Squier Bronco Pickup

Yes

On a more serious note, I’d say the noise and volume issues indicate a replacement may be in order. You can try examining the pickup further, try to assess if repair is possible, but at some point it becomes more cost-effective to just get a new pickup.

 

The pickups in the Bronco are just cheap stratocaster style singles not optimised for bass - for the amount of work you'd have to put into repairing the magnet you would be as well off buying a new one to replace it and still come out with an improvement in the sound . A lot of people I've seen talking about modded Broncos have used a generic hot-rails style pickup which eliminates most of the string balance issues.

 

I put a dual rail strat pickup in my bronco and it sounded amazing. I paid $20 for new on eBay. Dragonfire Pickups out of Oregon.

 

+1 on rail pickups, but the SCPB2 will fit, too.

 

You can check out the dimensions of the SCPB-2 here.

 

I put a Lace Sensor Red in my 76 Fender Musicmaster, very happy with it. Very low mid forward which seems to fit very nicely in the mix

 

DiMarzio DP188 Pro Track Would be my first choice.

 

I realize that this thread is a month old, but if you want an exact replacement pickup, I've got one laying around that I'll give you for free. Just cover my shipping, if interested.

 

Definitely go with a “strat” sized pickup... I can say that a ‘51 P style will not work without some modification, (longer as well as different string spacing)... For a Bronco, either a rail type on the cheap, or for a few more bucks, a Sentell... he winds Musicmaster replacement pickups that are fantastic.

-robert