Bronco-Sonic
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 3:11 am
i know, cs... 
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Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 8:11 am
Cool yes... but this price - about 10 times more as i paid for a similar guitar. i know, cs...
i know, cs... Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 1:48 pm
Yep and I don't understand the reference to the Bronco either. Just not a Bronco without the tremolo.jagsonic wrote:Cool yes... but this price - about 10 times more as i paid for a similar guitar.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 5:53 am
They could've called it the "Charles Bronsonic" and they didn't, to give you an idea of how efficient Fender are these days.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 5:55 am
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 6:38 pm
Fender seems to be terrible with picking names for their new guitars. If they had not called their Pawn Shop model a Mustang, but as someone suggested here a Fastback, they could have still been succesfully selling it
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 8:31 pm
There's been a bunch of guitars called Fastback already by small builders.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 9:12 pm
The "Fastback" seems to have been Fender's original name for the PS Mustang. The pictures in the service manual have Fastback on the headstock. Interestingly* the service manual also appears to suggest they were originally intending to produce them in Mexico rather than Japan, where the original run with the truss rod adjustment at the heel were made.sunshiner wrote:Fender seems to be terrible with picking names for their new guitars. If they had not called their Pawn Shop model a Mustang, but as someone suggested here a Fastback, they could have still been successfully selling it
*Not interestingly.
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 9:16 pm
Never knew any of that, cool info.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:06 pm
I remember them doing a press or NAMM release or something for the Fastback, with the pictures that ended up in the manual.
I also thought the PS Mustang ended up as both Mexican and Japanese guitars at different times, but could be wrong.
I also thought the PS Mustang ended up as both Mexican and Japanese guitars at different times, but could be wrong.
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:22 pm
Absolutely correct, although there might be some overlap between the two. I'm still interested in the Japanese version...paul_ wrote:I also thought the PS Mustang ended up as both Mexican and Japanese guitars at different times, but could be wrong.
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:32 pm
Yeah, the Japanese one came first (in LPB and CAR). Then they moved production to Mexico and added a sunburst version (think they were part of the "Pawnshop 2.0" range).
The Mexican ones have the truss rod adjustment on the headstock and a more satin neck.
The Japanese ones for the domestic market were known as the MG Custom and didn't have "special" on the headstock. They also did those in vintage white:
The Mexican ones have the truss rod adjustment on the headstock and a more satin neck.
The Japanese ones for the domestic market were known as the MG Custom and didn't have "special" on the headstock. They also did those in vintage white:
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:33 pm
Haha. Fcking word filter 
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:49 pm
Thanks for the info. Prompted me to do a bit of googling. Looks like Premier Guitar posted some pictures of the Fastback on their Facebook page prior to the launch but I'm just getting a lot of dead links.paul_ wrote:I remember them doing a press or NAMM release or something for the Fastback, with the pictures that ended up in the manual.
Did find this though:
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:58 pm
Managed to find the Premier Guitar Facebook photo:
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:47 pm
OK I remember this now, those photos jogged my memory.
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 8:14 am
BearBoy wrote: "Pawnshop Blaze It"
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 4:06 pm
I've tried the Japanese ones in guitar stores on multiple occasions. They're fun to play and the WRHBs sound pretty good. I'm just worried that I would play it for a month and then decide that the 9.5" radius isn't for me. Getting older and more picky 
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 2:07 pm
Just goes to show that even Fender doesn't have access to Bronco tremolos.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 10:04 pm
Thisspeedfish wrote:Just goes to show that even Fender doesn't have access to Bronco tremolos.