I wish I could see your picture. There are only three things I would call a collar on a Bronco bridge. The arm holder, the bushing below the rear height adjustment screw (so the screw does not turn into the top bridge plate) and the spring retainer that the rear height screw screws to below the ...

Lightly sand the back of the pick guard.

I'm no musician, nor technician. I just scare neighbourhood cats and dogs as well as get odd looks from passers by while I wring the last decibel from a 10" Celestion.
Psychoacoustics is a weird game. I find my Bronco and Strat change to my ears on a weekly basis. No idea why. Sometimes they sound ...

Funny you should bring this up again. I got a cheap ceramic P90 to try in another guitar ($17). It wasn't going to work out. Into Jr it went. It is 7.2K as opposed to the 9.4K of the P100. It doesn't sound that much different. Maybe it's more a function of the materials than construction. I'm sure ...

I'm not sure of the 2011 wiring on a Strat. Traditionally, Strats didn't come with tone control on the bridge. All you had to do was jumper where the middle pickup tone control wire was to the bridge connection on the switch (What you have now). If they are using a jumper wire for the bridge pickup ...

I think the biggest problem with a P100 is, it looks like a P90 but doesn't sound like one. If they were trying for a hum free P90 sound, they lost it in the translation somewhere. It doesn't have the bite of a P90. I do find the low end lacking. Mine is a dog ear in a set neck EPI Jr. I highly ...

I'll let you know when I change mine out. I don't think my P100 is that bad. It is also very recent Epiphone production. It might be different than the older Gibson ones that get shit all over on the internet.

+1 on the Phat Cat. You might have to trim the pickguard a little bit though (careful filing).

'97 Squier Pro Tone crimson red transparent

I was so impressed with the low end Gibson's, I bought an Epiphone.

3 springs do 10-46's easily (They do on mine). Your springs might be weak. If not go to four springs. Oh, I forgot, tighten down the six bridge screws. Be warned, it turned mine into a wimpy twangcaster on the bridge pickup. I run it like you have there except my springs line up with the ...

Epiphone Les Paul Jr '57 reissue in Korina.

Cheap guitar day. Samick Greg Bennett Avion AV1. Peavey Raptor Plus EXP.

Acoustics WERE the solid state amp of the 70's. Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush) used to use the big ones (275 watts?). And that was a rock spectacle. You should here his version of Purple Haze live.

Give the old ones a chance. They are low ratio and quirky. The ones on mine are shot but hold tune well. Hell, the posts fall out of two of them when there are no strings. One peg is bent. If not there are the '69 Mustang reissue tuners available from Fender. I'm not sure if they fit the same though.

That's my Bronco's brother (OCT 67). Really nice necks. Heres what to do. Get the frets levelled. The bent tuner probably works fine. If so leave it. One of my pegs actually falls out with no spring tension. I love those pickguards. It's probably shrunk so it's pulling in on the screws. Tape over ...

Talk about a wasted life. My guitar teacher in 1973 was connected. New Tele's and Strat's would go for $450 to $550. The teacher would offer me "slightly bunged up early sixties stuff for $275-$325". Fuuuuck, if i'd only known. Oh well, bought a used Bronco (my first electric) out of a pawn shop ...

It looks like a 76+ Musicmaster body with aftermarket saddles.

'97 Pro Tone

They are the identical circuit except for the first cap value (I'm looking at Vibro Champ ones). From the schamatics, I think the original power transformers might have been different. The AA764 shows 355V to the output transformer, while the AB764 is 420v. My Bronco must be an early AB764. It has a ...