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whats the going rate for a bronco?

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:27 am
by finboy
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.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:15 am
by DaveB
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.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:23 am
by brambleperro
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.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:05 pm
by Haze
brambleperro wrote:Make sure he has the reverb handle - those things can be tough to find.
lolwut? i'd imagine

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:10 pm
by robert(original)
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.

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:06 pm
by robroe
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

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:10 am
by brambleperro
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?

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:44 pm
by robroe
sure

hold on

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:53 pm
by robroe
this is a photoshop of the orgional ebay photo i did of what i wanted it to look like when i was done

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this is what it looked like when i got it
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starting to fill in holes
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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.
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black knobs
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duckbucker
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fender PS knobs
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 1:56 pm
by robroe
now it has a solid cover thanks to Cowbells "rip the humbucker cover off and stuff a mustang cover on it" mod

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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:43 pm
by Reece
ugh, that routing was nasty.

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:14 pm
by Josh
Your bronco looks incredible now robroe.

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:56 pm
by brambleperro
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.

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:17 pm
by DanHeron
Is that pickup mod in a thread anywhere? To put the humbucker in the single coil robroe..

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:55 pm
by robroe
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.

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:54 pm
by DanHeron
Thanks, im thinking of putting one on my mustang.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:08 am
by Ty
I have a hot rails in mine, do think that would would work with it aswell?
They are bot seymour duncan.

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:11 am
by Josh
i really wish i had a bronco now thanks to robroe's. :cry:

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:05 am
by Libtoem101
Wow,that pickup mod is pretty cool,makes me want to do it to my Bronco which has a JB JR in it.

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