artbass Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and new to bass (but have played guitar for about 30y) seems like you guys know a thing or two about bass!!! I've just bought a Squier Bronco short scale bass guitar and as reported in various reviews around the net it is a nice little bass with one or two weaknesses. Most obviously the pickup is weak. It is a Squier strat pickup and I would like to upgrade this because there isn't much punch or depth to the sound particularly on the E string. Some people have fitted an EMG Select strat pickup and others have fitted a proper P-Bass type pickup. Could you advise me on the best way to go, I don't mind routing the bass and modding to fit a different shaped pickup but there's no point in doing that if the EMG or some similar equivalent pickup would do the job. The other thing that could do with upgrading is the bridge that only has two saddles shared by two strings each so there isn't much room for doing proper intonation adjustment (which it definately needs). Anyway, if anyone can help or advise I would appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 (edited) Check the dimensions of either of these Seymour Duncans? [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/basslines/progressive-1/scpb2_hot_for_s/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass...cpb2_hot_for_s/[/url] [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/basslines/progressive-1/scpb3_quarterpo/"]http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass...cpb3_quarterpo/[/url] As for the bridge, you do get 4 saddle Musicmaster bridges which would probably fit the existing screw holes, but be sure that they allow for stringing through the back of the bridge plate - some are geared up for through body stringing See this one - through body stringing only - no holes at the back of the plate: [url="http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/43000047/Images/1/MusicMaster%20Bass%20Bridge%20051803.JPG"]http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSPr...ge%20051803.JPG[/url] I'll see if I can locate something suitable. You could always get one of these and drill the holes in the back that you need for top loading. Or you could modify for through body stringing Of course, if you're prepared to do some drilling and filling, you can fit pretty much whatever you like Edited March 10, 2008 by neepheid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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