JAE Fenderbird build underway

Started by godofthunder, February 28, 2009, 08:55:13 AM

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godofthunder

#30
March 25, 2009, 04:02:02 PM
Thanks John those pictures were perfect !
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godofthunder

#31
April 09, 2009, 01:44:46 PM
 I have been dragging my feet on this but next week I am taking this to work and running it through the thickness planer  :) then I can start routing the neck pocket, pickup cavities and control cavity. I am also sending two cover to SD for Thunderbird guts next week.
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godofthunder

#32
April 23, 2009, 03:40:21 PM
Ran this through the thickness planer now it is 1/58" Going to break out the router this weekend !
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drbassman

#33
April 24, 2009, 05:51:27 AM
Post some pics when you can.
I'm fixin' a hole where the rain gets in..........cuz I'm built for a kilt!

godofthunder

#34
April 24, 2009, 06:35:58 AM
Now the correct thickness at 1/58"
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godofthunder

#35
April 26, 2009, 01:30:14 PM
  I made templates for the pickup route and the neck route this morn., then I routed for the pickups ! I had hoped to get to the neck route but that will have to wait for another day.
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drbassman

#36
April 27, 2009, 07:12:31 AM
Oh yeah, looking good!
I'm fixin' a hole where the rain gets in..........cuz I'm built for a kilt!

OldManC

#37
April 27, 2009, 09:44:39 AM
Lookin' great, Scott!

godofthunder

#38
May 01, 2009, 12:27:21 PM
 Got the neck pocket routed out today ! Over the week end I'll do the control cavity and the edge radius, then its time to start finishing !
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godofthunder

#40
May 01, 2009, 04:07:11 PM
 Can you say upper register ?
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godofthunder

#41
May 01, 2009, 04:24:43 PM
Quote from: Barklessdog on May 01, 2009, 01:20:04 PM
Nice work Scott.
Thanks again for the patterns John !
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Highlander

#42
May 01, 2009, 05:35:46 PM
Looking good, bro...  8)

Not knowing a great deal about these beasties, but did any precede JAE's Peter Cook built F*nd*rbirds and Explorerbirds...?
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

godofthunder

#43
May 01, 2009, 07:29:03 PM
Ken, I think John was the first to do this as a specific solution to his love of the Fender maple necks and the Gibson  Thunderbird pickups. Who knows someone with a busted Tbird may have grafted a Fender neck on to the Thunderbird body before John thought of it But john is widley given credit for the Fenderbird concept.
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Rhythm N. Bliss

#44
May 02, 2009, 03:58:08 AM
Quote from: godofthunder on May 01, 2009, 04:07:11 PM
Can you say upper register ?

Wow~ She's gettin' there! Lookin' great, m8!
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