Fender Bronco History

The original shortscale guitars; Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, Musicmasters, Jaguars, Broncos, Jag-stang, Jagmaster, Super-Sonic, Cyclone, and Toronados.

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goldengurls wrote: Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:19 pm
rahbro wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 7:47 pm
taylornutt wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 2:56 am

You gotta finish the set. I have vintage Vibro Champ which is the same amp but lacks the cool red "Bronco" letters.
Pat from offset isn't pat from offset. He is Pat from Shortscale.
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Andy i can be both... somehow
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Oh and btw i still.owm and play.that

BRONCOBLASTER

and built.another one with a fucking amazing dimazio sds1 pickup ❤️
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Pacafeliz wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:49 pm Oh and btw i still.owm and play.that

BRONCOMASTER

and built.another one with a fucking amazing dimazio sds1 pickup ❤️
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dots wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:25 am
Pacafeliz wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:49 pm Oh and btw i still.owm and play.that

BRONCOMASTER

and built.another one with a fucking amazing dimazio sds1 pickup ❤️
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...hadn't i showed it here yet? Acutally, THIS is the BroncoMaster (sorry, i was drunk last night when posting...) :mrgreen:

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Pacafeliz wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:40 am
...hadn't i showed it here yet? Acutally, THIS is the BroncoMaster (sorry, i was drunk last night when posting...) :mrgreen:

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OT: I didn't realise you had a couple of HH combos. Do you have a footswitch for the VS Musician?
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Yes i have a couple of them Footswitches.
Some are only valve (say dirty od or so) on/off, and also a Clockwork Concubine flanger

Btw I have about all the 70s HH amp models, use a VS Musician head almost exclusively in my band
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Pacafeliz wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:40 am
dots wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 1:25 am
Pacafeliz wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:49 pm Oh and btw i still.owm and play.that

BRONCOMASTER

and built.another one with a fucking amazing dimazio sds1 pickup ❤️
((nopics))
...hadn't i showed it here yet? Acutally, THIS is the BroncoMaster (sorry, i was drunk last night when posting...) :mrgreen:

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Thanks for posting!

Looks like that guitar has been been put to a lot of different configurations. Did you just pair a bronco body with a mm neck? Or were they both mm before the term and pickguard were installed?
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Pacafeliz wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 12:19 pm Yes i have a couple of them Footswitches.
Some are only valve (say dirty od or so) on/off, and also a Clockwork Concubine flanger

Btw I have about all the 70s HH amp models, use a VS Musician head almost exclusively in my band
I have an IC100 head, VS Musician Reverb combo, VS Musician Reverb head and VS bass combo. These are my VS footswitches:
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Congrats on the Clockwork Concubine. I also built an Electric Mistress clone to use the effect input on the VS Musician Reverb. The old Vox footswitch has two cables and also switches the reverb through the effect input. I have modified the HH VS switch to use LEDs rather than filament bulbs.
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dots wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 3:46 pm
Looks like that guitar has been been put to a lot of different configurations. Did you just pair a bronco body with a mm neck? Or were they both mm before the term and pickguard were installed?
No, it's an actual (routed and butchered) Bronco body with a MM neck
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Got it. I recently picked up a 76 bronco that has been through a bit itself. Didn't get a swimming pool route, but there is a rather sloppy second pickup route that thankfully is covered by the pickguard.
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On one of my old computers I have CAD models for a couple replacement pieces for the Bronco trem that would block the trem. It would still let you dive, but you couldn't pull up. THis also gave the feature of being able to remain in tune if you break a string. If not, I can remodel it from mostly memory, if i have a little help.
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dots wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:22 pm Got it. I recently picked up a 76 bronco that has been through a bit itself. Didn't get a swimming pool route, but there is a rather sloppy second pickup route that thankfully is covered by the pickguard.
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mezzio13 wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:55 am On one of my old computers I have CAD models for a couple replacement pieces for the Bronco trem that would block the trem. It would still let you dive, but you couldn't pull up. THis also gave the feature of being able to remain in tune if you break a string. If not, I can remodel it from mostly memory, if i have a little help.
That'd be awesome, let's see it please!
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Pacafeliz wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 5:55 am
mezzio13 wrote: Sun Jul 09, 2023 2:55 am On one of my old computers I have CAD models for a couple replacement pieces for the Bronco trem that would block the trem. It would still let you dive, but you couldn't pull up. THis also gave the feature of being able to remain in tune if you break a string. If not, I can remodel it from mostly memory, if i have a little help.
That'd be awesome, let's see it please!

Yep, sounds awesome.
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Pacafeliz wrote: Fri Jul 07, 2023 9:44 pm
rahbro wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 7:47 pm
taylornutt wrote: Wed May 10, 2023 2:56 am

You gotta finish the set. I have vintage Vibro Champ which is the same amp but lacks the cool red "Bronco" letters.
Pat from offset isn't pat from offset. He is Pat from Shortscale.
Dude I come here.whwn I'm drunk and find this and almost cry

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i still got mine btw.

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^that was the project that made me want a bronco SO HARD >15 years ago.
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here's the first photo of it.
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here it is after fixing everything before paint.
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even the white / tort version looked cool. Squier really needs to make a fucking duo sonic with a toronado bridge like soon or at all period.
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Those 90s Mexican Duos have the tray bridge
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rahbro wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:21 am here's the first photo of it.

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here it is after fixing everything before paint.

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even the white / tort version looked cool. Squier really needs to make a fucking duo sonic with a toronado bridge like soon or at all period.
Was the white stock or a refin?