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Definitely one of the best budget guitars on the market right now. I love mine and you know I'm a LP/SG guy. Squier absolutely killed it with the Sonic series and the Mustang has to be my favorite!

A big reason people even with larger hands might like a short scale, is for the lower string tension. As we get older, we get things like arthritis and other conditions that benefit from slightly reduced fret distances and lower tension :)

Squire has worked hard and earned it's new respect. They aren't looked down upon as they used to be. I have ZERO shame gigging my Squires....

i just bought one, the sunburst version, its indeed a great guitar, i put 11's and the thing stays in tune all day, and also has great sustain. thank you for your review.

Nice review. I like that you don’t just use your channel to just show your guitar playing. Excellent work my man.

Thanks Karol - that guitars sounds great, especially considering the price. If I’m in a junior high or high school band, this would be one of my top pics and as someone in his early 60s, I still got my finger on the trigger to buy one😊

That red light fever is real!! I dig that red.

Great review and thanks for the sound demos. I'm surprised at how much bite those single coils have. Looking forward to the comparison between the HH and SS to really make a decision (haven't seen the SS in local shops yet though I have seen the HH)

dude this guy is great and i love watching him. deserves more subs

Anybody who owns several guitars and likes variety should get a Mustang instead of another pedal the next time they're shopping for gear. I think most folks would really enjoy having one in their collection. But it would also be a great first guitar for a beginner. I've been playing a long long time on mainly LPs and Teles and have added a couple Bullet Mustangs to my 'arsenal' in the last couple years. Loads of fun, they sound and play great, no regrets. On one of mine, the fit and finish are as nice as any decent Fender, with the best paint job I've ever seen. Of course everyone might not be so lucky, but for around $200 new and $100-150 used it's worth trying one. I would gig with mine any time, no worries.

24in. scale length with single coils on a lightweight body. Checks all the boxes for me! I’d prefer daphne blue and an Ebony fretboard with locking tuners, but now I’m just splitting hairs. 😉

Bullet FSR is the best of the bunch. Belly and arm curves. 12” radius. Configure it any way you like , it,s a swimming pool route so buy your choice of pickups and a pickguard to match if necessary. A good nut and setup and you’ve got a very light and well balanced cheapish guitar .

Yes, "fun" is the working term for this axe. It's a joy to play. I'm 5'6" and the shorter scale is great for me, but really only because the strings are slightly easier to bend.

I got a pink Squier sonic mustang and I love it. 💓🎸.

I have one in blue with humbuckers, and one in red with single coils, beautiful guitars. 💓🎸. And I am not a beginner.

I actually like the sound clean and with the blues overdrive preset. I think it was country road. My first Electric was a used Fender Mustang. I was 10 years old or so and it fit me perfect. I am almost 60 now and still gigging. Mostly with my homemade Esquires. I don't know why I want this guitar but, I do.

I have the Graffiti Yellow one and really love it. I spent the bucks on my tele and strat American pro II so when I came across the Classic Vibes series I was really impressed and have bought the tele thinline, jazz master and starcaster. Now this mustang sonic is the only one so far for under $200 I own and it’s really just a great guitar.

Love me a good Stang. Your bright red is nice - I did a Dakota Red nitro on mine and like that retro look a lot too. I use 10-46 on most of my guitars but had a suggestion to try 10.5/11-50 on the Mustang. Really nice! GHS Boomer for me. Let it sit a bit and check your action, you may need to adjust the truss rod a touch. That maple neck has me wondering why I never saw one, really nice!

I love that Red. There are very few reds that actually look good on Fenders. This is one of them.

I just ordered one on ridiculous sale price from Fender, and I fully expect to open it and spend several hours attending to it. Part of the low price is that there wasn't a skilled luthier spending three hours on it, carefully sanding down the fret edges, smoothing out the feet board, polishing the back of the neck, cleaning every bit, adjusting the truss rod, etc. And the strings need new ones. They give you cheap strings. All that attention would add $300 to the price. And you can do that by taking it to a shop if you want, but there's something personal about doing it yourself. You add the value in by getting it just right. And because you've invested so little money in it, you can mod it piecemeal whenever you want without worrying about tanking its resale value. Switch pickups, paint it, "relic" it if that's your jam, replace the tuners... It's fun! Just my 2¢. People whining about frets not being perfect are missing the point.

Nice, honest review. Thanks!

I love my Sonic HH Mustang. The only two issues I have with it is the switch position, I tend to hit it when I'm playing. The 2nd issue is that my high e string keeps getting caught under the 4th fret when I strum. I don't have a heavy strum and I use a light pick.

I like the pick ups 👍

I have a lot of guitars and i'm just bought this red model with single coil and the blue model with humbucker for the fun ... My first idea was to upgrade with the best pickup but i think the original sounded great and do not changed them

Okay, you’ve got me paying attention to this one. I have a theory that Mustangs with the single coils work better than people expect because they sound narrower and less full range. Which is going to work better for a lot of rock players. A dirtier clean than crystal clean will bunch through better, and shaving bass helps that. For gainier stuff, cutting bass before the preamp helps for tighter, less flubby tones. A mustang already does that without an eq pedal or Tube Screamer. Genius-level mod idea: get a Freeway toggle that adds another 3 switch positions with both pickups in series, series out-of-phase, and parallel out-of-phase. Try the out-of-phase options with all levels of dirt/fuzz/amp gain-people sleep on this. Evaluate what the switching will give you before even contemplating pickup swaps, since you can pick based on the full switching pallet.

