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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Short Scale 8 String '60 EBO
« on: May 09, 2013, 03:43:15 PM »
With the demise of Hamer and a (very) few requests, I decided to build a shorty Eighter based on my '60 EBO.



Finally found a usable neck, 1 3/4" wide at the nut.  Traced the body and did 2 mockups last week.  Then I got distracted by a new amp (Oliver P-500), the return of my rebuilt B-15 head from Steve and some routine doctor stuff.  So here 'tis so far::

Single pup


and 2 pup, 1V, 1T, 1 blend ala Hamer at the moment.


That's a 22 fret neck.  Don't know how much time I'll be able to devote to this with current build load but I'll be thinking about it.  1 3/4" thick Honduras mahogany body with '63 ThunderBucker(s) is the plan.  The scale is real short, 28.5 inches...just to make it more interesting.

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The Outpost Cafe / Magical Mixing Board
« on: March 11, 2013, 01:45:09 PM »
It's in Elay, must be!
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/3668865429.html

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / 2013 ExplorerBird...there's gold on them thar basses.
« on: January 07, 2013, 02:52:24 PM »
The first Fenderbird I built in '82 looked like this. Actually it had a single DiMarzio P in it.  This pic was around 2001, but it was still close to an ExplorerBird.  By this time it had already had a partial hornectomy.


In 2010 it looked like this.  It's in pieces again, pickups are in my Hamer 12 but it still has a semi Explorer appearance after removing the pickguard.


Now I get to build one of these for Mike Conte of 'Who's Next' (not him and not me ;))




After a bit of research, including buying an Epi Explorer...


...I came up with enough info to do a plan.  Here it is ready to be spray mounted on a piece of 1/2" MDF


And here is the cut out and sanded template with hardware.  The bridge carrier and tailpiece will also get gold plated.  Pocket area has to be cleaned up.


I'm not a gold plate kind of guy but for this project it seemed right and Mike insisted upon it.  So here goes!


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Other Bass Brands / Incoming Hamer 12er
« on: December 07, 2012, 10:19:49 AM »
1993 USA Chaparral from TB.  Arrives Wednesday...pretty sure a ThunderBucker or two will fit if the EMGs disappoint.  I've been playing my 8ers a lot and want to see the difference 4 more strings make.




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Gibson Basses / USA Thunderbird Reverse Out of Production?
« on: November 19, 2012, 05:31:38 AM »
According to this:
http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Bass/Gibson-USA.aspx?ProductGroup=Out_of_Production

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The Outpost Cafe / SANDY...from a Rockaway Beach Bassplayer's Perspective
« on: November 05, 2012, 07:33:24 AM »
From Simon Chardiet.  I shipped him a JAEbird last month and was concerned on how he came thru the storm.  Finally got a response this AM:

"..I stayed in rockaway to look after my guitars also I wanted to surf
in the hurricane,,my neighbors and I. we all almost died. I saved all my
guitars..about half my amps got wet. getting them restored. 90 mile an hur winds we saw the orange glow in the sky of Breezy Point burning down...had to go to top floor of neighbors house to escape the tidal wave, then at dawn the looting started,also the gang bangers  lots of shooting, they shot at the cops and national guard too. no
heat power or cell phones..finally my landlords buddy came with a generator and our neighbor Marty the Plumbers phone worked,called my girlfriend she got a convoy of every guitar player with a van in town and i got the #!$%&# out of there, rockaway completely destroyed. looks like Hiroshima, my daughter and her roomates live on the top or Rockways ONLY hill they were spared my cat was totally unperturbed by the
whole thing,she just wanted a cuddle!  still no power or phones out there  the city doesnt care.they just let us rot....the mayor actally made a speech against surfers..rockaway is  always the forgotten part of nyci but I love the place. I LOVED living there. got no complaints im the luckest#@!% in rockaway because all my guitars made it. thanks for writing me!!!im staying in the recording  studio in Brooklyn till my landlord rebuilds the house.

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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / 8 String Thunderbird/REV 82 Build
« on: October 14, 2012, 12:43:54 PM »
Started with a Warmoth 8 string neck which was drilled for 8 mini bass tuners, decided it needed to be restyled.  I have 3 Korean 8 strings, I like this headstock, nice and compact.  I plugged the holes in the Warmoth and transferred the Robelli headstock holes to it.  The Warmoth neck is super chunky, even for me.  1 3/4" wide at the nut.



Then drilled them out


Veneered the headstock and started playing around with new shape.


I use an out of production 4" x 24" Porter Cable 12 amp belt sander to do body contouring





What bridge to use?

Korean 8 string, same as used by Hamer on their import 12ers.  I was going to send it to Steve to have him machine it down to fit my standard bridge carrier but it still wouldn't be adjustable for individual string heights.


...so then I saw this ABM that looked to fill the bill for adjustability and ordered one from Allparts.

