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Looked like to me that the wires were to short on the Bridge Pickup, especially the Blue wire. You would have to add on to it. That right there would keep me from buying Fender pickups. Any body that chinchy does not need my business.. A Thanks to you for taking the time to make the Video.

Great video. I did similar before and after videos on my channel, @robertsguitarsandgear.

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Good tips. Sorry if you got ripped off.

Love the sound, I did my own Joe Strummer telecaster, I think I'll look for the vintage pickups

Madlove in Australia makes the most affordable true CuNiFe magnet wide range humbuckers, $150 last I looked. Others like Mojotone that use the correct bobbins use threaded Alnico 5 pole magnets and are more expensive. Curtis Novak makes one with correct big bobbins but his own secret-sauce magnets. He used to have a stash of CuNiFe magnets you could request. But they approach $300 each. The Squier paranormal Esquire is a very special treat with the true wide range pickup in the bridge. It's great with the Squier faux w. r. But a while different animal with the real thing and the 3 way switch

Wtf is the music all about 😅

To be honest, I was expecting more of these pickups. I don't know, a more gnarly sound, something with more cojones. I'm quite disappointed. That being said, thanks for the video! Now I know I can look for better options 😊

Got some myself. From ‘76. Pretty sticky. Hen I tried to clean n’ grease it thought they couldn’t come apart! Good job friend!

Try a Firebird humbucker or a mini humbucker in the neck. Install the copper plated steel backplate on the bridge pickup, find a thinner ashtray bridge plate, 11mm or so. Or get a local independent gunsmith to mill your 20mm+ thick one down. Both those things will nail your bridge tones down. Look up the original Nashville wiring diagram with 3 control pots and the 5 way switch, compare it to yours and the others you find on line, like Fralin's. Nashvilles were built to be the AK47 of Fender style guitars for studio musicians to dial in many different specific tones. They can be really great but they can also cause options paralysis, like a pedal with too many knobs.

Gorgeous. Brought out the grain nicely. Thanks.

Partscaster building is such a fun hobby, even though the one I built isn't perfect. It's got a personal and unique vibe. Can't get enough of the tone! I just posted a video with it, hooked up to an obscure seventies Italian tube amp. The clean and drive tones are awesome together.

The expense pays US workers, hopefully a living wage. I twist the wire pairs so they act way less like antennas. Often the differences between pickups are only apparent thru a cranked amp. Bandmates are good judges of tone. Don't want to get in a capacitor battle but the part of your signal that goes thru the tone cap is shunted to ground. Golden ears claim they can hear differences but the only possible thing to hear is the cap "working". Any other difference is the actual frequency cut off points along the tone pot sweep. Anyway, dont fall for capacitor hoo-doo, the number of tracks recorded with guitars that have ceramic caps is countless. If you install a treble bleed or any cap in series with your signal path, like the caps used to brighten up muddy humbuckers, then the type is important. I use CDE silver mica for the small values in treble bleeds, other folks I know have used polystyrene but it's too easy to burn those ones up with the iron.

Why not just lower the action?

Looks amazing!

Nice upgrades. Sounds pretty good for a 200 bucks bass :)

Thank you for the video, Rusty!

The control plate is reversed , like Bill Kirchens . Is the volume on the neck side ?

I thought Squier production was all Indonesian these days, but that one's from China.

It should be noted as I have attempted this as well, if you wouldn’t of put the pickup cover on, you would have noticed the pick up poles don’t line up, as it’s for a Pbass. Just pointing it out. I mean it has a Strat 6 pole in the beginning n those don’t line up exactly either lol but thought it was worth mentioning

That's like a "Strat'o'Tele", with the PU-selector placed the right place! I still don't get how Roy Buchanan was able to do those fantastic volume-swells without inverting the controls, or use the tone-control as a wha-pedal for that matter.. And even if inverted, that volume pot is STILL to far away IMO...

Action on an electric always needs to be adjusted. It comes ready to adjust. Get a set of Allen wrenches and adjust on the bridge and truss rod. Unless the nut is too high, it is just turning alllen wrenches. No reason to send one back. Easy to do.

That is a nice looking guitar.

Gibson have used leather dye on their boards since the 50s

I have a Squire tele that I love 🎸 Thanks for the review.

Did it dye your inlays?

What kind white color name of that bass body?

Can't watch this because the music in the background is too loud.

The second one sounded smoother and just more defined. More articulate is probably the way to say it. Could be if you want the Clash sound the first one would be better. Personally I generally don't find much tone in anything Strummer did. I guess with him it was more about aggression and attitude.

Pretty close. It sounded just a little less twangy.

Glad to see you are still making videos, my Friend! Miss seeing you on livesteams :-(

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Guitaraudio on Bay still sells the '62 Custom bridge pickup for $47! - tinyurl.com/58zhd89a

nice build i just bought the pau ferro one for $226 tax and shipping included. This is my first build, may i know what tool you used to sand down the tuner holes? Also, did you end up installing a string tree?

2 pickup guitars are for guitarist that can't make up there mind😂

If the tone knob isn't rolled back you're not using the capacitor, so you won't notice the switch changes as much. Not sure if that was the case, but that might be it.

I play my next pickup more, so I'd have done it that way. Nice ride....

I love this idea, wish it was a production model.

Good to see a new video. Like the guitar. Thanks Rusty!

Trivia: Name one of the albums I have at the end of the video!

That turned out sweet!!

It’s weird, but in my opinion the stock pickup sounds the best for bronco designs. I’ve tried the tele bass, the guitar rail pickup, the lollar(I believe it was lollar?) bronco pickup and they all were pulling something out from the sound, not adding up 🤷🏻

Fat 60's are best used with talent

its great broo, what crafted in your bronco bass ?? indo or china

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hey. i have a neck and body for bass and the other components. I think my split coil pickups have been pre-soldered, except there is a longer wire. I think this is for the bridge. I noticed you had similar wire but the video skipped a little. I've read it's for grounding the brudge or preventing noises, but others say it's not important. What did you do with that wire? Also, did you put anything like shield guard underneath the wiring, or can you just leave it as wood? Nice build!

Does it come off on your fingers when you play at all?

I love short scale and 32inch medium scale basses

Is that permanent or how long will the color stick?

Best video on this pedal that I’ve seen. I feel like I’m getting a pure sound to judge this pedal on, rather than tweaked audio. Thank you