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
if you rip off the bigass plastic cover, it fits under a mustang cover
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:00 pm
by robroe
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 4:58 am
by robroe
APPARENTLY I JUST TAMED THIS THREAD
SRRY BRO
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:50 pm
by Addam
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.
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:54 pm
by dots
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?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:36 am
by JordanD
Sorry to hijack but Rob, what's that Jaguar about? Vintage?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:28 am
by Berto
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
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:09 pm
by Sublimedo
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?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:37 pm
by BathTubWarrior
Sell it to me and buy a Les Paul or something
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 12:35 am
by Berto
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
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:34 am
by singlepup
JordanD wrote:Sorry to hijack but Rob, what's that Jaguar about? Vintage?
Believe that is Rob's treasured AVRI...
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:16 am
by robroe
1999 fiesta red avri. fav guitar 4 life
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:36 pm
by Pacafeliz
put a wide range humbucker in it and call it a day!
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:23 pm
by brainfur
Pacafeliz wrote:put a wide range humbucker in it and call it a day!
THIS
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:08 pm
by weeping_moon
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.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 5:17 pm
by Fakir Mustache
The lead pickup from the Squier Mustang is certainly very useful by itself, and I mean for heavy stuff.
