Best Poplar Body Mustang Guitars in 2023
Here you'll find the best Poplar body Mustang style guitars. It's similar to Alder in terms of tone as it has a fat low-end with strong mids, but it's a lot cheaper and softer. It's a bit heavier so it's mostly used for tops.
Out of the more than 2000 guitars in our database, these are the best scoring ones. You can use our filters to the left to narrow down these results, or click on "Compare" to get a deep comparison between them. Our automated scoring system takes into account the ratings from ours users who own the guitar, and dozens of parameters to determine the build quality, playability, pickups quality, value for money, and more.
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1. Fender Squier Classic Vibe 60s Mustang

Player Feedback
- Neck access to high frets: Easy (1 vote)
- Fret edges: Slightly sharp (1 vote)
- Tuning stability: Not bad (1 vote)
- Weight: Lightweight (1 vote)
- Neck profile shape: C (22 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (20 votes)
- Pickups noise: Slightly Noisy (12 votes)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (15 votes)
- From Fender Squier's 2018 Classic Vibe series
- Made in Indonesia
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 9.5" Fretboard Radius
- Poplar body
- Maple neck
- Indian Laurel fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 1 tone Bell knobs
- 3-way Switch
- Floating Bridge with Dynamic Vibrato Tailpiece bridge
- Modern C Bolt-On neck
- 22 Narrow Tall frets
- Vintage-Style tuners
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Fender Squier Classic Vibe 60s Mustang
- Bone Nut
- Phase Out Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Indonesia
- No Expensive Woods
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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2. Fender Squier Sonic Mustang

Player Feedback
- Neck profile shape: C (23 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (13 votes)
- Pickups noise: Slightly Noisy (2 votes)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (2 votes)
- From Fender Squier's 2023 Sonic series
- Made in Indonesia
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 9.5" Fretboard Radius
- Poplar body
- Maple neck
- Maple fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Ceramic Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 1 tone Bell knobs
- 3-way Switch
- 6-Saddle Top-Load Hardtail with Block Saddles bridge
- C Shape Bolt-On neck
- 21 Narrow Tall frets
- Die-Cast Sealed tuners
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Fender Squier Sonic Mustang
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Indonesia
- No Expensive Woods
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Tremolo
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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3. Fender Squier Sonic Mustang HH

Player Feedback
- Neck profile shape: C (23 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (13 votes)
- Pickups noise: Slightly Noisy (2 votes)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (2 votes)
- From Fender Squier's 2023 Sonic series
- Made in Indonesia
- 6 strings
- 24"'' scale
- 9.5" Fretboard Radius
- Poplar body
- Maple neck
- Indian Laurel fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Ceramic Humbucker (Humbucker/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Ceramic Humbucker (Humbucker/Passive)
- 1 volume and 1 tone Bell knobs
- 3-way Switch
- 6-Saddle Top-Load Hardtail with Block Saddles bridge
- C Shape Bolt-On neck
- 21 Narrow Tall frets
- Die-Cast Sealed tuners
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Fender Squier Sonic Mustang HH
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in Indonesia
- No Expensive Woods
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Push Knob or Extra Switch Option
- No Weight Relief
- No Tremolo
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock
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4. Fender Squier Paranormal Cyclone

Player Feedback
- Neck profile shape: C (23 votes)
- Neck speed (thickness): Balanced (13 votes)
- Pickups noise: Slightly Noisy (12 votes)
- Pickups power: Slightly Hot (15 votes)
- From Fender Squier's 2020 Paranormal series
- Made in China
- 6 strings
- 24.75"'' scale
- 9.5" Fretboard Radius
- Poplar body
- Maple neck
- Indian Laurel fretboard
- Bridge pickup: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- Bridge pickup: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- Middle pickup: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- Neck pickup: Fender Designed Alnico Single-Coil (Single Coil/Passive)
- 1 volume and 1 tone Dome knobs
- 3-way Switch
- 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo bridge
- C Shape Bolt-On neck
- 22 Narrow Tall frets
- Vintage-Style tuners
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Fender Squier Paranormal Cyclone
- Synthetic Bone Nut
- Killswitch Pickups
- Tremolo
- Cheap Fret Wire (NS)
- No Locking Tuners
- Made in China
- No Expensive Woods
- No Top Brand Pickups
- No Neck-Through Build
- No Weight Relief
- No Luminescent Inlay
- No Compound Radius Fretboard
- No 21:1 Tuner Ratio
- No Strap Lock