You don't need to mod it. It sounds better than most other basses.
@TheTapeFarm6 күн бұрын
@@mj7den modding isn’t necessarily a “need” thing. People do mods because they enjoy it.
@hunterhelfrich1270 Жыл бұрын
Bought a bronco bass years ago, I did a ton of different mods over the years and finally did a full refinish and overhaul to make it one of my favorite basses I own 🤟
@Elwooddudes6 ай бұрын
I’m looking to take the plunge very shortly! They look/sound great
@mainecanoe Жыл бұрын
Bronco bass in stock form is fine. Sounds plenty good. I’d have no problem gigging it.
@aloiseaux767 Жыл бұрын
I gigged it twice, it also is my only bass, just can't justify buying another one because i love the Bronco so much. Heh..
@MirlitronOne Жыл бұрын
My son played his red Bronco until it fell apart and graduated to an Ibanez, so I rebuilt the Bronco with a ridiculously large MM Stingray bass pickup and it sounds awesome. I later acquired a black Bronco and rebuilt it with a dual-rail humbucker. Never found the need to replace the tuners or the bridge but I added iron-on white trim around the edges of both instruments, so now they are a matching red / black / white pair. My wife (unknowingly) christened them the "Bucking Broncos"! It's not hard to transform a Bronco into something like the Mustang bass - I have one of those, too.
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Nice. Yeah great mod platforms. I just picked up a Squier Mustang Bass as well. Very cool instrument.
@jonathanhorne6503Ай бұрын
I bought a pink one for CME. I bought it specifically to mod it, I went all out, more dollars than sense. I used Gibson mudbucker I’d been carrying sound since the mid 70s, in the middle I used a Fralin 52 Fender P bass and in bridge position it has a Lollar T-bird. I used a Badass bridge. No spacing issues. Gears are backwards turning Schallers. Strat Switching and push pull knobs gets every pickup choice. Wood needed to be added to the headstock to allow the tuning gears to fit. It’s an awesome bass, fun to play and very versatile. I play it through a B-15 clone loaded with a JBL D130, or a Vox AC-15 Mkii through a Foundation cab. Usually I just use my 64 Princeton. Great for recording. I’m 71 and I dont perform anymore but I still play as often as I’m able. Yours turned out nice. I’d love to send you a photo.
I just put a standard p-bass style bridge on mine and a seymour duncan li'l 59 humbucker (in single coil format) for hum free playing and have played it that way since 2007. Flat wounds sound extra good on this bass.
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Nice combo!
@larryn26825 ай бұрын
Strat pickup format.
@albertjennings3059Ай бұрын
You did an awesome job on your Bronco Bass!👍 I put a set of Fender Jazz Bass pickups in my Bronco Bass.
@Backlashed Жыл бұрын
8:41 lol at the walking polisher
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Seriously… I need to find a spot for that thing and bolt it to the floor.
@billwaldenmusic7738 Жыл бұрын
I Just installed the pickup that you suggested. Huge improvement! Thanks!
@sd3falco Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool. Enjoyed the video. I'm a short scale player as well.
@Bjmusic2491 Жыл бұрын
Amazing video and great bass transformation
@Exercise-01 Жыл бұрын
Good job its much better,iv you seen the new Broncos ? They changed those crappy tunners and put in a new bridge too. The artic white looks awesome.
@DugNastyMusic Жыл бұрын
I love the finishes on those!!
@corodoug81310 ай бұрын
This is awesome! I hope to do something like this in the future.
@TonyJ177611 ай бұрын
Looks fantastic. Black tapewounds would really make it pop, although change the sound.
@markgrimm35647 ай бұрын
wow love it .i have to do that maybe with some mustang pickups. thanks so muck for providing the links very much appreciated
@justinrayguitars6024 Жыл бұрын
A buddy of mine just found one of these in the trash. He brought it to me to play around with so we will see what happens. Got some good ideas from your video.
