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Blackbird:
All,

There 's an Epi Blackbird on the bay, that had it's headstock snapped off, and being sold as parts.  As many know, I've been searching for a BB pickguard for some time....IF I win this auction, would anyone be interested in buying the body for a F****bird???

Right now, with the CDN Exchange. it'll be about 200...so not very cost-effective for a piece of plastic.  That' all I'd want, maybe the Optigrab too if that wasn't desired....b/c I think I would actually use it! I'll ask them to ship without the neck too...since I'm not the project type..

Also a question for UWE:  Does the Epi BB pickguard line up with the one on a Gibby Bird?

LMK!

Thanks

Scott

uwe:
It fits and even looks better because the insignia is under the plastic as opposed to crudely applied on the plastic of the original.

If you do get it, why not keep the body and a new neck for it? Someday something cheap will crop up (doesn't Mark still have a neck of an Epi TB from his Fenderbird project?). I think getting the Epi back in shape will make a useful comparison to your Gibbie Blackbird, it does have a sound of its own, rougher and bassier, not as clean and lean as the Gibson one, more like a Grabber with additional ooomph.

Uwe

Blackbird:

--- Quote from: uwe on November 17, 2008, 04:55:15 AM ---It fits and even looks better because the insignia is under the plastic as opposed to crudely applied on the plastic of the original.

If you do get it, why not keep the body and a new neck for it? Someday something cheap will crop up (doesn't Mark still have a neck of an Epi TB from his Fenderbird project?). I think getting the Epi back in shape will make a useful comparison to your Gibbie Blackbird, it does have a sound of its own, rougher and bassier, not as clean and lean as the Gibson one, more like a Grabber with additional ooomph.

Uwe

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Uwe......thank you for checking on the 'guard for me.....I have certainly consiedered keeping the body....I'm NOT a very handy chap though when it comes to projects involving wood and measuring!!!  :mrgreen: I would ask him to ship without the neck...would a regular Epi-bird neck, or perhaps one from a Jazz bass fit right in?

uwe:
Not sure about a Jazz Bass neck, but a regular Epi Bird neck certainly would. The Blackbird neck slims down more towards the headstock while the reg one remains wider, but both are exactly 5 1/2 inches wide at the neck pocket. Sensibly, Epi did not reinvent the wheel with the Blackbird, but only made a few changes (slimmer neck, pups closer to neck) to accomodate Herr Sixx' personal preferences.

Dave W:

--- Quote from: uwe on November 17, 2008, 07:04:25 AM ---Not sure about a Jazz Bass neck, but a regular Epi Bird neck certainly would. The Blackbird neck slims down more towards the headstock while the reg one remains wider, but both are exactly 5 1/2 inches wide at the neck pocket. Sensibly, Epi did not reinvent the wheel with the Blackbird, but only made a few changes (slimmer neck, pups closer to neck) to accomodate Herr Sixx' personal preferences.

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I hope you mean 2 1/2" wide at the neck pocket. That's the same as a J or P width at the end of the pocket although the length and depth may not be the same.

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