I recently received a bronco bass as a gift and am looking to change out the pickups for something more warm. I play a lot of reggae and would like to find a pickup that will give me the natural bass sound. The guys at the local store recommended the Nordstrom shush puppy pickup, but was not very confident. The reviews are awesome for the pickup. Any thoughts? Could always use additional opinions, anybody do something similar?
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Lil-Kil...r-Strats-Three-Versions-Available_p_461.html# I have one of these in one of my Broncos, and it is amazing! Warm and thumpy.
The Bronco Bass comes with a crummy guitar pickup (puny Strat-type). Any upgrade will help. Will only require an easy swap.
A Strat-sized pickup, like the one at Guitar Fetish, will fit with no modification. I've got two of those in my Bronco. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f18/squier-bronco-bridge-replacement-854324/ Bob
I have the Lil Killer 10K in my Bronco, wired directly to the output jack. It's so hot I usually run it though the active input to avoid clipping. Very lively tone. It's actually a bit of a wild beast, but I love it. Definitely not a pickup suitable for slap players, but sounds great for classic rock etc.
If you are not afraid of a wood chisel can take out a little wood and modify the PG, you can put anything you want in it. I just used a P bass pickup I had on hand. It didn't cost me anything and unlike most other mods, it's not a compromise. They say the pole pieces won't line up. But if you center each coil on the two strings, it'll have strong and even response across all 4 strings. Believe me, it really works good, {} Tabdog
I'd try a .1uF cap first. Cheap, easy, and will darken tone quite a bit. That would be a good thing for what you're trying to do even if you use another pickup.
I really like the stock pickup in the Bronco, even though it is just an affinity series strat pickup. It gives the bass a different tone than what you find in a p-bass or jazz bass. I would go for the lil killer as a pickup replacement, but I've also heard good things about the strat sized lace sensor "red" pickups. Apparently they lend themselves very well to the sound of this bass. None of it really matters to me though, I love the stock pickup. This is the only bass of the 6 I own that hasn't had any mods. -Ron
The two best direct drop-in pickups I have personally found are the Aero Musicmasterer, and the DiMarzio Fast Track 2.
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