Shawn Mendes Musicmaster?

[Forkface]

I know, i know. Shawn Mendes is probably not widely appreciated in this forum but anyway, a review of this on youtube just popped up on my feed, and i gotta say, I think its freakin beautiful.

Specs-wise theres a couple of things im not sure about, like the 24 inch scale or the 9.5 radius, but i think the pickup config is interesting, and ofc the finish and pickguard are ace.

honestly if they ever release this finish or something similar on a strat, i'd probably get it.
Hell, i might get this as a gimmicky fun guitar to have. having never tried 24 inch guitars, i might end up liking it. i assume they're more for open chords and stuff down the neck? the only one i cant think of that used 24" is Cobain.

 

[budda]

It looks good and i want one.

Short scale means it will be warmer but bridge sc means it brings the chime.

I dont need more guitars, but this one is cool.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

You probably wouldn't even notice the shorter scale if you didn't even know it was there. It's the same difference between a Strat and a Les Paul.

Honestly, this thing looks pretty cool. Has its own vibe going on and I really appreciate that in signature gear.

 

[KnightBrolaire]

I didn't even know Mendes played guitar

 

[Forkface]

You probably wouldn't even notice the shorter scale if you didn't even know it was there. It's the same difference between a Strat and a Les Paul.

Honestly, this thing looks pretty cool. Has its own vibe going on and I really appreciate that in signature gear.

yeah, seems like a fair assessment. i barely notice the dif between my 25.5 and 26.5 sevens, besides the odd 1st to 6th fret stretch.
For this i wouldnt go thru the customs hassle of bringing it to Mexico, but if it pops up at a fender dealer here, i might snatch one.

 

[mlp187]

These look super awesome. Sean Mendez is a talented dude and this is a classy sig.

 

[Masoo2]

Absolutely love this guitar

The guitarist from Movements uses the 24 inch Fenders for some of their work without any problems and he tunes them down to Drop D and Drop C# for the most part

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I actually dig the finish. A throwback to the old paisley wallpaper "finishes".

 

[Mathemagician]

That’s a really unique looking guitar. And likely to get a lot of attention in a music store.

 

[couverdure]

I didn't expect a mainstream pop artist to have a signature guitar with a single-coil bridge/humbucker neck pickup configuration.

 

[SpaceDock]

No way! Looks like an old flower textbook. Too busy for my tastes.

 

[JimF]

It's awful, I love it!
Would be a fun guitar to noodle around with for clean stuff.
Where are these slated to be price wise?

 

[budda]

It's awful, I love it!
Would be a fun guitar to noodle around with for clean stuff.
Where are these slated to be price wise?

Same as a player series iirc.

 

[Kaura]

I have a couple of Mustangs. I'm not sure about the scale they've got, I think they have 24,75" scale but I personally really dig it. Great for small hands. Only thing I don't dig is that bends of e-string choke out. Don't know if that's the radius or the scale but that's something that kinda annoys me.

I was really surprised they included a split option for the neck humbucker on this model. I wish Fender would release another HH Mustang with the split option. One of those was on sale last year but sadly I couldn't afford it since it was a MIA model.

 

[tordenist]

I just got mine this past weekend. It's even more stunning in person and a bit on the heavier side, the neck feels nice and the pickups are not shitty and that was a very nice surprise...

The shorter scale doesn't even make that much of a difference in practice, it's not like I can pull off Holdsworthian chords right away but it feels very nice and warm. I might throw some locking tuners there though.

 

[broj15]

I'd be all over this if the pickguard didn't have that print on it (the tan works but the different patterns on the pickguard & body seems kinda busy to me). Also flip flop that pickup position. I'm sure a single coil in the bridge works for him, but I almost have to have a humbuckers in the bridge for the riffage. Other than that it's pretty sick and a really unique (maybe a little to niche?) Option to have on the market.

Edit: now that I think about it a wood pickguard (ash maybe?) would look sick on this, though I'm sure that'd increase the price point another $200-$300.

 

[JimF]

A custom pickguard would solve that problem and probably cost about $30

 

[broj15]

Oh, most definitely. Custom pickguard for that would be easy to whip up. I'm definitely not in the market for a new guitar (still waiting on my custom & in the mean time my T60 is holding strong), but was more just speaking hypothetically.
But really it'd be perfect if it was 7 string, 27.75" scale, had a hipshot, SS frets, and wasn't black

 

[Randy]

Missing two strings for maximum grindgore riffage.

 

[JimF]

Oh, most definitely. Custom pickguard for that would be easy to whip up. I'm definitely not in the market for a new guitar (still waiting on my custom & in the mean time my T60 is holding strong), but was more just speaking hypothetically.
But really it'd be perfect if it was 7 string, 27.75" scale, had a hipshot, SS frets, and wasn't black

Needs Evertune & Fishmans for me