Non-reverse T-bird

[TBird1958]

Yeah, that could get a little out of hand!
My BaCH sounds Sooooo good with that pup tho 

[Hornisse]

Have you posted pics of the Bach since the retrofit Mark?  I'd love to see it with the mod.

[TBird1958]

Have you posted pics of the Bach since the retrofit Mark?  I'd love to see it with the mod.

Not yet, I'm waiting on a pickguard from Paul Chandler which should be back in a week or so. It should look nice in an understated classic way - I wanted to post some in process pics of it as a short project at the same time.     

[Iome]

Iome, you have mail.

I came up with these measuremnts with help from George, OldmanC, and others - I think it is fairly accurate.  One thing to consider is that as this is drawn the reach to the nut is long - it was for me and I'm 6'1" with long arms.  You may consider moving the neck pocket back, maybe 5mm, towards the rear and moving the pickups on bridge spacing by that amount as well - this would help the reach to the first fret.

Thanks alot L.Y. and don't worry about the imperial measurement, it's not your fault the Queen left you them... at least you drive on the right side of the road  . I agree with you about moving the neck, pickups and bridge a little back, i'm doing that on the reverse Fbird i'm building now. It seemes like Gibson always leave a lot of space behind the bridges on their basses.

[Dave W]

It seemes like Gibson always leave a lot of space behind the bridges on their basses.

Take a look at an EB-0L or 3L sometime.

[uwe]

Yup, there the bridges almost fall off the butt of the bass. Obviously, the SG shape wasn't intended for bass, much less for a longscale one.

[Iome]

i know, it's just that tbirds really got some space back there. I love the EbL's for being so short.