McNelly 'Broncomaster' single coil bass pickup for Musicmaster & Bronco bass
Please use the tabs below to read through the information about this product.
Availability
This particular pickup model is currently hand made to order in Canada. McNelly are currently working to a roughly 5/6 week wait time on made to order pickups, so please bare this in mind when placing your order. Both myself and McNelly Pickups really appreciate your support and patience, thank you for choosing McNelly for your guitar!
About the 'Broncomaster' single coil bass pickup
This strat sized single coil pickup in the Musicmaster and/or Bronco bass provides a bump in output and fatness over the factory 6 pole electric guitar pickup usually found in these short scale bass models. A great upgrade over the standard pickup, bringing out more clarity and defined low end.
Bold, thumping low end with a generous side of clarity is what the goal was here. Originally, these short scale bass models used a 6-string guitar pickup under the cover. 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. There's barely enough space for it to work, but boy does it work. It brings a Musicmaster or Bronco to life. You will love this pickup and has proved to be an incredibly popular McNelly offering here.
Nerdy specs
Type - Passive
Wire type - 2 wire
DCR bridge - 10.5k
Magnet direction - North up
Coil direction - Clockwise
Recommended wiring - The Broncomaster pickup is generally seen paired with 250k pots, and a 0.022uF capacitor, but you could also pair it with a 0.047uF if you prefer a slightly warmer tone and steeper roll off.
Will it fit my Bass?
This specific Broncomaster is traditional Musicmaster and Bronco bass bridge pickup size and mount (which is actually Strat guitar size and mount too). It is intended for traditional suspended mounting via the pickguard and has a threaded baseplate.
What's included?
Inside the box you'll find the pickup you have ordered along with the pickup cover colour you have chosen at point of order (white or black options available), along with your mounting screws and rubber tubings.
Installation
This pickup is traditional 2 wire as standard (Gavitt cloth 22awg wire, usually off-white for hot and black for ground). If by chance you aren't comfortable installing these pickups yourself, and are local to the Home of Tone, then I offer professional in-house installation. If you are installing them yourself, then I am of course here for any installation advise too.
Hear the Broncomaster
Please note that this bass also had my wiring kit upgrade which is CTS 250k pots, .022uF cap, pure tone jack and Gavitt 22AWG wire.
A great comparison video made by a customer, Michael who kindly put this video together after purchasing the full pre-wired harness and McNelly Broncomaster kit. Worth listening with headphones for sure, the bass has flatwounds fitted and the quality of frequency response can really be heard via the headphones. Big thank you to Michael for making this video!
Ordering/shipping
Local pickup - If you are local and wish to collect any items or order in advance for collection on a specific day, then you can still place an order online and select local pickup at the checkout. Or drop me a message and I'll reserve the items ready for your visit.
For online ordering and dispatch - In stock, non made to order items are processed and dispatched 4 days a week; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.
For orders that are placed on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday I have an order cut off time of 14:00GMT (with Royal Mail shipping services only) to allow me chance to process, pack and dispatch your order same day.
For non dispatch days (Saturday, Sunday, & Thursday) there is no order cut-off time, and these will be processed, packed and shipped on the closest following dispatch day.
I will always endeavor to fulfill orders as quickly as I can and if you have specific requirements for a delivery date please do let me know and hopefully I can help.
If you have more queries regarding order placing, processing, fulfillment or general shipping then please see the FAQ page HERE
Please use the tabs below to read through the information about this product.
Availability
This particular pickup model is currently hand made to order in Canada. McNelly are currently working to a roughly 5/6 week wait time on made to order pickups, so please bare this in mind when placing your order. Both myself and McNelly Pickups really appreciate your support and patience, thank you for choosing McNelly for your guitar!
About the 'Broncomaster' single coil bass pickup
This strat sized single coil pickup in the Musicmaster and/or Bronco bass provides a bump in output and fatness over the factory 6 pole electric guitar pickup usually found in these short scale bass models. A great upgrade over the standard pickup, bringing out more clarity and defined low end.
Bold, thumping low end with a generous side of clarity is what the goal was here. Originally, these short scale bass models used a 6-string guitar pickup under the cover. 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. There's barely enough space for it to work, but boy does it work. It brings a Musicmaster or Bronco to life. You will love this pickup and has proved to be an incredibly popular McNelly offering here.
Nerdy specs
Type - Passive
Wire type - 2 wire
DCR bridge - 10.5k
Magnet direction - North up
Coil direction - Clockwise
Recommended wiring - The Broncomaster pickup is generally seen paired with 250k pots, and a 0.022uF capacitor, but you could also pair it with a 0.047uF if you prefer a slightly warmer tone and steeper roll off.
Will it fit my Bass?
This specific Broncomaster is traditional Musicmaster and Bronco bass bridge pickup size and mount (which is actually Strat guitar size and mount too). It is intended for traditional suspended mounting via the pickguard and has a threaded baseplate.
What's included?
Inside the box you'll find the pickup you have ordered along with the pickup cover colour you have chosen at point of order (white or black options available), along with your mounting screws and rubber tubings.
Installation
This pickup is traditional 2 wire as standard (Gavitt cloth 22awg wire, usually off-white for hot and black for ground). If by chance you aren't comfortable installing these pickups yourself, and are local to the Home of Tone, then I offer professional in-house installation. If you are installing them yourself, then I am of course here for any installation advise too.
Hear the Broncomaster
Please note that this bass also had my wiring kit upgrade which is CTS 250k pots, .022uF cap, pure tone jack and Gavitt 22AWG wire.
A great comparison video made by a customer, Michael who kindly put this video together after purchasing the full pre-wired harness and McNelly Broncomaster kit. Worth listening with headphones for sure, the bass has flatwounds fitted and the quality of frequency response can really be heard via the headphones. Big thank you to Michael for making this video!
Ordering/shipping
Local pickup - If you are local and wish to collect any items or order in advance for collection on a specific day, then you can still place an order online and select local pickup at the checkout. Or drop me a message and I'll reserve the items ready for your visit.
For online ordering and dispatch - In stock, non made to order items are processed and dispatched 4 days a week; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday.
For orders that are placed on a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday I have an order cut off time of 14:00GMT (with Royal Mail shipping services only) to allow me chance to process, pack and dispatch your order same day.
For non dispatch days (Saturday, Sunday, & Thursday) there is no order cut-off time, and these will be processed, packed and shipped on the closest following dispatch day.
I will always endeavor to fulfill orders as quickly as I can and if you have specific requirements for a delivery date please do let me know and hopefully I can help.
If you have more queries regarding order placing, processing, fulfillment or general shipping then please see the FAQ page HERE