Oh My! CME exclusive shell pink Squier Bronco

[selowitch]

Parchment?

 

[2F/2F]

Oooh! And that particular one has the special feature of having the E/A saddle tilted the wrong way, playing hell with the intonation on a bass that is already problematic for intonation. Sweet.

But being serious...that looks nice. Wish the neck was gloss finished, though.

P.S. Needs single ply black clear coated Bakelite guard, and an open coil (i.e. 1st or 2nd generation Precision style) pickup.

P.S. Ordered one. 200 bucks? Yes, please. Already have all the upgrade parts except the Bakelite guard. 1/4 Lb. Duncan '51 P pickup, tuners off of one of my Mustang PJs. Even have a spare hard case and new strings for it. Will probably gloss coat the neck. The necks on these have nothing but a super thin matte sealer, which I can spray some clear right over. Or maybe TruOil.

 

[CenTexThumper]

Oh hell no!

 

[brianrost]

Geez, I guess I'd better buy a Mustang ASAP!

Wild, asymmetrical, progressive–they possess a rebellious spirit, their wild cuts and curves tracing the evolution of the electric guitar from novelty to tool of the iconoclast, breaker of molds, gateway to greater horizons, a weapon brandished by of some of the most brilliant artistic minds in history.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

No affiliation with CME, just sharing. In a email today I saw they are taking preorders on a new Squier Bronco in Shell Pink

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‘sorry...don’t do pink...

 

[PRS-Man23]

Fingers crossed the do a P bass in this color....

 

[eddododo]

ugly.

unless you are a geniunely cool hipster chick... then it could work

You may some weird hang-ups, man

 

[sleddogn]

yep, am tired of the p/j set ups and non string thru bridges on the mustangs

 

[Sid the Kid]

But its Polyurethane?

They are 3, 5, and 7. I believe in them!

 

[WestyBassBob]

On TB, we pair body finishes with pickguard colors like one pairs a fine wine with the main course at a fancy restaurant.
So what pickguard looks good against Shell Pink?

Mint tort

 

[Deleted member 271037]

Cute..... but bridge assembly a bit crook and cause string all off aligned...

Good catch!

This is actually caused by the notches in the saddles being in the wrong places. There is NO WAY to fix this with a setup. The only way to make this right is to replace the saddles (or the entire bridge if you can't find separate saddles that aren't faulty like these ones).

There seems to be an entire batch of these faulty Bronco saddles around. I purchased a (regular red) Bronco from Thomann in September 2019 and it was utterly useless because it had these saddles. The spacing between A-D was MUCH wider than between E-A or D-G.

I kept the bass only because I happened to have a spare Bronco bass bridge (and later I ended up replacing it with a different bridge altogether to be able to intonate it properly).

DO NOT BUY THIS BASS unless you intend to replace the bridge (or at least the saddles if you can find them sold separately). Of course, even flawless Bronco saddles can't be intonated properly so lots of people replace the bridge on Broncos. If that's the plan then sure, go ahead. But DO NOT buy this bass if you intend to keep the stock saddles/bridge. It is faulty.

EDIT: I made Thomann aware of the problem at the time and they promised to look into it. I also posted a thread here on talkbass to warn people about it. I'm shocked to see these saddles still being used almost a year later. I'm pretty sure Fender must know about this.

 

[Funkdified]

Love shell pink.

 

[Deleted member 271037]

Here's a pic of a faulty saddle from the Bronco I mentioned in my previous post, compared to a flawless Bronco saddle with the correct spacing. It may not look like a huge difference but it causes the string spacing to be WAY off.


EDIT: Sorry about the poor quality pic, I couldn't find the full size image. But zoom in and you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[dalkowski]

PJ setup on the Mustang looks so terrible

It's grown on me for whatever that's worth.

All the same, this I believe: Shell pink bodies must have matching headstocks.

 

[Marc61]

On TB, we pair body finishes with pickguard colors like one pairs a fine wine with the main course at a fancy restaurant.
So what pickguard looks good against Shell Pink?

Mint green

 

[wraub]

I move that all pics of shell pink instruments must have a non-white background.

 

[Marc61]

Fingers crossed the do a P bass in this color....

That or desert sand.

 

[Marc61]

Snagged one. I'll give it to my daughter. She'll (see what I did there?) love it.

 

[PullThePlug]

I've got the shell pink Mustang PJ - as usual, pictures don't capture just how pink these basses are. I absolutely love the color and I know the squire will look great.

Don't hesitate about the color!

 

[nilorius]

There are probably lots of people likeng it, but, sorry, i don't like it, neither the color, the design and pickup, the bridge, too.