch radius.
Finally, we've got our Fender F lightweight vintage paddle
tuners with tapered shafts.
This design forces the string windings downward
and keeps them nice and tight for increased sustain
and better tuning stability.
So let's hear a little bit more from the base.
I'll go with the split-coil pickup only for this one.
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Thanks for checking out the Fender American Performer
Mustang Bass--
small bass with a big sound.
Visit Fender.com for more info on the full American performer
line and stay tuned for more videos.
See you next time.
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