Squier Bronco Bass Mods/Ideas?!

[brandon.]

so I grabbed a bronco bass for $100 and I totally intend to mod it into something fantastic...
...I'm just not sure what to do with it yet.

I'm thinking:
-a tortoise shell or b/w/b mustang style pickguard
- some crazy pickup, (I'd like to try a stingray bass pickup in there to see how that sounds)
-there's so much room under that pickguard that I could route out for some onboard effects, that'd be kinda neat


but yeah, I'd love to hear some ideas


here's the beast:





It was kinda dirty when I got it, and there weren't any knobs, so I cleaned it up and threw some witchhats on and I think it looks and plays pretty good.
It'll be awesome for bass chords... and when I modify the bridge for 4 saddles, they'll sound good too!

[MaMo]

musicmaster pg w/ a seymour duncan pickup, perhaps?

[astro]

I'm hopefully about to buy a red one for cheapz from Craigslist... the guy takes forever to answer his emails though...

I want to stick a Musicmaster pickuard on it if I get it. Don't know what kind of pickup I'll put in.

Any pics of the routing under the pickguard?

[DanHeron]

Something like:



I like the idea of a tort guard though, would look cool.

[Noirie.]

Is it true its actually a strat pickup in bronco basses?
Imma mod my one to with a musicmaster style pickguard and a P-bass pickup
also im considering Re-finishing it

[stewart]

the old musicmaster basses definitely have a musicmaster/duo/mustang pickup in them. the newer versions have a strat pickup, i think.

they're 6 pole piece jobs anyway, whatever they actually are.

[brandon.]

yeah, the pickup looks like a strat pickup, but despite what every other review about it on the internet says, I think it sounds pretty okay for now. I was thinking of even just replacing it with one of those GFS lipstick pickups...

the route under the pickguard is just a rectangle under the pickup and then a curved channel down to where the pots are.