Ok, since there's a gozillion posts about Fenderbirds I needed to get your attention.
Hello everybody, I'm new here and I need your advice.
I'm planning on assembling a Fenderbird with these features:
- Warmoth Thunderbird style body
- Warmoth P-bass style necK (maple/maple, black binding and black block inlays, Geddy Lee style, I'm not sure yet if I want it with a standard or reverse peghead)
- Rickenbacker Hi Gain Neck Pickup + Rickenbacker Vintage Bass Pickup (Toaster) in Bridge position
- Warwick style two piece bridge
I'm going to order all this stuff from overseas, paint the body, buy all the other hardware, put it together and make a luthier set it up for me following precise instructions that I don't quite know - and judging by the expertise of luthiers where I live, they both don't.
Now... I'm kind of a dreamer, it will take a lot of (hard earned) money and I'd like to know if there are any known problems about this kind of configuration.
For example, the combination of P-bass neck, Rick pups and Warwick bridge can be troubling for different string spacing and stuff like that?
Is the pickups' placement gonna be a problem too?
Has anyone tried this before? Is there any detailed project or a template that I should stick to?
Is it gonna sound anything good in your opinion, or I'd most probably end up waving around a gorgeous, expensive useless piece of wood and metal?
I know it sounds quite vague, I'm asking you this because I'm enthusiast at the idea but I'm kinda lost and looking for motivation (or a bashing) and some tips.
Thanks!
Hello everybody, I'm new here and I need your advice.
I'm planning on assembling a Fenderbird with these features:
- Warmoth Thunderbird style body
- Warmoth P-bass style necK (maple/maple, black binding and black block inlays, Geddy Lee style, I'm not sure yet if I want it with a standard or reverse peghead)
- Rickenbacker Hi Gain Neck Pickup + Rickenbacker Vintage Bass Pickup (Toaster) in Bridge position
- Warwick style two piece bridge
I'm going to order all this stuff from overseas, paint the body, buy all the other hardware, put it together and make a luthier set it up for me following precise instructions that I don't quite know - and judging by the expertise of luthiers where I live, they both don't.
Now... I'm kind of a dreamer, it will take a lot of (hard earned) money and I'd like to know if there are any known problems about this kind of configuration.
For example, the combination of P-bass neck, Rick pups and Warwick bridge can be troubling for different string spacing and stuff like that?
Is the pickups' placement gonna be a problem too?
Has anyone tried this before? Is there any detailed project or a template that I should stick to?
Is it gonna sound anything good in your opinion, or I'd most probably end up waving around a gorgeous, expensive useless piece of wood and metal?
I know it sounds quite vague, I'm asking you this because I'm enthusiast at the idea but I'm kinda lost and looking for motivation (or a bashing) and some tips.
Thanks!