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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:51 am
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thanks for all the replies. you all really helped me. i will go see and try both the mexican fender and the squier vintage in about a month, and then make up my mind. I think the sound of both the american fender and the squire vintage is very good. both felt good too. the only thing i wanted to know, was if a cheaper bass (like de mexican or the squire) would just fall appart, after a few years of use. or maby some other issues would appear. sorry for not being so clear. i dont speak english so well.


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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:46 pm
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I thought they started making squiers in 1982?


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Gazzy wrote:
I thought they started making squiers in 1982?



Sorry for the historical error. You are absolutely correct! The Fender line I'm remembering from the early 70's for beginners had another name altogether! After giving it more thought I am pretty sure it was the Fender Bronco series. They had Bronco basses and guitars and even Bronco amps. They were much less expensive than the other Fenders. The amps had a slide on/off power switch with one volume and one tone control. Bronco series instruments had different cases than the other Fenders at that time too. Lots of the hardware and electronics on the Bronco line looks the same as on the early Squiers.

Broncos had short necks like the Duo-Sonic and even the Bronco bass had sealed tuners and not the traditional Fender open gear style. Squier continued using the sealed bass tuners for a long time after that too.

When Fender bought out Squier in the mid 60's I think they were making strings only. You are right, they didn't put the Squier name on guitars until 1982, and Bronco was the budget/beginner line in the early 70's.

While on the subject of short scale, my son had a Fender Duo-Sonic MIM from about 1993 and I LOVE playing that thing. It played really good. After he got his Strat we sold it. Probably should have kept it! Again sorry for the error.


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Wow neat as I didn't know about broncos so good to know some history there :) The only reason I know about the squiers is cause I have a banner on my wall that my dad gave me that says "Squier: Freedom of expression since 1982".


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