Chop Shop: Bronco Edition

[LGT]

Is the f-hole backwards?

 

[Dark Horse]

Is the f-hole backwards?

No, but it is upside down from a traditional one.

As I said earlier, it's just an F-Hole I designed and like.

 

[Buchada Azeda]

another great thread, I myself have always wanted to buy a Bronco and turn it into a mandocello with a quarter pound single coil in the neck and a hot rails in the bridge.

Now that would kick folkass.

 

[HUnt49]

Yep - it's squared like some of the classic Teles to make a jack plate (or cup) sit flush.

Good eye.

I noticed it too - and it does look deliberate on inspection, but it breaks up the flow of that curve... I'da voted for curvy. But then, it's not my build.

I really dig that inset rout -- takes it out of the range of just-anudda-Tele and makes it pop. Nice.

 

[Dark Horse]

I noticed it too - and it does look deliberate on inspection, but it breaks up the flow of that curve... I'da voted for curvy. But then, it's not my build.

I really dig that inset rout -- takes it out of the range of just-anudda-Tele and makes it pop. Nice.

While I was doing the contour I was thinking "if I do another of these, I'll cut the body with the curve, do the contours, and then just put a flat spot on the center section of the side only".... that way the contour stays nice all the way around, but I still have the advantage of the flat spot for the jack.

 

[HUnt49]

Still looks really great - that F hole and edging added a really class touch. And that flat spot will make more visual sense with a cable plugged in.

 

[Dark Horse]

Still looks really great - that F hole and edging added a really class touch. And that flat spot will make more visual sense with a cable plugged in.

So far I'm pretty happy with it. It should be a really cool bass when it is done. I'm heading out of town on Saturday for a week, so I'm gonna try to get it "closer" to finished, but I'm sure a lot of it will have to wait till I get back...and decide on things like the pickups, bridge, and control layout.

 

[moonshinegtrs]

Once again, You've outdone yourself. Another fine bass from the man! what are you going to do for a finish?

Moonshine

 

[Dark Horse]

Once again, You've outdone yourself. Another fine bass from the man! what are you going to do for a finish?

Moonshine

Thanks !


Not sure on the finish yet...but I have plenty of time to think about it.

 

[HUnt49]

Not sure on the finish yet...but I have plenty of time to think about it.

Something that will use light to accentuate that routed edge curve -- metallic, or a glossier natural finish maybe?

 

[colcifer]

No idea what will become of it. Right now it's a paperweight.

There are worse things than having a paperweight that's overkill in every single way.

Joking aside, if you wanted to you could probably make a good albeit extremely short scale (I'm guessing) dulcimer out of the body.

I'm having a hard time imagining it as anything other than scrap wood but I'm thinking you'll prove me wrong!

 

[blendermassacre]

that thing looks AMAZING. I'm always shocked when people hate on telecaster basses. Enlarging the body makes perfect sense, and had crossed my mind as well. Great stuff. Butterscotch with black pickguard is my choice for color, but that's me

 

[knucklehead G]

Any idea if a single coil P bass pickup will fit in at the bridge of a Bronco without putting it at an angle? Will the polepieces line up? I keep seeing Strat pickups at the bridge on short-scale basses.

 

[Pilgrim]

Any idea if a single coil P bass pickup will fit in at the bridge of a Bronco without putting it at an angle? Will the polepieces line up? I keep seeing Strat pickups at the bridge on short-scale basses.

Doesn't quite line up...the pole pieces are a bit wider than the string settings on the stock bridge.

If you were to install a bridge that would accept the four threaded Fender saddles, I think you could manually offset the strings enough to make them line up. You need to move the E and G out about 1/8" on each side.

Edit: if you don't want to worry about pole pieces and want to add a bass pickup, using a pickup with a rail design rather than pole pieces is the natural answer. I've used a Hot Rails pickup in the Bronco and it's pretty nice, too.

 

[GeoffTPS!]

Crap I was really hoping this was a bumped thread and that I could see the finished product!

 

[Pilgrim]

Hey, has anyone thought about just putting a humbucker in this bass? There's plenty of room under the PG.

 

[s_mcsleazy]

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[Pilgrim]

I just played a Bronco through a Genz-Benz Shuttle 9.0 with a G-B 2x10 speaker enclosure...and I swear it sounded as good as the Schecter I played through it next. That little bass is pretty amazing.

 

[Beej]

Hey, has anyone thought about just putting a humbucker in this bass? There's plenty of room under the PG.

Yup, I have. The rail humbucker that Praxist is using on his P-Rick build was previously in my Bronco project. I decided to go an entirely different route though and it came back out. I cut a new hole in the pickguard to fit the humbucker right on centre with the single coil hole. I even used the same mounting holes for the adjustment screws. The humbucker made it sound quite a bit more like a p-bass but still with clear highs...

 

[s_mcsleazy]

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