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gearHed289

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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #15 on: March 04, 2009, 09:03:14 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on March 04, 2009, 05:59:37 AM
   1 3/4" same as Fender and the same as Johns FB, no neck dive issue that's for sure. Us Gibby players are used to skinny bodies !

I thought Fenders were 1 5/8'' for some reason? Anyway, yeah, no neck dive at all! My F-Bird (body courtesy of John) is like a PLANK with a Fender neck screwed on. Cool bass, not my most comfortable. I mostly play a Ric or sometimes a LP Special.

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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2009, 11:31:53 AM »
Doh your right 1 5/8" for Fenders my RS Explorerbird is almost 1 3/4"
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #17 on: March 04, 2009, 12:47:57 PM »
Thanks for confirming that. BTW - the modified Warmoth body John gave me is 1 3/4'' thick.
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2009, 12:59:10 PM »
My FB is 1 5/8" thick.
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2009, 01:50:18 PM »
My Warmoth Fenderbird was 1 3/4" I think that's where I was confusing myself. I like 1 5/8" a while lot better. My NR bodies are 1 5/16", real NR birds are 1 1/4" I wanted a little extra thickness for the neck pocket.
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #20 on: March 04, 2009, 07:44:44 PM »

Tom,

 That is one Badass Fenderbird............I SO want one!
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #21 on: March 05, 2009, 05:35:36 AM »
I bet I know someone who could build you one!



I bet you could pull off a pastel Mark

I'm Happy that Tom's not only turned out so well, but is being played. Looks good on you as well.
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2009, 10:38:55 AM »
I still love that hybrid "Thunderbird" / "Entwistle Buzzard" logo... classy touch!
Entwistle would have really dug it!

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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2009, 10:40:29 AM »
I need a close up picture of the neck joint and the cutaway, John you got one ?
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #24 on: March 24, 2009, 03:52:35 AM »
I will send over the inspection team!


Note the body block was angled in a bit on the cutaway for better upper fret access.








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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #25 on: March 24, 2009, 04:42:39 AM »
Cool!  Say, you guys actually play all the way up there?   :o
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #26 on: March 24, 2009, 07:15:51 AM »
Try to play Alright Now by Free on a Tbird. Then the deep cutaway suddenly makes sense.
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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2009, 04:51:05 AM »
The one reason I wanted to make, to me, the uglier version of the cut away bird is it is pretty much designed for funtion. It was the final Fenderbird version Entwistle made that I am aware of.


It really plays & sounds great as well.


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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2009, 12:14:17 PM »
My fenderbird has the normal unaltered T-bird shape and I also went with a thinner body because of the T-bird shape being so large. I also went for a Jazz bass neck instead of the Precision neck that's normally used in this kind of bass.

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Re: JAE Fenderbird build underway
« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2009, 02:13:25 PM »
I like the shape of the black one more then the other two (no offence).
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