Sleeper Bronco Bass

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I am on the cusp of retirement (I can see the light!), and started B2B course back in August (On the “Steady Eddie” Plan). Josh’s bass setup video got me started down the rabbit hole of bass guitar mods.

So far, I bought myself a new Bronco Bass and have added a thumb rest, a Seymour Duncan SCPB-3 Quarter Pound Neck Precision Bass Single Coil Pickup, and Ernie Ball Super Slinky roundwounds to the little jewel. It sounds amazing. Close to what my Lakland 44-64 Custom PJ sounds like on P pickup.

I know there is no recompense in this for me (why do most people almost immediately say, “You’ll never get your money back out of that thing.”) I don’t care. :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s a ton of fun to pull out a guitar with the “Squire” logo top and center on the headstock and hear it pound out serious P-bass sounds.

Next mod: custom pickguard!

I had no idea how much fun the bass guitar was going to be! :slight_smile:

I’d love to sync up w/ others who have done the Bronco thing and trade notes.

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I have a Bronco bass, with a single coil P pickup, which most people call a 51P. Great bass to mod. I changed the bridge and did a lot of fretwork to roll the fretboard, which was easier than I thought. Came out nice

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Tell us more!

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I got a tool off Amazon to roughly shape the fret ends

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This worked really well. I started at 3 degrees and worked my way up.

Then I used hand file from Stew Mac to bevel the fret ends, and green scotch bright to take the gloss off the neck and smooth it, and it’s a really sweet neck now. It really didn’t take long.

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It’s amazingly easy even without special tools. I did it with a normal sanding block. It’s not rocket science.

The neat thing is it rounds the frets nicely too, then as Wombat said, you just dress the ends.

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That is real interesting, I did not know that such a tool existed. I’m assuming a file blade or two comes with it?

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Yes it comes with a file blade

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