Now that made a HUGE diffrence in both the volume and tone. Last week I replaced the split coil pup on my inexpensive short scale SX P-Bass with a Quarter Pounder SPB-3. It brings a Musicmaster or Bronco to life. There's barely enough space for it to work, but boy does it work. I have another Musicmaster bass also, but I am gonna keep the stock pup in that one. In designing a more appropriate replacement, the idea came up of adding in extra poles to more closely mimic a P Bass or Jazz Bass design. I also have a Roland V- Bass pup on the Musicmaster and I am blending both pups so I do get a real nice tone. I am gonna keep the quarter pounder installed. The thing is, I have to turn the volume on my amp up 2 1/2 times greater to acheive the same amount of output as the original pup. Anyway, I do like the tone on the SCPB-3. I guess those old Fender Strat pups they used back then are much better than the Bronco pups used now. I decided to go with the quarter pounder because I read that someone had replaced their Squier Bronco bass pup, which is essentially the same as the old Fender Musicmaster, with the SCPB-3Īnd had gotten very good results. It fits the route, the tone is good for that instrument, and the rails cover the string spacing with no problem.Yeah, I had considered that option. I even think the RI Mustang Pu's were desinged by Seymour Duncan, but I'm not sure.Seymour recommends a Cool Rail. Custom, rich, strong single coil blade pickup.
MUSICMASTER BASS PICKUP REPLACEMENT UPGRADE
Though, I feel that a $ 125,- upgrade on a PU is quiet hefty, pricewise. So, I think in order to make the Aero replacement pu work propperly, a saddle upgrade to the desired 15mm would be a good idea as well, or go with a $ 20,-Misicmaster replacement bridge and have a string thru bridge like the original musicmasters.
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This makes some sence due to the 6 pole stock pu. The bronco with it's smaller bridge, but broader saddles, kind of sits in the middle. A long scale bass has a 17mm string spacing, where a Short scale is more 15mm. Upon comparing the stock bronco bridge and saddles to a Musicmaster bridge and saddles I came to the conclusion that the initial string spacing is the same, but there seam to be a broader two saddle (like those found on 34" scale two saddle bridge basses) thus making the string spacing apear wider. This, along with the McNelly Pickups replacement pickup, specifically designed for Bronco and Musicmaster turns this bass into a serious tonal instrument.
MUSICMASTER BASS PICKUP REPLACEMENT MODS
So, although this pickup sounds great, I am not so sure I want to spend $123.00 on a pickup for a bass that cost me $125.00!! I will do all of my other mods first (new tuners, nut, pts, caps, jack) and see how I feel about the sound at that point. Spacing, so you have to measure it so Aero can produce a pickup.Īero does not have an audio clip of this pickup." Spacing, the Bronco basses appear not to have a consistent string Though the Musicmaster bass has a consistent string Only one issue, the string spacing = center of string to center ofĪdjacent string over the centerline of the pickup, and not at the We've found that using a Musicmasterer 4 pickup in a Bronco bass has New closed covers in white or black are $3.00 each. This pickup isĪ drop-in-replacement, and the original closed cover will fit These pickups are $120.00 each without cover. The pickup also has enough output that no pre-amp is To reduce costs on this budget model bass, Fender often used a Musicmaster or Stratocaster 6 pole guitar pickup hidden in a solid top black plastic cover. String spacing will eliminate the distortion due to magnet Is a four pole piece pickup with the proper string spacing. Pickup(s), 1 Special Design Split Single-Coil Mustang Bass Pickup.
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Other options are available by contacting us, and include exposed pole. Two variants, the Musicmaster Bass and the Bronco Bass, have also been. These drop-in-replacement pickups are 125.00 each with a black plastic closed cover. appeared at this time to replace the Musicmaster, Bronco, Duo-Sonic and Mustang. Original was a 6 pole piece Strat pickup, but the Aero Musicmasterer 4 The Fender Mustang Bass is an electric bass guitar model produced by Fender. The results were the band's Fender-Rhodes pianos, a Jazz Bass and a VI. Musicmaster pickup that's an improvement over the original. I emailed Aero for some details and received the following reply: