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Me + Not using the neck pickup or trem on 78 stang = bronco?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:40 pm
by astrozombie
I was just wondering. I see them on ebay all the time, now that I have the mustang I kind of know what to expect. is the bronco trem any better than the mustang one?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:27 pm
by drBenway
The mustang trem is just fine once you set it up properly.
I've never played a bronco, but from what I've read on here the bronco trem is supposed to be is the worst trem fender ever made.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:30 pm
by astrozombie
well thats a great thing to hear!
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:26 pm
by Mages
from what I've read on here many people like the bronco trem better than the mustang trem.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:54 pm
by Addam
Bronco trem is 1000 times better than Mustang!
It's just a bit of a bitch setting the intonation, because of how the saddle adjustment screws are.
I think a Danelectro bridge has a similar adjustment thing.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:55 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
But then you'll have to get another guitar with the mustang trem!!!!1
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:07 pm
by Addam
Best trem ever, I love the subtle vibrato and tuning stability.
If I could I would have one on every guiter I own and will ever own EVER!
That's not going to happen, so I'll just satisfy myself trying to make those who don't own a Bronco jealous...
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:36 pm
by SKC Willie
hotrodperlmutter wrote:But then you'll have to get another guitar with the mustang trem!!!!1
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:52 pm
by robroe
i never have to tune my bronco. ever. its like my only guitar that i can leave hanging on the wall for a day, week, month, months, and pick it up and its in tune.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:29 pm
by astrozombie
robroe wrote:i never have to tune my bronco. ever. its like my only guitar that i can leave hanging on the wall for a day, week, month, months, and pick it up and its in tune.
with stock everything? My mustang stays in tune a thousand times better after I taped the bridge so it wouldnt lean and brought down the tailpiece.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:36 pm
by Ankhanu
portugalwillie wrote:hotrodperlmutter wrote:But then you'll have to get another guitar with the mustang trem!!!!1
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:40 pm
by Mages
bringing down the tailpiece real far on the mustang trem will help tuning stability but IMO it just causes a bunch more problems and is not worth it. it makes the string tension too high and it makes the trem bar stick out at wild angle so as to be pretty much unusable for any normal subtle bends.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:14 pm
by drBenway
What's wrong with more string tension?
And for a better angle on the arm; just bend it.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:15 pm
by ykyk69
my bronco trem never brings the guitar out of tune, it's my favorite term i've ever tried
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:41 pm
by astrozombie
Mages wrote:bringing down the tailpiece real far on the mustang trem will help tuning stability but IMO it just causes a bunch more problems and is not worth it. it makes the string tension too high and it makes the trem bar stick out at wild angle so as to be pretty much unusable for any normal subtle bends.
I thought the mustang was known for not having that much string tension.
but setting up the bridge to float and pivot the way it's intended wont let me use alternate tunings right? its like having a floyd, it would be out of wack?
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:03 pm
by Ankhanu
Sure you can. You might have to adjust the trem spring tension for the alternate tuning changes in string tension... but if it's not terribly different (overall) you shouldn't have to make adjustments.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:08 am
by astrozombie
Ankhanu wrote:Sure you can. You might have to adjust the trem spring tension for the alternate tuning changes in string tension... but if it's not terribly different (overall) you shouldn't have to make adjustments.
ill try this out then. my tuning ranges from drop d while half a step down to standard tuning. thats not that bad right?
I guess getting rid of the tape i but around my bridge posts would be the right thing to do if im going floating again right?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:17 am
by Ankhanu
Yeah, drop D should require no adjustment at the bridge/tail (maybe intonation if you use it long-term). If you want the bridge to rock like it should, yeah, lose the tape. With the bridge floating on my Jag, I've had excellent tuning stability while using the trem; I've had no reason to try and stabilize it, but I can't see that adding tuning stability.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:01 am
by honeyiscool
How do you bend an arm? Really, I'm curious.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:32 am
by astrozombie
honeyiscool wrote:How do you bend an arm? Really, I'm curious.
I think i read somebody did it with like... heavy ass vise grips