@TheChef470 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful job. I'm just finishing an even cheaper,(well initially) version using the Glarry Bronco copy,($75). I've replaced the pickup with a Nordstrum 51 P bass model,($125) wait it gets worse lol ! Replaced the disgusting white pickguard with a tortoise version, the same company you used,($30). Prewired wiring harness,($45).......I'm lazy : ) and came withing a click of swapping the neck ! Instead I removed the neck and sanded front/back and applied 10 coats of tru oil. I'm reserving the right to change the neck if it just sucks. So I'm left with a stock body,neck.....for now and bridge. Hey it's still cheaper than therapy lol !
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
EXACTLY!! People have questioned why I do mods.. “just buy a better guitar/bass/etc”. I could do that, but then I wouldn’t get to learn and enjoy the process of experimentation. It’s a form of therapy.
@TheChef470 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm Amen !
@drummerII Жыл бұрын
I'm starting my mods on my Glarry Bronco copy. Did the pickguard you got fit your Glarry? Which one did you order? Thanks!
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
@@drummerII i modded a Squier Bronco. Don’t know if the pickguard I got will work on a Glarry.
@drummerII Жыл бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm sorry, that was for James Ramsey's comment regarding his Glarry mods.
@crocholiday Жыл бұрын
It came out great! The blacked out hardware is way cooler. I did the same mods to a Squier modified Jaguar. Original tone was disappointing. Swapped pickups, bridge, pots, wiring, tuners, all hardware and knobs black and I even repainted it with hot rod paint I found on line that comes in a rattle can. Looked way cooler and I was really floored by the difference in tone. It's now one of my main go-to basses.
@onkelpool Жыл бұрын
To a large extent, my mood is improved by gray-headed wise men for whom 30" is a "short scale". At the time when I made my first acquaintance with a bass - 45 years ago - a large number of world-renowned bass players considered 30"-30.5" to be the normal standard. The commercial short scale label tends to be a XXI century marketing gimmick.🤓
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
I know right. P and J Basses use to be known as long scale, then they became the standard. And like you, I am aware that most things are marketing gimmicks. From products to politics, everyone is selling something.
@StevenDoyleLuke10 ай бұрын
Great Job!
@TheTapeFarm10 ай бұрын
Thanks Steven!
@AndyDion Жыл бұрын
Nice mods, looking at getting a short scale bass
@ernestschultz5065 Жыл бұрын
That bass is fine for what it is supposed to be.
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. A great bass to learn on and have some fun. And also… I fun bass to work on too.
@inaband428 Жыл бұрын
Supposed to be? A fair number of people are gigging with broncos...
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
@@inaband428 the cost of the tool does not matter. What matters is what you do with it. These are awesome tools for many reasons.
@inaband428 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm I know thats why I built mine. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcuchdF1s5qXkmQ.html
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
@@inaband428 sweet
@donklink4571 Жыл бұрын
Awesome mod. I really enjoyed the video. I would have went with a higher quality pic-up to go with the rest of the upgrades. The tonal difference from the demo was hard to hear. A custom shop 51 P pic-up perhaps? (Then you have spent well over twice the cost of a new Bronco though).
@zuperdee Жыл бұрын
So this bass comes with a stock 6-pole piece Strat pickup?!? That’s CRAZY! I’m guessing that this might be part of the reason for the 17mm string spacing: To line the strings up decently between the pole pieces… No WONDER they had the pole pieces totally covered on that stock pickup! I totally get that Fender might have wanted to use standard off-the-shelf parts that were economical, but given how practically everything else about this bass seems to be specific to this particular model, it doesn’t seem like much of a saving. At the very least, why couldn’t they just use a T-bass pickup as you did?
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Kind of silly.
@inaband428 Жыл бұрын
17.5mm string spacing
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
@@inaband428 you might be right. I just took the measurement 17mm from a forum post, I didn’t measure it myself. Either way, the bridge I got works.
@inaband428 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm for sure , then neck will fit up to 18mm bridge actually.
@Fotosaurus56 Жыл бұрын
Maybe it was done as a nod to the old Musicmaster bass guitar. They also used six pole pickups with a cover.
