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New Squire sonic bronco bass upgrades

#84
RomanS said:
I already posted it over in the Short Scale Club, but since I just stumbled across this thread, might as well show it here, too:

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New Sonic series Bronco Bass, neck swapped with that from a black one (because to me a dark fretboard looks better with Tahitian Coral); Dimarzio DP295 Relentless humbucker, vintage mint pickguard from "earlpilanz", pots swapped for 500k.

Sounds HUGE - lots of output, lots of low end and low mids, very tame trebles - a real vintage rock bass!
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Must be awesome-I am a fan of the great Relentless P pickup (and also the old Model P). Your Bronco should be a much better defined "bassy" little beast-like a much improved EB-0 bass, especially due to the preferable (to me) pickup location.

It's so great how this humble bass can be whatever we make out of it, at a not so high a price. It definitely does not feel like a compromise to me, it's pretty great!
 
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#85
RomanS said:
I already posted it over in the Short Scale Club, but since I just stumbled across this thread, might as well show it here, too:

View attachment 5481849 View attachment 5481850

New Sonic series Bronco Bass, neck swapped with that from a black one (because to me a dark fretboard looks better with Tahitian Coral); Dimarzio DP295 Relentless humbucker, vintage mint pickguard from "earlpilanz", pots swapped for 500k.

Sounds HUGE - lots of output, lots of low end and low mids, very tame trebles - a real vintage rock bass!
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Hi! I was thinking of the exact same pickup for my Bronco, especially now that I see how freakin' cool it looks! Yet, the wiring scares me a bit... could you be so kind and share how you've managed things under "the hood" in yours?
 
#86
Kwiatek said:
Hi! I was thinking of the exact same pickup for my Bronco, especially now that I see how freakin' cool it looks! Yet, the wiring scares me a bit... could you be so kind and share how you've managed things under "the hood" in yours?
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I didn't take pics when I wired it up, and I don't really want to take the pickguard off again - but there's nothing special going on underneath, the pickup comes with a wire that has a quick connector plug on one end that plugs into the base plate of the pickup, and "regular" wires on the other end - it has 4 wires, so you could split the humbucker, or do a series-parallel switch, but I just wired it up as a regular series humbucker (the DiMarzio website has wiring diagrams with the color codes for series or parallel).

BTW, I have to mention it again: This is a very loud, ballsy pickup with loads of bass and low mids, and not a ton of treble - so if you want the option of more clarity/top-end, maybe do consider doing the series/parallel mod with a push-pull switch!

EDIT: Oh, and BTW, I used 500k pots, and a .047uF cap.
 
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Just picked up my 2nd Bronco - this one is white and the 1st one is Violet - and was surprised at how good the pickup sounded. I did a quick setup on the bass and then swapped the cheap green cap to a orange drop .104 and I think I’m gonna keep the pickup. Its dead quiet and the control cavity is shielded with paint where I know some of the earlier Sonic ones were not shielded. All I need now is a black pickguard for the tuxedo look so if anyone wants to trade a black one for my white one let me know! BTW - The strings are really rough so I’ll put a nice set of something on there.
 

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