Thanks a lot to everyone who posted and shared their valuable knowledge with me with all these fantastic answers. The one with the musicman Pickup and the racing Stripes looks especially marvelous. I kinda want that now.
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Squier Bronco Modding Questions
- Thread starter powerkilse
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I looked and looked for Lace Sensors but they are nowhere to be found in Europe right now. I guess I'll stay with the stock pickup for now.
You wouldn't have a hint in how to Wire that, maybe? I actually have no idea right now.
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Not meaning to be annoying, I tried a bunch of pickups in my Bronco and ended up back with the stock one. It doesn't sound much different than what I hear on many records.
I tried one and went back to the stock pickup. The hum is annoying because it's really loud compared to the volume it puts out but the dual rail pickup I bought was just too muddy.
I'd love to try a Dimarzio but I can't find a used one. Too expensive to buy new, especially if it doesn't work out.
The Badtz Maru pickup is wound a bit "hotter" than a regular Bronco pickup. I get a nice olde skoole thump on mine, strung w/GHS Short Scale Precision Flats. (it's still a 6 pole "guitar" pickup, tho) Check it out with the strings of your choice, you may decide to use the "stock" pickup.
This is what it came to in the end and I am very pleased with the Outcome.
I slugged the modded pickguard onto the Bronco after I swapped the Jack Casady electronics in the Musicmaster.
I then donated the Bronco to a kid in need. My music teacher helped find someone
here’s the donation
I then donated the Bronco to a kid in need. My music teacher helped find someone
here’s the donation
on the pickguard, probably and it's a SD Hotrail with series/parallel switch.
Just asking here, I have a Bronco neck on a Musicmaster body.
I would love to replace the tuners which seem to be the weak spot I have left to fix. They tend to go flat is the reason I say that.
But I have no access to a drill press and no confidence in my ability to do the work by attacking it with a drill.
Has anyone found tuners that fit "as is" in the Bronco neck?
I would love to replace the tuners which seem to be the weak spot I have left to fix. They tend to go flat is the reason I say that.
But I have no access to a drill press and no confidence in my ability to do the work by attacking it with a drill.
Has anyone found tuners that fit "as is" in the Bronco neck?
I went with an EMG SA single coil active pickup in mine. Came with 25k pots and all of the wiring with plug and play with no soldering. With the active pickup because I didn't need to ground it and there's absolutely no hum at all. Much louder than stock and the tone knob actually make a difference now.
