The Last Bass Outpost

Thanks!

IMHO that "webbed" feature makes the bass look graceful compared to every other bass I've seen with an extended upper horn.

It's the only 'single-cut' design I've liked. Most just look wonky (to be polite) or whale-like.

Again, after actually playing it, I see no down-side. It doesn't get in the way at all for me. I also really like how light it is without sounding light at all.

Here's a pic in use:

    While not a Thunderbird that looks great! I love the extended scale on the upper register and the dead simale one pickup one volume layout.

Thanks, Scott! I played it on a festival yesterday (backline SVT with 8x10) and it totally kicked. Sounded very bird-like -- I think both the pickup as well as the set-neck/multi-lam neck construction. Totally pleased with how it came out - the gig always being the acid test. Also the intonation of even the uppermost frets is pretty much dead on.

Thanks!

Thanks! It is breaking from tradition, I know... 

Not for the faint of heart: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-ORIGINAL-GIBSON-FIREBIRD-GUITAR-FOR-REPAIR-PARTS-PROJECT/152521196146

Of course, I recall Scott's T-bird restoration but still...

Prescient, yes

And, more seriously, moving the pickup further forward pushed it into the treble side cutaway/would have required reworking that whole area. Just didn't look as good - and that's what matters, right? 

 

I pretty much agree. just like to keep options open. And I kind of don't like the pickup butting right up against the fingerboard. Don't really know why.