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Squier Bronco Mods....another thread
- Thread starter Donavan12
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looking forward to some pics! good luck with your mods!I’ve seen numerous threads on this, but if I’m posting in the wrong place please move to right category. I picked up a used black bronco in good shape(with a huge bow in the neck) I took it home, cleaned it up, new strings and neck is at straight as an arrow with low fast action, sounds and plays good....but now I’m thinking about future upgrades...starting with regular sized tuners(drilling holes..blah blah) and a good pickup that would be a drop and go replacement, seems too much like a guitar pickup but works...suggestions or other mod projects? Drop pictures, let me know thanks!
very cool!
are those two axes the same scale?
The Bronco neck is one of the most comfortable necks that I have ever played.
Not a cheap pickup by any mean but I think the Lace Sensor alumitone sounds and looks killer.
They have a strat version that should fit right in.
Edit : It is also super lightweight and silent.
Alumitone Single Coil Black
They have a strat version that should fit right in.
Edit : It is also super lightweight and silent.
Alumitone Single Coil Black
Wha-wha-what?!?
This.
I've got a Badtz Maru (Hello Kitty) Bronco, and the neck feels perfect in my hand. I find it very easy and comfortable to play on. For me, it's a Mary Poppins neck: practically perfect in every way.
What? The Bronco neck feels great. It's the best it has!
Cudos to the OP for modifying a Bronco to his own tastes.
Bronco's are really fun to upgrade. The cost can easily get away from you though. I originally bought the black one on the right for my wife to use and replaced the neck with the Squier Jag SS neck and, keep costs down, the pickup is a GFS Lil Killer HB Rail pickup. Slapped on some new short scale Chromes I had lying around and my wife loved it. It was her first bass and we still have it.
I like the bass so much, I bought another used Bronco project that someone already modified for a jazz pickup and '62 RI jazz control plate. So, it has a Carvin Stacked HB jazz pickup and an MM Style Bridge to have the option to intonate each string individually. But, if you look at the current setup, I might as well have the original bridge. I really like the Squier Jag SS neck so bolted it on the body. Strung it with SS rounds and love it.
Bronco's are really fun to upgrade. The cost can easily get away from you though. I originally bought the black one on the right for my wife to use and replaced the neck with the Squier Jag SS neck and, keep costs down, the pickup is a GFS Lil Killer HB Rail pickup. Slapped on some new short scale Chromes I had lying around and my wife loved it. It was her first bass and we still have it.
I like the bass so much, I bought another used Bronco project that someone already modified for a jazz pickup and '62 RI jazz control plate. So, it has a Carvin Stacked HB jazz pickup and an MM Style Bridge to have the option to intonate each string individually. But, if you look at the current setup, I might as well have the original bridge. I really like the Squier Jag SS neck so bolted it on the body. Strung it with SS rounds and love it.
I own a musicmaster(early Bronco) and I agree to this!
Another vote for these. they're inexpensive, drop right in, and if you get the height set just right, they sound great - to my ears.
I've had mine for 4 years, bought it used, but I've had no issues with the neck at all. It's a tiny hair chunky for my taste, but not crippling. Never needs adjusting. Only problem I had was the cheap tuners. One snapped right below the key. When I replaced it, a tiny piece chipped off. Looked like veneer the way it came off.
Those look great! I LITERALLY actually had the same thought today of using a Jaguar SS neck myself since the headstock is black and would match the body, I searched around on fleabay and amazon and wasn’t able to source a neck though
Those look great! I LITERALLY actually had the same thought today of using a Jaguar SS neck myself since the headstock is black and would match the body, I searched around on fleabay and amazon and wasn’t able to source a neck though
Thanks. They pop up every so often on Ebay or Reverb. It took a while for me to find them but patience helped.
The stock single coil picks up lots of environmental noise, which I can't abide. This is where the humbucker comes in. And I'll allow that guitar and bass pickups are essentially the same, but I don't find the stock pickup to sound "bassy". The mismatched pole piece spacing causes odd note reproduction, meaning I can't get consistent results when using a pick vs fingers.
If none of that matters to you, the stock pickup will do. But for $20, why not upgrade?
thoughts on this Pup?
And again thanks folks for all of the input, we all love our basses and the TB forum
That pickup is made for the original style P bass and won't fit the more narrow Bronco string spacing without tilting the pickup.
I know a lot of people like the hot rails and similar but to my ears, they are just too much. The DiMarzio Fast Track 1 sounds much better to me.
Whatever you say, as noted by others in this thread I found it to be a very smooth and comfortable neck. Love the maple.
My Bronco is now every bit as playable and fun as my Musicmasters. Great basses
I've had several Broncos as inexpensive modding platforms. I never had any issues with the necks at all and they went on to be great prototype necks for quite a few of my build experiments.
your tuners and position of your string retainer are different from my bronco. tone sounds pretty good though
