JAE Fenderbird build underway

gearHed289 · March 04, 2009, 09:03:14 AM

Quote from: godofthunder on March 04, 2009, 05:59:37 AM
1 3/4" same as Fender and the same as Johns FB, no neck dive issue that's for sure. Us Gibby players are used to skinny bodies !

I thought Fenders were 1 5/8'' for some reason? Anyway, yeah, no neck dive at all! My F-Bird (body courtesy of John) is like a PLANK with a Fender neck screwed on. Cool bass, not my most comfortable. I mostly play a Ric or sometimes a LP Special.

godofthunder · March 04, 2009, 11:31:53 AM

Doh your right 1 5/8" for Fenders my RS Explorerbird is almost 1 3/4"

gearHed289 · March 04, 2009, 12:47:57 PM

Thanks for confirming that. BTW - the modified Warmoth body John gave me is 1 3/4'' thick.

Barklessdog · March 04, 2009, 12:59:10 PM

My FB is 1 5/8" thick.

godofthunder · March 04, 2009, 01:50:18 PM

My Warmoth Fenderbird was 1 3/4" I think that's where I was confusing myself. I like 1 5/8" a while lot better. My NR bodies are 1 5/16", real NR birds are 1 1/4" I wanted a little extra thickness for the neck pocket.

TBird1958 · March 04, 2009, 07:44:44 PM

Tom,

That is one Badass Fenderbird............I SO want one!

Barklessdog · March 05, 2009, 05:35:36 AM

I bet I know someone who could build you one!

I bet you could pull off a pastel Mark

I'm Happy that Tom's not only turned out so well, but is being played. Looks good on you as well.

dc10bass · March 21, 2009, 11:38:55 AM

I still love that hybrid "Thunderbird" / "Entwistle Buzzard" logo... classy touch!
Entwistle would have really dug it!

godofthunder · March 21, 2009, 11:40:29 AM

I need a close up picture of the neck joint and the cutaway, John you got one ?

Barklessdog · March 24, 2009, 04:52:35 AM

I will send over the inspection team!

Note the body block was angled in a bit on the cutaway for better upper fret access.

drbassman · March 24, 2009, 05:42:39 AM

Cool! Say, you guys actually play all the way up there?

Basvarken · March 24, 2009, 08:15:51 AM

Try to play Alright Now by Free on a Tbird. Then the deep cutaway suddenly makes sense.

Barklessdog · March 25, 2009, 05:51:05 AM

The one reason I wanted to make, to me, the uglier version of the cut away bird is it is pretty much designed for funtion. It was the final Fenderbird version Entwistle made that I am aware of.

It really plays & sounds great as well.

Blazer · March 25, 2009, 01:14:17 PM

My fenderbird has the normal unaltered T-bird shape and I also went with a thinner body because of the T-bird shape being so large. I also went for a Jazz bass neck instead of the Precision neck that's normally used in this kind of bass.

Saf · March 25, 2009, 03:13:25 PM

I like the shape of the black one more then the other two (no offence).

JAE Fenderbird build underway

Blazer