Fender Bronco

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title: "Fender Bronco" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["fender-electric-guitars"] description: "Electric guitar" topic_path: "general/fender-electric-guitars" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Bronco" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
title	Fender Bronco
image	[[File:Fender Bronco.jpg
manufacturer	Fender
period	1967–1981
bodytype	Mustang
necktype	4 bolt, bolt on
woodbody	7 piece alder
woodneck	Maple
woodfingerboard	Rosewood 7.25 radius
bridge	Fender steel vibrato tailpiece, chrome
pickups	One, Fender single coil offset variant
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|title= Fender Bronco |image= [[File:Fender Bronco.jpg|200px| ]] |manufacturer= Fender |period= 1967–1981 |bodytype= Mustang |necktype= 4 bolt, bolt on |woodbody= 7 piece alder |woodneck= Maple |woodfingerboard= Rosewood 7.25 radius |bridge= Fender steel vibrato tailpiece, chrome |pickups= One, Fender single coil offset variant The Fender Bronco was an electric guitar model produced by the Fender company 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 length 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 Fender Bronco Amp, a small amplifier also created for students.

Its single pickup was mounted in the bridge position, unlike the Musicmaster which had a neck pickup only and the Mustang and Duo-Sonic, which both had two pickups. The unique tremolo arm was Leo Fender'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. The last colors available were Dakota Red, Black, Olympic White and Midnight Wine. 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. The Bronco name is continued only in the Squier-branded Bronco Bass.

Notable Bronco usage

• Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor is seen strumming a Bronco for their promotional video for "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)".
• Andy Partridge guitarist and vocalist for XTC plays a Fender Bronco in the promotional videos for "Making Plans For Nigel" and "Life Begins At The Hop".
• Jim Ward, guitarist and vocalist for Sparta, Sleepercar, and one of the guitarists of At the Drive-In, is pictured with a Bronco on the back cover of the At the Drive-In CD Acrobatic Tenement.
• Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner plays a black Fender Bronco since early 2007. It can be seen in the videos for "Brianstorm", "Teddy Picker" and "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair", during their performance at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival and on Arctic Monkeys Live At The Apollo, a live DVD released in 2008.--

References

References

1. (2000). "50 years of Fender". Balafon.
2. "Fender Bronco". Guitar List.

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