How to tame your bronco

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:18 am

i bought a fender bronco a few months ago and finally had a chance to plug it in to a proper guitar amp. No low end at all. Is this something all broncos lack? What should i do to mod it? Currently it sounds like a tele bridge with the mid and bass scooped

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:25 am

I BOUGHT THIS. IT RULES.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/e ... ckers_sdb/

if you rip off the bigass plastic cover, it fits under a mustang cover

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:00 pm

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robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:58 am

APPARENTLY I JUST TAMED THIS THREAD

SRRY BRO

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:50 pm

I wouldn't say the Bronco would need taming; the pickup is farther away from the bridge, relitive to a mustang, so would tend to be a little more mellow.
The pickups are essentially the same too.

Post by **dots** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:54 pm

he should be able to get some decent beef from that pickup, though. even if it is original and, therefore, a little mellower in tone, this sounds more to me like there could be a loose wire under the guard. a ground could easily be off or missing.

are you comfortable opening it up and inspecting the solder points?

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:36 am

Sorry to hijack but Rob, what's that Jaguar about? Vintage?

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:28 am

dots wrote:he should be able to get some decent beef from that pickup, though. even if it is original and, therefore, a little mellower in tone, this sounds more to me like there could be a loose wire under the guard. a ground could easily be off or missing.

are you comfortable opening it up and inspecting the solder points?

i'll take another look at the solder points. I'm wondering if the cap is dead because when i turn the tone all the way down the volume drops significantly. it acts almost like a second volume pot

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:09 pm

My Bronco is pretty damn bright and Tele-like. There's some low end that should be decent enough for most applications, but its the polar opposite of, say, a Jazzmaster's rhythm circuit.

However, it seems you're getting a undesirable thin sound. If the tone knob is attenuating your volume instead of rolling off high end, definitely take the time to check your solder joints. Is the tone knob doing any roll off at all?

BathTubWarrior · Post by **BathTubWarrior** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:37 pm

Sell it to me and buy a Les Paul or something

Berto · Post by **Berto** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:35 am

BathTubWarrior wrote:Sell it to me and buy a Les Paul or something

already have an SG as my go to guitar. i want to fix the bronco so i can get the alex turnerz

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:34 am

JordanD wrote:Sorry to hijack but Rob, what's that Jaguar about? Vintage?

Believe that is Rob's treasured AVRI...

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:16 am

1999 fiesta red avri. fav guitar 4 life

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:36 pm

put a wide range humbucker in it and call it a day!

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:23 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:put a wide range humbucker in it and call it a day!

THIS

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:08 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:put a wide range humbucker in it and call it a day!

put i 2 humbuckers and call it a day. my american mustang is smoking hot in sounds.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:17 pm

The lead pickup from the Squier Mustang is certainly very useful by itself, and I mean for heavy stuff.