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Chad

Chad

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The Fender Bronco was an electric guitar model produced by the Fender company from mid 1967 until 1981. It used the body and neck from the Fender Mustang, but had only one pickup and a different tremolo arm mechanism. Unlike the other Mustang variants which had 22.5" scales, the Bronco was offered only with a 24" scale length and a maple neck featuring a "round-lam" rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets and pearl dot inlays.

The Fender Bronco was introduced to the market as a student guitar. It had been worked on since 1964 and then produced in mid 1967. It was originally supposed to replace the Musicmaster. It was initially sold as a "package" with the Fender Bronco Amp, a small amplifier also created for students.

Its single pickup was mounted in the bridge position, unlike the Musicmaster which had a neck pickup only and the Mustang and Duo-Sonic, which both had two pickups. The unique tremolo arm was Leo Fender's fourth and least popular design, and appeared only on the Bronco. It is sometimes unofficially known as the Fender steel vibrato, and colloquially as the Bronco trem.

The Bronco was usually produced with a rosewood fingerboard and standard fiesta Red finish,but later in the series fender introduced black finish. The Bronco, like the Musicmaster and the Mustang, was discontinued in 1981 and replaced by the Fender Lead Series. The last colours available were Dakota Red, Black, Olympic White and Midnight Wine. Unlike its older and more popular cousin, the Mustang, as of 2008 it has not seen a re-issue, with the result that the Bronco trem is the only one of Fender's four tremolo arm designs not in current production. The Bronco name is continued only in the Squier-branded Bronco Bass.

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From the Stage to the Studio that guitar is a fail on every level. I can tell by just looking at it. Its the kind of guitar that finds itself in a closet a week after Christmas only to resurface at the estate sale.
 
I seem to recall seeing those hanging used in every Mom and Pop music shop and every pawn store I visited in the mid to late '80's.

I think they were selling for under or around $100 bucks at the time.

It was a POS when new, a POS used then, and can only imagine it is a POS now.

$1695?

Is that in American dollars?
GTFOH.
 
If that's th going rate for a '78 Fender shortscale, I should sell my Musicmaster bass, but an MIM and pocket $1000
 
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