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[Golden_Sonic]

I read honeyiscool's comprehensive guide of "How to improve your Bronco Bass", astro and hotrod projects but I'd still like to ask for three things:
1) Does the Musicmaster bass pickguard fit perfectly/well on the Bronco body? I know that the Mustang bass control plate has a different shape than the Bronco "control plate" and doesn't cover up well the space where volume and tone pots are so I don't want to have the same issues with the Musicmaster PG.

2) honey's suggestions for tuners are a bit expensive and I'd like to put "leaf shape" tuners: could I use the Wilkinson WJBL175CR or WJBL200CR 4-in-line tuners set? They are cheap but with good quality; is there any other "leaf style" tuners set for cheap?.

3) I have difficulty in finding a Lace Sensor Red and I'd like to know your opinion on what is the best pickup I could put on the Bronco among those below, being understood that I want a pickup as much similar as the original one in aesthetics (the "blade" of the hot rail-style are orrible) but with a good presence and sound, a pickup that can offer a "bass sound" even though it's a guitar single coil (an high output pickup?):
- Lace Sensor Hot Silver/Hot Gold;
- EMG Select SES, HZ S3/HZ S4 (what's the difference? On thomann the S3 is described as "high output dual-coil pickups" whereas the S4 "high impedance with medium output");
- DiMarzio DP184 "Chopper", DP 187 or DP 188 (differences?)
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-Guitar: Squier VM Mustang, Squier CV '50 Duo Sonic;
-Amplifier: Hughes&Kettner Blue Edition 60;
-FXs: Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 Wah, Boss BD-2 Blues Drive, Proco RAT, Danelectro Cool Cat Tremolo, EH Small Clone, MUZA FD900, Bespeco Volume pedal.

[astro]

This pickguard fits. Make sure it's the one that doesn't have a tight contour around the neck heel as there are different versions of the musicmaster bass pickguard.



This is a bronco I converted. It belongs to Mixtape now.

[mixtape]

I thought I recognized that Bronco.

The pickguard is from WD. The screw hole placement is different, obviously; be prepared to fill in and paint over some of the old ones. I ignorantly ordered a black one with the neck heel contour on eBay a while back, and no, it does not fit. The seller was cool and let me return it, though.

Someday I'll get around to remedying my botched Bronco bass refin; I was about to, but then I finally got a real job and now I have to move in a hurry. (The real job, at least, gives me the wherewithal to take it to an auto body place and say "Here, paint this so shit won't stick to it," if it comes to that.)

[Golden_Sonic]

[Golden_Sonic]

I was just wondering: How much is the shipping cost from WD Music? They have a .co.uk site: should I pay customs duties too?
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-Guitar: Squier VM Mustang, Squier CV '50 Duo Sonic;
-Amplifier: Hughes&Kettner Blue Edition 60;
-FXs: Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 Wah, Boss BD-2 Blues Drive, Proco RAT, Danelectro Cool Cat Tremolo, EH Small Clone, MUZA FD900, Bespeco Volume pedal.

[Thomas]

There shouldn't be any customs charges within Europe.

[mixtape]

The kind you want to avoid on a Bronco bass looks like this: see where it's got a cutout for the neck heel? If you line that up, the rest of the pickguard won't cover the control cavity. The pickguard you linked to, however, should be the right shape.

[NickS]

[NickS]

http://www.janika.co.uk/CHROME-PRECISION-BASS-MACHINE-HEADS.php
£11.98