The problem with it is that it is TOO WIDE.

...so Schaller 8 string it is.


I dropped a single pickup to get a feel for the 8 string thing.  It sounds great.  The Warmoth neck is perfectly flat and the action is super low.  Next up is to shave the neck, finalize the headstock shape and decide on the finish.  I've mostly been enjoying playing it for the last few weeks.  Pretty sure I'm going to wire it stereo.



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The Outpost Cafe / Pete Townshend's Studio, JAE content
« on: October 10, 2012, 05:29:56 AM »
On CBS Sunday Morning flogging his memoir, "Who I Am."  Nice to see his ExplorerBird in a place of honor.





Screen shots by Chad E., owner of JAEbird 0036.

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Gibson Basses / Mid 1960s Gibson Thunderbird Bass Bridge- Nickel- Original
« on: August 19, 2012, 05:44:10 PM »
Wow, 25 bids with 4 hours to go:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271035610361&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123




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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / VOX Phantom IV
« on: July 14, 2012, 10:29:44 AM »
Template, that is.  Someone asked a while back, I'm a little fuzzy on who.  Grid is 1 inch.  I left about 1/16" space around most of the perimeter.



Front and back of my Made in Britain '64




If anyone needs more details let me know.




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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / Reboot: Non Reverse Cataldo Bass
« on: July 12, 2012, 09:04:16 AM »
After working with 2 different CNC guys in the midwest I'm back to doing everything in house.  Found a good supplier of genuine mahogany.  This is a 5/4, 14 3/4" x 42" board.


Tuned up the bandsaw with 1/2" wide 3 TPI Olson blade.


Titebonded the edges of the drawing to 1/2" MDF and carefully cut to the line and sanded smooth


I made a control cavity template last year with help from a tracing supplied by Scott, so I used it to route the template in the body.  The notch at the other end of the template is for routing truss rod adjustment slots


Cut a piece of 1/2" mdf to fit inside the cavity


Cut out the center using the bandsaw by making an entry cut.  Much easier than using the sabre saw, I finally realized that.  The right tool is a jig saw  but the band saw works OK for this.


Glued the cavity template to MDF and cut sanded it to fit in the template


Electronics holes get drilled thru the interior template, it gets removed and the cavity is routed.  Then the outside template is removed and the cover size route done.


Ready to be attached, perimeter roughed on the bandsaw and all routing done on the Onsrud overarm pin router


Routing, sanding to 180 and wash coat of sealer.  This one will be Frost Blue with ebony fretboard P width neck.


 


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Other Bass Brands / '96 Hamer Cruise 2Tek NBD
« on: June 25, 2012, 04:05:14 AM »
I'd been interested in these since they were introduced.  This one showed up on Ebay last week with a reasonable B.I.N.

Seymour Duncan passive pickups, 3 piece 22 fret neck, aluminum control cavity cover.  Hefty Schaller tuners.  I really like the 2Tek bridge, visually and tonewise. Build quality is excellent, super tight neck pocket.  Color is sort of blonde/TV yellow transparent.  Haven't touched the setup, it plays and sounds great.


About the only thing I don't like is the chrome dome knobs, going to switch them out for nickel flat tops to match the 2Tek.


Gibson style truss rod and nut.  The tuner paddles are thicker and feel better than Gotohs.


Fit and finish are top notch.


The 2Tek is a nice hunk of metal.  Bass weighs 8.9 lbs.


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Other Bass Brands / Hamer Custom 8 string flying V on Ebay
« on: June 21, 2012, 07:19:40 AM »
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150841536841&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Why Not?

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Gibson Basses / Thunderbird with NEVERTILT bridge
« on: June 08, 2012, 09:08:47 AM »
Taking a cue from Scott, here's a 'do no harm' replacement that solves the problems with the 3 point.







The easy to 'How To Do It' is here:
http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=6983.msg111269#new



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Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs / NEVERTILT 3 point upgrade
« on: June 08, 2012, 08:57:20 AM »
Here's the 3 point on my '77 TBird, adjusted to the maximum.  Action is still too high and the E string silk/ endwind extends over the saddle, which I don't like.  Filing the saddles would lower the action but it would also reduce string break angle.



I use this bridge a lot, fairly easy to adjust as opposed to the 3 point.


First I did a mockup using an obsolete JAEbird tailpiece.  The spacing on the stud collars is a very tight fit on the bdidge


Here's the mockup and the marked new bridge


I roughed out the holes for the studs with hacksaw notches and then finished off with a file


Installed, very solid.  But what do I know, I actually think the original EB-1 bridge was a good start.


Full intonation and height adjustment with no modification to the bass.  E string wrap clears the saddle.  The bass plays better and sounds better to me...I'm sure it has more sustain and highs and lows and mids while being perfectly flat.  Did I miss anything?;D


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