Siamese JAEbirds

[Basshappi]

That is soooo awesome! Someone in Brooklyn is a very lucky guy!
 Aussie Mark, that sucks sorry to hear about the delay. Hang in there man!

[birdie]

Carlo, you are my hero! No pressure......
PS also got my buffer. So far so good, waiting on the Meghiars.

[dadagoboi]

Thanks for the compliments, hope the buffers work out for you.  The supplied terry bonnet is not the best, the replacements are elastic instead of tie ons.  I'm getting about 2 basses per replacement bonnet.  Meguiars is available at  Advance Auto Parts among other places.

Took another shot before packing up this bird, early morning light with flash.  Finally was able to source correct size screws for pup rings.  #2 x 1/2" stainless sheet metal screws are as close as I can come to the original wood screws Gibson used.  From microfasteners.com in NJ.  Nice guys!

[godofthunder]

 I don't like green.........................but I like that! Beautiful

[drbassman]

I love it!  Even though I'm also not a big fan of green.  It has to be the "right" green!   

[dadagoboi]

I don't like green.........................but I like that! Beautiful

I love it!  Even though I'm also not a big fan of green.  It has to be the "right" green!   

I remember being in the Tom Lee (maybe?) Music store in Kowloon, Hong Kong around 2005 and seeing a signed green Billy Sheehan signature Yamaha on the wall there.  Made me appreciate green basses for the first time.  I grew up in the 50s and I love all the 50s colors.

[Joe Nerve]

That is soooo awesome! Someone in Brooklyn is a very lucky guy!

That would be me. 

First post here.  Just wanted to pop in and lay claim to my riches.  I'm stoked.  I think the bass is wicked beautiful, carlo was a pleasure to deal with, and I can't wait till thursday.

[Aussie Mark]

Mine finally cleared Customs and arrived safely in one piece!  Actually, several pieces :-)

The build and finish quality looks top notch, and Carlo's packing job was stellar enough to be able to make this the smallest package I've ever seen that fits a body and a neck.  The box took an obvious external hit, but no damage at all to anything inside.  Looking forward to doing some assembly tonight!

[Aussie Mark]

Assembly and setup complete!

Thanks Carlo, this is a quality instrument.  I've only heard the pickups so far via headphones, so will open it up at volume on Thursday night at rehearsal :-)

[dadagoboi]

You're very welcome, Mark.  Thanks for the opportunity.  Looks good on your wall!

[Joe Nerve]

Assembly and setup complete!

Thanks Carlo, this is a quality instrument.  I've only heard the pickups so far via headphones, so will open it up at volume on Thursday night at rehearsal :-)

Looks like we have the same taste in basses.  I will take a pic of my jaebird framed by a big al and stingray also. 

[Hornisse]

That is one great looking bass!

[drbassman]

That is one great looking bass!

Amen!

[dadagoboi]

Thanks!  I'm waiting to hear how Mark likes the way it sounds with chromes on it.  Sounded great to me through my B-15.

Shipping a Custom in U of Tennessee 'Vol Orange' Friday and finishing up Scott's Ebony with Badbird next.  Go Gators!

Here's the current JAEbird II proto

[Aussie Mark]

I'm waiting to hear how Mark likes the way it sounds with chromes on it.  Sounded great to me through my B-15.

I've only had headphone time so far, but I'm digging it for sure.  As you know, I've used Chromes on other Thunderbirds previously and think they're the best flats to suit.  This bass has plenty of mids, and can get nice and thumpy with the tone rolled off and the neck pickup soloed.  I spent 2 hours with this bass last night practising new songs with headphones, and I'm very happy with it.  Picked up a generic rectangular case today for $69 that fits it just fine (my Hiscox P/J/Stingray/Ric 4001 case was a fraction too narrow.