BassApprentice

Just bought a red Squier Bronco as a project and going to paint it Shell Pink. Would love to relic it similar to this. Not quite to this degree but I don't want to do a poor job and make it look odd. Decisions, decisions....

Funny how they didn't try and get one after he did his Jazz Bass, and then went on to make a jazz bass with a stingray/lane poor pickup. Must just not be part of the business model just now 🤷‍♂️

Yes, that is weird....surely just get rid of the control plate

Now as we know, there are hunners of Musicman signature guitar models - but the bass side has always been pretty limited for signature models. There was the Joe Dart one last year and now this Mike Herrera (punk rock singer/bassist for MxPx - no, me neither) https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2020/06/10/ernie-ball-music-man-unveils-mike-herrera-stingray-bass/ So what do we think about Ernie Ball coming round to bass signature models? Couldn't care less? Will be cool to see what features they are willing to do for artists as the basses themselves are pretty widely used. Tim Commerford would be cool....

Thanks for the advice. I've repainted bodies before but always stripped it back. Probably won't bother this time! I'll be painting the wee Bronco (not the Musicmaster) Shell pink so I'll just key up the red and go at it!

I've got a Squier VM Fretless. For a first time fretlesser it's ideal. I got mine for £120 off Facebook.

Ah OK, gotcha! Complete strip it is!

Hopefully a straightforward one, you see all these reliced/vintage Fender types that have say black under gold or sunburst under white. To do this yourself is it simply a case of taking the clear coat off the base colour and using that as the primer rather than a grey or white primer? Ta!

Sandberg bargain alert! Very tempted but just can't afford it 😅

Couldn't resist as it's sitting in the living room for once. Toyed with selling and getting a 435 for the slightly smaller body, but it looks so good 😍

Or do I go cheap and cheerful and go with a big ol set of Rails at the bridge with another rail in the normal position

Excellent, thanks for the measurements!

Thanks! I'll measure that out and see if I need anything else.

Further to this - planning to find a humbucker that I can wire series/parallel and only have that on a rotary switch and a tone control. No volume. Is this doable and any specific pickups that people can recommend? Thought about the Kent Armstrong MM4

Could @anzoid or @scrumpymike please measure the pickup location? Planning a BroncoRay build and need to know if this is a viable idea 😉

Afternoon all, I've finally found a Bronco that needs some love for a project that has been on my mind for a while. Ever since I saw the short scale Stingray I wanted one but don't have £600 currently free so, could I put a humbucker in the Stringray spot and get something similar? Would probably add a Stinger circuit to it too. What do we think?

For anyone interested. Some very nice SGC for sale...

I saw a couple of three for sale recently, around about the £500 second hand but how much are they new? No prices on the Facebook page and I am very much tire kicking at this point 😂

For those with extended experience of the BB425 and BB735 - are the neck profiles the same? And which of the two do you find comfier to play? Obviously the old pickups have a certain something that some feel hasn't transferred to the new set up but from a comfort and feel, which do you prefer?

Looks good in White Blonde too

Further to this - since the 425 doesn't have a pickguard, any 425x or 1025x owners able to help with measurements etc? Ta!

Hmmm, to put a tort pick guard on my cream 425... Could be fun.

Definitely spoilt for choice just now aren't we! Hadn't looked at the Chowny site for a while and the new Trans Blue is 😍 it would probably be my pick of the short scales readily available just now.

Julia making this sound pretty cool. And now I want one. Bother.