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Chop Shop: Bronco Edition
- Thread starter Dark Horse
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Dark Horse, I think this place really needs a thinline/hollow Tele bass.
That's my take in it. Just do it, brother!
That's my take in it. Just do it, brother!
It's almost like I once had a build/mod thread here, but now it seems to have changed to Ponticats "Jaguar style" bass thread.
Look here for the answers:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7823571&highlight=#post7823571
I'm subb'd to this, too. I like my Bronco a lot and have tried three different pickups in it - with info from Ponticat helping a lot.
I've never found the tuners to be anything but stable and dependable. I have no plans to change them.
I really like the direction you're going - the short scale neck on a Tele body would meet one of my GAS goals. Are you planning to buy a production body? Is there one that is a bolt-on for that neck?
I've never found the tuners to be anything but stable and dependable. I have no plans to change them.
I really like the direction you're going - the short scale neck on a Tele body would meet one of my GAS goals. Are you planning to buy a production body? Is there one that is a bolt-on for that neck?
My intent wasn't to hijack the thread; just offer some inspiration.
Oh, I know that....I'm just givin' you a hard time.
They're a nice platform for those wanting a shorty.
Exactly. Maintain them properly and they'll be fine. I've found that if they feel a bit sloppy, just tighten the phillips head screw on the gear, and then tighten/clamp the collars that hold the shaft in place...fixes them right up.
I'll definitely build my own body. A regular Tele body looks a bit unbalanced with the larger neck to me personally....so I'll scale up the body just a bit. Still deciding on a few other details as well, but those will be revealed in time.
Musiclogic
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That's bronco mania, absolutely outstanding, never even thought to mod one of those...LOL very cool Andy! I was going to use that neck with a Wenge top and backed tele body I have, but now I need to do something different...LMAO
Here's a quick mock up of what I'm looking at. I enlarged a Tele body so that the bass doesn't look as "neck heavy", which required changing/altering a few curves. Obviously the "real bass body" will be much smoother and more refined than the poster board cutout ! 
- Jan 28, 2009
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I don't know...The poster board cutout is lookin' pretty cool!
Moonshine
I tried it - the bass seems to go out of tune a lot if I use a poster board body.
Maybe if I use several layers of poster board....
I 'rough cut" the body shape with my jigsaw -
Here's the body shape compared to a regular Telecaster body. You can see that it is larger and has some slightly different curves, which I think helps make for a more "balanced" look with the longer neck. ( Of course some of those curves will be further altered in the sanding process.)
Here's the body shape compared to a regular Telecaster body. You can see that it is larger and has some slightly different curves, which I think helps make for a more "balanced" look with the longer neck. ( Of course some of those curves will be further altered in the sanding process.)
I shot a bit of clear nitro on the neck just to seal in the amber. It will get a lot more clear coats. but as you can see, for a cheap neck it has some pretty nice looking wood -
The neck looks gorgeous.
