Bloomin' Bronco - modded Squier Sonic Bronco Bass

[Immo]

Here is my doom machine I built a year ago. It's a Squier Sonic Bronco in Tahitian Coral, heavily modified and personalized, strung with Ernie Ball Bass Flats 2801.
Such a fun instrument, easy to play and great sounding. And I think the customising work I've done made it quite a looker, too.

 

Work done:

- Swaps:

• Pickup to Seymour Duncan SCPB-3 "Quarter Pounder" (I had to attach an additional ply of MDF with threads to the bottom and add springs to make it adjustable)
• Tuners to Gotoh GB11W
• Nut to Tusq XL
• Bridge saddles to 3-slotted vintage ones I had laying around (don't know the make)
• string tree to Gotoh TB54 string retainer
• knobs to Hosco HK-MKF

- Add-ons and personalisation:

• Fender Vintage Jazz Bass pickup cover in chrome
• custom order vinyl wrap on pickguard and headstock
• custom 12th fret "marker" done with ultra-thin vinyl wrap and GitD tape
• Fender Strap Blocks in Daphne Blue

 

 

[Pea Turgh]

Love this!  Great job.  Although I didn’t immediately think Doom machine.  😂

[Immo]

2 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

Love this!  Great job.  Although I didn’t immediately think Doom machine.  😂

Thanks! To be honest, I fell for the stock Bronco in Tahitian Coral the first time I saw it because the color is just gorgeous and would look great with a floral pattern on the pickguard - so funky! But it quickly went from "funk machine" to "doom machine" since stoner and doom are my genres, and with the pickup that has a lot of oomph it turned out to be great for that purpose. It likes fuzzes.

Edited Sunday at 23:25 by Immo

[Grooverjr]

I love that. Original and custom but not OTT. 

I'd have thought about that wrap myself but I just realised that of my 8 basses not a one has a pickguard! 

[Immo]

On 21/07/2025 at 18:55, Grooverjr said:

I love that. Original and custom but not OTT. 

Thanks! I was stepping on a narrow path, but I think I managed to pull that off. Wanted to try a matching pickguard and headstock thing for years now. I need to find a cool Squier decal or sticker to put on the headstock, though. I'm not ashamed of it being a Squier.
 

On 21/07/2025 at 18:55, Grooverjr said:

I'd have thought about that wrap myself but I just realized that of my 8 basses not a one has a pickguard! 

Don't let it stop you. You can always do racing stripes with a wrap foil.

I ordered a furniture decoration from a company that had great reviews on "resilience" and happened to have a perfect pattern on hand. Just asked them to scale it down for me and they did it an no extra charge.

Here's a mockup I did in MS Paint before ordering (and deciding I will do the headstock, too) - as you can see the result is very close.

[Burns-bass]

I’ve got one of these. I take it as a spare to double bass gigs. It’s great!

[HeadlessBassist]

On 20/07/2025 at 22:18, Pea Turgh said:

Love this!  Great job.  Although I didn’t immediately think Doom machine.  😂

 

More peace, love and harmony. Maaaaan. It does look great, though!