pickup replacement options for squier bronco?

[madmachinist]

squier bronco.
just acquired one recently and love the little bass ,
but the pickup sounds thin . really thin . and could be much
quieter .

usually, i'm not one to mess with pickups .... but i think for
this instrument , it's called for.

what will fit the existing pickguard hole ? i'd prefer not to
cut it . from what i've read , the stock pickup is actually
a regular 6-pole guitar pickup? this bass needs a proper pickup, shielding tape , a proper switchcraft output jack.


the barts and emgs look
way too big for the cutout.....

 

[bassmanrocke]

Get a Lace sensor or bartolini strat pickup. They will sound great and should fit the hole with no problem. SD makes a single coil p-bass quarter pounder pickup that will fit the hole, but I believe the polepiece spacing will be too wide. You could check their website to find out for sure.

 

[J.D.B.]

This will accomodate any "strat" shape pickup. Pull the cover off your pickup once it's out, and note the SIX pole pieces. I have a DiMarzio Pro-Trak in mine and am quite happy with it. It's a "rail" type of pole arrangement so string spacing doesn't affect it.

Josh

 

[Haunter112]

I replaced my pickup with a Duncan Performer Rail pickup.

It works great!

 

[honestjohnny]

If you want to go cheap, the EMG Select Strat Pickup is only $20 at stewmac.com. It's a dual rail design, but not as overwound as a hot rail. With 500K pots (or 1 Meg if you want to hear it wide open), it will probably sound similar to the existing pickup, but with no string drop outs and no hum. Heavier gauge strings will improve output, also. Good luck.