Just picked up the green one for $139 usd. Cant wait to play

I had to replace the plain white pickguard with a white pearl one on mine. The plain white was just kinda boring and cheap looking. I also installed locking tuners, roller string trees and a shim in the neck pocket to pitch it back slightly (makes short scale offsets much easier to intonate.) I also have an Imperial Blue Bullet Mustang-90. I installed P90s, a white pearl pickguard with P90 cutouts, locking tuners, roller trees and a shim on this one's neck as well. I prefer the look of the Sonic Mustang SS, but I prefer the sound of the Bullet Mustang-90. The biggest difference I noticed between my Bullet and my Sonic is that the Bullet has contour cutouts in the body, the Sonic does not. The Sonic is just a flat slab on both sides. As a man with a belly, that's something I'm definitely gonna notice.

Looks like I'm not the only person who's looking forward to the HH review and your choice of which one you prefer.

thanks for the video. i am going to get the pink humbucker one for my daughter soon.

My HH version with 11s is now my #1, livelier than my Bullet version, & less setup hassles

My Bullet Mustang from 2021 has 9.5 inch radius frets. I guess it's the 2017-19 Bullet Mustangs that have the 12 inch radius and those also have a larger and wavy Mustang lettering on the headstock. The humbuckers first sounded too hot, but by turning the guitars volume knob half way down I'm very pleased with them.

I have a bullet Mustang and it become my bedroom guitar. It does a bit of neckdive but overall its quite a solid, funny little guitar to play. I think you made me want to by another one 😅

Not ready for prime time

Guitar also very good for Jazz (with the right strings and the appropriate amp)

What is price of this instrument? And is it good for total beginner? 😅

I love mine, thinking about a second one, why... why not? They sound (to me) almost like a mix between a tele and a strat, I play them clean, no distortion. The tuners are fine, I never had a tuner "untune" itself. Use 10's or 11's and no tuning issues.

I bought one recently and mine needed a fret dress as it had several high spots on them that made string bending choke out on some of the higher frets and I didnt like the seriously hot pickups that measured 12 ohms!! Which I think is ridiculous for single coils. But after new set of tonerider single coil pickups and a fret dress and set up and Its amazing for the price. Ill probably do a rewire with full size pots at some point although it doesnt really need it and I've found the tuners OK and work really well.

Hi dude. I really liked the video. I want to ask u, is the mustang suitable for a tall person with big hands?? I really like the Mustang (and Jaguar) and ive been thinking about buying the sunburst model, but ive never had a 24" scale guitar before, and i have no idea if that might be a problem. For example, Thurston Moore is crazy tall and he played with a Jaguar and a Mustang at some point, but im still not sure. Id like to know your opinion before buying it. Thank you🙂

Nice informative review. I was going between this or a bullet telecaster scratch and dent for around $100.

Hey Karol, my son has a channel and he struggled at first, even to just get words out. He then started scripting. He's videos are very good now. You'll get there. 9-42s on a 24 inch. Do the strings feel a bit loose? Kind regards.

It’s sooo cuuute ❤

Hmm haven’t tried the “Sonic’s” yet. I’m a classic vibe fan

I tested this one in a local shop and I felt the neck really dry and narrow. Also I got a couple of old squier standards series and they feel More confortable than these new squier sonic series.

Im getting the sonic HH california blue one soon👍

​ @ArtOfShredYT you have both HH and SS which one would you choose if want buy only one?

Looks like a Duo-Sonic II to me. 😉

Tornio and Fiesta red are my favorite 😊😊😊 Grace and Candy Apple red I’m not too fond of.

i got a squier sonic strat..sounds great

Those ceramic pickups are build like mini P90 of some sort. Two tiny magnets on each side of the pole piece.

Just widened the nut slots and lube them no more tuning problems.

I am about to buy one used and need your opinion quick: is this suitable for a live setting in any way? Perhaps with better pick-ups or even the way it is now? What do u think? Alternative would be to buy the Squier Mustang Classic Vibe 60s for a couple of hundred bucks more. Is it worth spending that or is the Sonic Mustang fine for simple live playing?

Those unstamped rotomatic tuners are still better than ping econo tuners.

ramble on!!

Hi, Nice review, Is the body made of solid poplar

Were you getting the thick sound from the guitar tone pot or from the amp... or both?

Wish it came in Desert Sand. Would scratch my Duo-Sonic itch.

hey guy, I'm new to this. Tomorrow's my bday and I'm finally getting one. Is this good for me? I already like this and blue HH one. Also, would it connect to phone's or other speakers? Please guide me 🙏🏻

Shorter scale but standard nut width?

it is possible to put an original fender mustang trem system and bridge on this guitar?

buy cheap(er) guitar + a good quality used amp. you can usually get your money back on a good used amp. recommended Fender Mustang LT 25 -used 65-100$

Just blown it with allen key.. I mean wrench lol..what's a Wrench.. 🤔

So strange that it has 22 frets. I never see (hardly) any Fender product with 22.

Whats the difference in the bullet HH mustang and the sonic HH one??

What is the weight? Thx.

Did you use a pedal at 10:53?

Europeans can't but them Mitchell's

I never knew johnny sins also plays the guitar.

This with a Katana good to go under $500.

It's impossible that you're not going to offend the weirdly bitter trolls which anything gear-related is always crawling with.

didn't Kurt Cobain like the mustang

No contours make the HH model better

sorry people are hard on you - i'm "sure" they're perfect. i like what you do. and you do it for free for us - how can you complain?

What happened to the hair?

Thin and bland sounding.