whats the going rate for a bronco?

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:27 am

a guy i used to go to school with has a red bronco, i was thinking of putting in an offer on it, he also has the amp too though i don't know if that is worth grabbing.

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:15 am

I havn't paid attention lately. I think decent ones are going upwards of $800. If there is no trem arm or original knobs, deduct from there. Is the amp a silver face Bronco? That is a Vibro Champ. Cool little amps. $300-$400 for an actual Bronco amp. Anything less is gravy now a days. Lowball for the pair and see how it goes. That's in $US by the way.

brambleperro · Post by **brambleperro** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:23 am

I just got one off ebay for under $400, but it was a really good deal, and it had had a refin and an unoriginal pickup among other things. They are consistently going for around $800, though. Make sure he has the reverb handle - those things can be tough to find.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:05 pm

brambleperro wrote:Make sure he has the reverb handle - those things can be tough to find.

lolwut? i'd imagine

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:10 pm

i see them for around 700-800, but 800 is factoring in a case, and everything with about an 8/10 condition on the guitar.
if you can find one that has been repainted and is missing some stuff then you are looking at about 300-400 like said prior to my post.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:06 pm

i bought mine destroyed for like 180 or something. i cant even remember. hilary keeps a mental note of everything i have ever spent money on though so im sure i can find out

rebuilt it my self cuz im the fucking man

brambleperro · Post by **brambleperro** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:10 am

Haze wrote:
brambleperro wrote:Make sure he has the reverb handle - those things can be tough to find.
lolwut? i'd imagine

sorry, an old dead inside joke that I keep trying to revive.

hey rob, I've seen your bronco before (I'll admit that it first got me interested in them) but I haven't seen many pictures of it when it was being rebuilt. do you have any you could share?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:44 pm

sure

hold on

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:53 pm

this is a photoshop of the orgional ebay photo i did of what i wanted it to look like when i was done

this is what it looked like when i got it

starting to fill in holes

new pickguard from charvel fit perfect. it fit the screw holes on the guitar better than the 70's shrunken pickguard. its the only time i have ever purchased a pickguard from anyone that everything lined up perfect.

black knobs

duckbucker

fender PS knobs

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:56 pm

now it has a solid cover thanks to Cowbells "rip the humbucker cover off and stuff a mustang cover on it" mod

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:43 pm

ugh, that routing was nasty.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:14 pm

Your bronco looks incredible now robroe.

brambleperro · Post by **brambleperro** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:56 pm

Jeez, someone really abused that poor thing. I'm not one for vintage correct nonsense, but you'd hope that a little more care should go into modding a guitar.

You did a great job getting it back together, though.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:17 pm

Is that pickup mod in a thread anywhere? To put the humbucker in the single coil robroe..

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:55 pm

cowbell had a JB JR.

he figured out that you could pop the thing off if you used a chisel and ALOT of force.

once you get it off of there, you can put a mustang pickup on it. it will bow out a little but thats cool because it wont be seen above the pickguard.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:54 pm

Thanks, im thinking of putting one on my mustang.

Ty · Post by Ty » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:08 am

I have a hot rails in mine, do think that would would work with it aswell?
They are bot seymour duncan.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:11 am

i really wish i had a bronco now thanks to robroe's.

Libtoem101 · Post by **Libtoem101** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:05 am

Wow,that pickup mod is pretty cool,makes me want to do it to my Bronco which has a JB JR in it.