For the amplifier of the same name see, Fender Bronco Amp

Fender Bronco Amp

For the guitar see, Fender BroncoThe Fender Bronco was a guitar amplifier made by Fender. It was the first silverfaced amplifier introduced in 1967 to sport the modern-looking "tailless" Fender amp decal, which became a standard feature on other Fender amplifiers in the early 1970s. The Bronco was...

The Fender Bronco was an electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 model produced by the Fender company from mid 1967 until 1981. It used the body and neck from the Fender Mustang

Fender Mustang

The Fender Mustang is an electric guitar by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, introduced in 1964 as the basis of a major redesign of Fender's student models then consisting of the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic. It was produced until 1982 and reissued in 1990.In the 1960s, it was used in Surf...

, but had only one pickup and a different tremolo arm

Tremolo arm

A whammy bar, tremolo arm/bar, or vibrato arm/bar is a component of a guitar, used to add vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the strings, typically at the bridge or tailpiece...

 mechanism. Unlike the other Mustang variants which had 22.5" scales, the bronco was offered only with a 24" scale length

Scale length

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 and a maple neck featuring a "round-lam" rosewood fingerboard with 22 frets and clay

Clay

Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...

 dot inlays.

the Fender Bronco was introduced to the market as a student guitar.