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The Squier Bronco is also excellent for the money, but does feel a bit more like a child's-size bass. It's not just the scale length, it has a thinner neck as well, and the body looks a bit cheap. That said, I preferred the last one I tried to a Fender Mexican Mustang Bass at four times the price...
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The Bronco ticks boxes for me as regards price and I don't know a great deal about the sounds of different types of bass, so that's almost less important. I essentially want something I can use on my own recordings that has all the notes. Until now I have been playing basslines on my LP and then knocking the pitch down in Reaper. That's OK as a note-taking approach, but I can't really jam that way and come up with ideas.
I did have a bass in mind that was listed on here but I wasn't in a position then to take it up. At about £60 that would also have been fine.
But the Bronco sounded better than the MIM PJ Mustang I tried, both unplugged and plugged in, even with its cheap single-coil guitar pickup. If I’d been buying I would have taken the Bronco and like you upgraded the pickup, tuners (and bridge).
For the money they are they’re a fantastic buy.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
More importantly the Thunderbird looks infinitely cooler .
Epiphone ones are good too - I really should have bought one a few years ago when they were going for £150 second hand.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
That's very nice. I had a '76 one which I paid £100 for in the early 90s... because someone had already had a failed go at re-attaching the headstock. Wish I hadn't sold it now.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson
I did deliberately shorten the nut to headstock distance slightly so it didn't get quite as thin at the weakest point. That was one reason I sold it though - just too scared to gig it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson