The hunt for bronco knobs

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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Yes, one would suit my needs.
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h8mtv wrote:Yes, one would suit my needs.
I can spare one. Just PM me your address and I will get it out to you.
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Brrrrrrrronco as fuck
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That makes the Bronco Amp look even better.

The Fender Silverface Musicmaster amps had Bronco knobs on the later models I think. The model I bought had the witch hat knobs.

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I am really getting into casting and molding. I'm willing to help and am actively working on a few for me, as well as some remakes of vintage radio knobs. I have two originals in perfect condition I am working from.
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h8mtv wrote:I am really getting into casting and molding. I'm willing to help and am actively working on a few for me, as well as some remakes of vintage radio knobs. I have two originals in perfect condition I am working from.
Ill take a few whenever you make them.
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I have a complete Bronco and an extra body that I am going to BAIL on because I can't find a bridge. The one this week sold for like $265, which is almost as much as I paid for everything else. Were it any other model I could toss a Musicmaster bridge on it. But I don't want to do that kind of mods.
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DGNR8 wrote:I have a complete Bronco and an extra body that I am going to BAIL on because I can't find a bridge. The one this week sold for like $265, which is almost as much as I paid for everything else. Were it any other model I could toss a Musicmaster bridge on it. But I don't want to do that kind of mods.
Talk to the guy on offset who took over custom plates from paul rhoney, he said with an outline he could do a hardtail bridge like my mustang...

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Coming along nicely.

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Looking VERY good, if you can imprint numbers you could fake it with some aluminum style paint :shock:
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h8mtv wrote:Coming along nicely.

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To be honest, I actually dig those in white. Look really classy.
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The one on the right looks a bit pitted, it isn't, those were resin debris and rubbed off and it looks great. I think mating them with skirts from other knobs is the way to go. I want to make a mold of just the top and a bit of meat to work with affixing it.
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taylornutt wrote:
h8mtv wrote:Coming along nicely.

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To be honest, I actually dig those in white. Look really classy.
Same here. 8)
Smells like Rock n' Roll
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I like the white too. I am going to use one of these and put a marker dot divot on the surround and cast some white ones like that for the parts bin.

I am going to do about 10 and today I plan on grabbing some set screws and the supplies to drill/tap them.
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cooterfinger wrote:
taylornutt wrote:
h8mtv wrote:Coming along nicely.

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To be honest, I actually dig those in white. Look really classy.
Same here. 8)
Me too. I can think of quite a few of my guitars those would look absolutely kick-ass on.
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h8mtv, those are fantastic.
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speedfish wrote:
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taylornutt wrote: To be honest, I actually dig those in white. Look really classy.
Same here. 8)
Me too. I can think of quite a few of my guitars those would look absolutely kick-ass on.
Fourthed (?!) These look great, excellent work. (I want some!)
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I grabbed the set screws today. I'll prob get the rest of what I need tomorrow. There are 4 clones in silicone now making another mold. Hopefully that will do well to do 6 at a time. I also have a pair of Sovtek small stone knobs in progress. I did a pretty nice LP knob a few days ago. Placed a seed as a marker. I didn't drill it or anything tho. I am interested in seeing how it turns out.
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I should have all the shit to make magic happen in hand now. Probably won't have time to play with it more till Thursday.
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Would totally rock those on a Strat or JM in the all-white.
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