Fender Bronco

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Fender Bronco
Fender
Period	1967–1981
Construction
Body type	Mustang
Neck joint	4 bolt, bolt on
Woods
Body	7 piece alder
Neck	Maple
Fretboard	Rosewood 7.25 radius
Hardware
Bridge	Fender steel vibrato tailpiece, chrome
Pickup(s)	One, Fender single coil offset variant

The Fender Bronco was an

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.^[1] 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.^[1]

Its single pickup was mounted in the bridge position, unlike the

'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

Bronco Bass

.

See also

• Fender Mustang
• Fender Duo-Sonic
• Fender Musicmaster

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