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1978 Fender Bronco Guitar *All Original USA* With Original Hard case!

Estimated price for orientation: 1 250 $

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Description
Brand: Fender Exact Year: 1978
Series: Original


This guitar is in incredible condition. All original, All American parts! Comes with original hard case! Guitar needs the quick tune up,but other than that it's ready to roll!   If you have any questions, just ask! The Fender Bronco was an  model produced by the  company from mid 1967 until 1981. It used the body and neck from the , but had only one pickup and a different  mechanism. Unlike the other Mustang variants which had 22.5" scales, the Bronco was offered only with a 24"  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 , a small amplifier also created for students.Its single pickup was mounted in the bridge position, unlike the  which had a neck pickup only and the Mustang and , which both had two pickups. The unique  was '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  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 -branded .