About This Listing

  • 100% original. 
  • Original vibrato arm included. 
  • Some fret wear on the first four frets.
  • Strings setup with low action.
  • 41 mm nut fret width
  • 50.5 mm 12th fret width
  • Hard to read stamps on neck but CTS pots reads 1377310 from March 1973.
  • Pickup number 24337? (last number hard to read, probably 3).
  • Weight 3.4 kg.
  • No hard shell case included here. Ask for it if you want.

Can be shipped worldwide from Spain. Won't be cheap, but will definitely be worth it!

Made from mid 1967 until 1981. It used the body and neck from the Fender Mustang, but had only one pickup and a different tremolo arm mechanism. Unlike the other Mustang variants which had 22.5" scales, the Bronco was offered only with a 24" scale leng and a maple neck featuring a "round-lam" rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets and pearl dot inlays.

It was originally supposed to replace the Musicmaster. It was initially sold as a "package" with the Fender Bronco  amp, a small amplifier also created for students.

It's single pickup was mounted in the bridge position. The unique vibrato arm 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 Fender Lead series. Unlike its older and more popular cousin, the Mustang, 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. 

Listed2 years ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Bronco with Rosewood Fretboard
Finish
  • Dakota Red
Categories
Year
  • 1967 - 1975
Made In
  • United States
Series
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Model Family
Neck Material
  • Maple
Color Family
  • Red
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Body Material
  • Alder
Pickup Configuration
  • S
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Tremolo Bridge
Offset Body
  • Yes
Scale Length
  • 24.75"
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 22

About the Seller

tele52

Irun, Spain
(38)
Joined Reverb:2018
Items Sold:33
Product Overview
The Fender Bronco electric guitar is unique in its inclusion of a tremolo system that never showed up on any other Fender guitar in the company's history. Though it was released initially as a student-level entry guitar, along with the Fender Bronco Amp, this single-pickup electric has acquired value over the years, particularly if you happen to stumble upon one being sold with its accompanying amp.
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1973 Fender Bronco Dakota Red with original vibrato arm
1973 Fender Bronco Dakota Red with original vibrato arm
$2,288.03

About This Listing

  • 100% original. 
  • Original vibrato arm included. 
  • Some fret wear on the first four frets.
  • Strings setup with low action.
  • 41 mm nut fret width
  • 50.5 mm 12th fret width
  • Hard to read stamps on neck but CTS pots reads 1377310 from March 1973.
  • Pickup number 24337? (last number hard to read, probably 3).
  • Weight 3.4 kg.
  • No hard shell case included here. Ask for it if you want.

Can be shipped worldwide from Spain. Won't be cheap, but will definitely be worth it!

Made from mid 1967 until 1981. It used the body and neck from the Fender Mustang, but had only one pickup and a different tremolo arm mechanism. Unlike the other Mustang variants which had 22.5" scales, the Bronco was offered only with a 24" scale leng and a maple neck featuring a "round-lam" rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets and pearl dot inlays.

It was originally supposed to replace the Musicmaster. It was initially sold as a "package" with the Fender Bronco  amp, a small amplifier also created for students.

It's single pickup was mounted in the bridge position. The unique vibrato arm 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 Fender Lead series. Unlike its older and more popular cousin, the Mustang, 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. 

Listed2 years ago
Condition
Brand
Model
  • Bronco with Rosewood Fretboard
Finish
  • Dakota Red
Categories
Year
  • 1967 - 1975
Made In
  • United States
Series
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Model Family
Neck Material
  • Maple
Color Family
  • Red
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Body Material
  • Alder
Pickup Configuration
  • S
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Tremolo Bridge
Offset Body
  • Yes
Scale Length
  • 24.75"
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 22

About the Seller

tele52

Irun, Spain
(38)
Joined Reverb:2018
Items Sold:33
Product Overview
The Fender Bronco electric guitar is unique in its inclusion of a tremolo system that never showed up on any other Fender guitar in the company's history. Though it was released initially as a student-level entry guitar, along with the Fender Bronco Amp, this single-pickup electric has acquired value over the years, particularly if you happen to stumble upon one being sold with its accompanying amp.
Shop 12 options from $1,100
Product Reviews

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