{"id":11377,"date":"2017-07-05T10:35:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2017-07-05T11:19:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:19:45","slug":"modified-squier-bronco-bass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/bass-of-the-week\/modified-squier-bronco-bass.html","title":{"rendered":"[Bass of the week] Modified Squier Bronco Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

We put the call out<\/a> that if anyone wanted to send over some photos of their modified Squier Bronco short scale bass, we’d feature it. Someone did.<\/p>\n

(Note before continuing: Yes, this builder did slap a Fender logo on a Squier headstock and installed a Fender bolt plate (boo-hiss), but given it’s extremely unlikely anyone would ever confuse this for an actual Fender, and the fact the builder has no intention of selling it, this one gets a pass – even though we very well know it’s not cool to put Fender branding on a Squier.)<\/p>\n

Builder Graham Drew<\/a> writes:<\/p>\n

I am a former repairman and luthier and a semi professional bassist, and most of the basses I play are ones I have built or extensively modded myself. This Bronco used to be black but I had it refinished in Candy Indigo (a blue version of Candy Apple Red) by a friend who owns an auto body shop in Winchester, VA. I upgraded the pickup with a single coil made by Wizard Pickups in the UK who are sadly no longer in business. Other upgrades include a Schaller heavy duty bridge, CTS pots, Switchcraft jack, orange drop capacitor, vintage-style cloth covered wire, real bakelite Fender Jazz Bass Knobs, a Fender ‘F’ neck plate, Classic Vibe 60’s tuners and a custom parchment pearloid pickguard made by Pickguardian. The finishing touch is a 70’s era Fender logo in place of the original Squier logo. The bass sounds, plays and looks amazing and I get comments every time I play it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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