Fender Mustang Bass - Players

Players

• Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance not only uses a Mustang Bass in shows, but has his own model in the Fender shop.
• Tomethy Furse and, more recently, Rhys Webb of The Horrors and Miss Frankie Stein of The Mission Creeps use all-black Mustang Basses.
• Trevor Bolder of David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars used a Mustang Bass among many other basses.
• Pete Agnew of Nazareth (band) used a Mustang bass on LP Loud 'n' Proud 1973.
• Lisa Brigatino, formerly of Lez Zeppelin, frequently uses a Mustang.
• Barry Bronson from Gear Wire reviews, is usually seen playing a Fender Mustang Bass when reviewing popular Bass amps.
• Holger Czukay of German band Can used the Fender Mustang extensively in the 1970s.
• Jason Falkner, solo musician, uses a black mid '70s Mustang Bass.
• Jesse Murphy, formerly of New York City band Brazilian Girls uses a Mustang Bass.
• Tim Foreman of Switchfoot presently uses this bass for live presentations.
• Nicolas Godin of the French band Air uses a red Mustang Bass on tour and when recording.
• Clive Griffiths of Patto used a Mustang bass for most of his tenure with the band.
• Brian Hill of The Postmarks currently uses this bass for live performances as well as recording.
• Gary Jarman of The Cribs used a Mustang Bass on stage until their second album, at which point he switched to Precision Basses.
• John Deacon of Queen occasionally used one and also had one as a backup for his Fender Precision Bass.
• Jeffrey Hammond of Jethro Tull is pictured playing one in the Living in the Past album.
• Alan Lancaster of Status Quo used Mustang and Musicmaster basses.
• Denny Laine occasionally used one during his time with Wings, when lead singer Paul McCartney would switch from bass to piano or guitar.
• John Linnell of They Might Be Giants plays a Mustang Bass in the music video for "The Guitar (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)", although his role in the band is almost always that of keyboardist or saxophonist.
• Colin Moulding of XTC used a Musicmaster bass in 1979.
• Chris Murphy of Sloan frequently uses a Mustang bass.
• Dee Dee Ramone played a Musicmaster bass during the early days of the Ramones.
• Greg Richling of The Wallflowers frequently uses a Mustang bass on live or studio and play it in the video of Letter From the Wasteland.
• Fred Smith of Television (band) used a Mustang bass during the band's early days.
• Thompson Twins Joe Leeway used a Musicmaster bass on "Hold Me Now" in 1983.
• Wally Waller of the Pretty Things used a Mustang bass from 1967 to approximately 1976, including on the band's seminal albums S.F. Sorrow and Parachute.
• Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads used a Mustang bass in the early days of the band.
• Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys used it in the video of Good Vibrations, and probably he used it on 1967 album Smiley Smile, too.
• Bill Wyman of The Rolling Stones used Mustang basses in the late-1960s and early-1970s.
• Bill Church of Montrose used a Mustang in the early days.
• Roger Glover of Deep Purple used a Mustang on the Fireball album.
• Jon "KC Wolf" Kindler of The Chariot plays a white Mustang on the band current tour supporting the album Wars and Rumors of Wars.
• Patrick of The Illegal Kind plays a Mustang bass.
• Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth can be seen playing a Musicmaster bass in the video for the band's song "Bull in the Heather."
• Todd Ingram (Brandon Routh) from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World plays a Fender Mustang bass with the fictional band the Clash at Demonhead.
• Zombierella Girl from Messer_Chups plays a daphne blue Mustang bass.
• Rob Petts of Chadison Avenue plays a vintage white, Japenese Fender Mustang Bass.
• Justin Davidson of Mass Transit and Honey and the Lion played a custom Mustang Bass on the song "Sucker for Lovin'" from Mass Transit's 2006 self-titled release.
• Max Greenhalgh played a Bronco bass in the early days of Tan Sister Radio.
• Simon Green aka Bonobo (musician) plays a Mustang bass, notably on the Live At Koko DVD.
• Spencer Anderson of Phage the Untouchable primarily plays a Mustang bass.
• Frederik Tampere of The Van Jets played a cherry red Fender Mustang bass during their 2010 Scandinavian tour.
• Michael Atkins of obviously 5 believers plays a white Fender Mustang bass.