@Barry101er3 ай бұрын
Wow-looks great.
@mr.k9056 күн бұрын
Hm… It sounds almost like a regular guitar now. Too much high end. I liked the stock pickup a bit more, although it is admittedly noisy.
@geraldp4948 ай бұрын
Good Job
@nj1255 Жыл бұрын
Couldn't you use Mustang replacement parts? IIRC, my Squier Classic Vibe Mustang is 19mm string spacing, but it feels like you should be able to slap one of those bridges onto a Bronco. Great work eitherway! I've also always liked the way the Bronco looks. If they just had lollipop tuners the Bronco would be a 10/10 in looks IMO.
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
19mm spacing would have been to wide, at least for me. I love the Mustang pickup. Thought about putting one of those in but opted for the old school P Bass/Tele Bass one instead.
@larryn26823 ай бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm *too
@TheTapeFarm3 ай бұрын
@@larryn2682 thanks officer. I’ll have to be a bit more carful when using Siri to respond to comments.
@greccoox Жыл бұрын
amazing job, but one of the most important part is to show and feel how it sounds after all this work, was just a couple of seconds without hit hard the strings or at least show the results. anyway, nice video.
@marioharaldklug Жыл бұрын
I did rebuild a bronco Bass too ... pls see the video reg. harald kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5mnhrhnmN3YY4k.html
@JosePineda-jn8jk Жыл бұрын
How did the string alignment over the pickup’s pole pieces turn out? I imagine the pickup was designed for a standard P-bass.
@douglasboyd84758 ай бұрын
I want one!!!!!!
@gabedestellano6 ай бұрын
The bridge isn't hard to find at all... they're all over Amazon
@billyhooks99 Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤
@yanonbass1223 Жыл бұрын
Can I take a look at the back of the headstock after you replaced the tuners? :D
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
I filled the screw holes. There were a bunch.
@BillyBigLug Жыл бұрын
Was your scratchplate a direct drop-in replacement?
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Yes
@arnlmndza11 ай бұрын
That was a guitar pickup!
@TheTapeFarm11 ай бұрын
Yup.
@andreamarcellini230 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. You sure nut width is 38.1mm? Cheers
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
That’s directly from Fender’s web site, so… I hope it’s correct.
@andreamarcellini230 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm cool. Thank you ☺️
@andreamarcellini230 Жыл бұрын
@@TheTapeFarm and what about strings? Does it work with regular 105's? Thank you!
@AndreaAustoni Жыл бұрын
Mine is 40mm but fender is often wrong with nut widths.
@AndreaAustoni Жыл бұрын
@@andreamarcellini230 Yes
@russelie Жыл бұрын
Is Bronco bass original pickup is kind of stratocaster pickup?
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
It IS a Strat pick up. Blew my mind when I saw it. 🤯
@maxs.32388 ай бұрын
@TheTapeFarm that's how broncos and musicmaster basses have done it for decades. You could say it's vintage correct 😂 Edit: I measured mine, almost 14k dc resistance isn't exactly strat territory I'd say. Originally they came with the same pickups as strats, mustangs and other guitars though, so those would've been about 6k at the time.
@KennethCarter-go8po8 ай бұрын
did you change the pot and wher did you get them
@TheTapeFarm8 ай бұрын
I did change the pots. I think I got them off Amazon.
@lincolnstovall9471 Жыл бұрын
Budget bass!!!
@aloiseaux767 Жыл бұрын
Isn't it possible to just throw a rail pickup in there? No problems with alignment right?
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
Sure. But you also have to take string spacing on the neck into account. I’ve seen people put standard P/J bridges on, but for me, the strings are too close to the edge of the fretboard.
@TheTapeFarm Жыл бұрын
@@Great-Documentaries maybe you should create some original guitar content. Your extensive knowledge would be good addition to the community.
@albertjennings3059Ай бұрын
Yes, it is easy to put a full-size bass pickup in the Squier Bronco Bass. I put a set of Fender Jazz Bass pickups in my Bronco Bass.