Fender Mustang Bass

Fender Mustang Bass is a true style icon with one of the most enduring bass designs. This shorter scale, offset body bass guitar is a popular choice for beginner bassists and players for smaller stature, thanks to its excellent comfort and ergonomics. Styled after the popular Fender Mustang guitar, the Mustang bass oozes vintage style while also remaining forward thinking and standing out from the crowd. Styled after the popular Fender Mustang guitar, the Mustang bass appeals to those after something a little different. The scale length is 30" which is 4" less than Fender's standard bass scale length. This makes it very comfortable and easy to play.

Fender Mustang Bass has the sound and specs to back up it's distinct visuals and comfortable appeal. Fender outfit their Mustang basses with a variety of proprietary pickups for pronounced low end, 4 saddle bridges and synthetic bone nuts for solid tuning stability, and fingerboard options such as maple and pau ferro. Each comes with its own slight variation on the classic design and gives bassists ample options. Features such as the alder body, maple neck, and rosewood or maple fingerboard make sure this is an unmistakable Fender instrument.

The Fender Mustang Bass is available across many of the Fender ranges including American Performer, Vintera and Player series. Each comes with its own slight variation on the classic design and gives bassists ample options. With artists such as Justin Meldal-Johnsen having a signature model, you know the Mustang Bass is a very good choice. A range of single coil pickups, from split coil designs, to jazz pickups and even a PJ combo on some models give you a huge range of tones from a small instrument. With just a master volume, and master tone, these basses are designed to give all the tone you need right out the gate. 

The Mustang Bass has found it's way into the hands of even the most popular bass players. Legends like Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones, Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth and Justin Meldal-Johnsen of Nine Inch Nails have put this bass to great use over the years. It may be a short scale bass but it produces a giant tone. The Mustang bass is one of Fender's enduring bass designs as players continue to gravitate to it and make music history with it.

Why Should I Choose Fender Mustang Bass?

• Comfortable shorter scale length
• Iconic style with fantastic aesthetics
• Extremely ergonomic
• Choice of pickup options and colours
• Available across a number of Fender ranges