Bronto bass mods

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 4:21 pm

heyyyyy heres my new bass i put a GFS tele bridge pickup in it and it works good. eventually i might swap the pickguard for a musicmaster one but for now im enjoying the fucked up stickeryness of it all.. I added a trash sticker and the pickup.

next mod is.... new tuners? the stock ones are pretty baaaaad
and maybe a 4 saddle bridge?

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:19 pm

four saddle bridge first. thats the most important.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:40 pm

robert(original) wrote:four saddle bridge first. thats the most important.

which bridge just the cheapest one?

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:00 pm

I'd check the specs of the shorty Gretch basses, the spacing is narrower on these than a reg bass. Maybe a Sq Mustang bass too.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 11:21 pm

Does the intonation bother you? I was going to change the one in my Musicmaster bass, even went as far as buying a bridge, until I realised that the intonation was fine and there was no need to change the bridge.

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:12 am

I'm still on the fence about the bridge on mine. If I put in the effort, I can get the stock bridge to intonate tolerably well, but I'm sure four saddles would be easier than two. The tuners had already been upgraded when I bought it from astro; he'd be the one to tell you which ones they were.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:00 pm

i'm not super upset with the intonation but if I want this to be my main bass the intonation is gonna piss off my friends--

i'm more worried about having to tune between songs because the tuners feel so bad. i guess both need 2 be addressed-- i know i can find a cheap bridge but i dont want to spend 50 bucks on a set of tuners

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:22 pm

Im not sure if this would look the shit or just shit on your bass.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:42 pm

a high mass top loader? looks good 2 me

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:11 pm

not bad for around 20 bucks then.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:18 pm

Call it the "Bronto Bass!"

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:16 pm

cur wrote:not bad for around 20 bucks then.

where did u find that for 20 bucks?

Mo Rawka wrote:Call it the "Bronto Bass!"

YESSSSSS

cur · Post by **cur** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:24 pm

here

tuners

cheaper tuners

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:48 pm

So here's where I'm at w the bronto bass-- telecaster hotrail in there, and a new pickguard

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 10:51 pm

Oh also black knobs from a jagmaster