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BRONCO KNOBS!?
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:30 pm
by Haze
We all know them, we all love them, but where do they come from!?
All of the bronco guitars i've seen are numbered:
and all of the bronco amps i've seen have black skirted knobs.
So whats the deal, shortscale?
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:32 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
hotrodperlmutter wrote:robroe always posts those fender keyboards from the 60's that had them on it, and i'm pretty sure those were their first appearance, but i could be way off.
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:34 pm
by Haze
so wouldn't these be "keyboard" knorbs, or is there a Fender BRONCO keyboard...
I've just bought two dozen of these things and taylor's inquiries made me wonder
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:36 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:42 pm
by Haze
by the beard or zeus
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 3:54 pm
by finboy
my buddy's twin with pointer bronco knobs
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:08 pm
by Haze
thats basically what i plan on doing with my bassman, along with hand painting a black control plate
need moar pix of these killer knobs on stuff
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:11 pm
by taylornutt
Haze wrote:by the beard or zeus
and the power of GraySkull!
I love those numbered knobs as well. I think I am becoming a Knob snob. Wow.
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 4:14 pm
by Haze
i thought about getting the numbered ones for my amp but eh, i usually just adjust things by ear, not by "bass at 5 trebble at 4" etc. You'd be surprised with the settings you come up with when you do things by ear.
you would think the ones exclusive to the guitar would be harder to find. not that i've looked much that is.
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 5:24 pm
by DanHeron
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:36 pm
by Billy3000
My '77 Twin Reverb has them too. Someone re-tolexed (poorly) mine in white before I bought it. I've also seen these knobs on a lot of the 70's Fender PA's too.
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:43 pm
by taylornutt
Don't forget about the Fender Blender
This Fender Blender has both
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 8:10 pm
by finboy
taylornutt wrote:Don't forget about the Fender Blender
This Fender Blender has both
iirc the new fender blenders have different style than vintage, they don't have that side adjuster to secure it to the pot shaft.
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 11:59 pm
by DaveB
The old Fender Zodiac (or whatever they were called) solid state amps of the late 60's had around twelve of them on the front. You could get the amps for around $150-$200. Somebody on the board did this a few years ago. One amp supplied every one's needs for a while anyway. And if the amp worked, you could put on other Fender knobs and sell the amp.
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Ok, ten knobs.
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 7:04 am
by finboy
rob found a pPA system that had a ton, it was around $150 or something like that
iirc its still there
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 1:16 pm
by taylornutt
You mean this. I can't find any closeup pictures of it anywhere.
Check out this offset guitar link. 1968 Fender Catalog. Very Cool. I was trying to find all the amps with Bronco style knobs.
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... =6&t=10112
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 3:02 pm
by dots
afaik, bronco knobs have the numbers on them as do fender blenders, so for a direct replacement, those two products are interchangeable. the ones with pointers on them are what you'll find on just about everything else that sports that style of knob. sloan scored a SHITLOAD of bronco-style knobs a couple years ago, but they were the kind w/o numbers on them. he was selling them cheap to shortscale members. . . i think i even still have some in addition to the two vintage, real bronco knobs i have from an ill-fated project of 3 or 4 years ago.
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 5:45 pm
by mezzio13
finboy wrote:rob found a pPA system that had a ton, it was around $150 or something like that
iirc its still there
Yeah, last time I was at HOG it was still there. $150 for like 20 knobs, which you could then sell for $30 a pair..... not sure why I haven't picked that up.
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 6:30 pm
by dots
mezzio13 wrote:finboy wrote:rob found a pPA system that had a ton, it was around $150 or something like that
iirc its still there
Yeah, last time I was at HOG it was still there. $150 for like 20 knobs, which you could then sell for $30 a pair..... not sure why I haven't picked that up.
if you were me or junkbox, you would have years ago. =]
Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 5:17 am
by 1,2,3, Pull Out!
The best knobs. Ever.
