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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #180 on: April 04, 2010, 09:07:26 PM »
Perspective in photos can fool you, but to my eyes that definitely looks scaled down.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #181 on: April 04, 2010, 09:34:28 PM »
Great job on that burst, Kenny! Looking really tasty!
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #182 on: April 05, 2010, 04:41:03 AM »
That looks fantastic !
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #183 on: April 05, 2010, 09:35:27 AM »
That needs to be re-named the KC bass....for Kenny Custom.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #184 on: April 05, 2010, 11:04:32 AM »
Wow the finish came out great!!   8)
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #185 on: April 05, 2010, 04:12:28 PM »
Quote from: Pilgrim on April 05, 2010, 09:35:27 AM
That needs to be re-named the KC bass....for Kenny Custom.



This has a logo with colors similar to what the old Tequila Bird looked like.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #186 on: April 05, 2010, 05:46:39 PM »
Looking good Ken!  :thumbsup:
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #187 on: April 06, 2010, 01:42:31 PM »
sweet as.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #188 on: April 06, 2010, 04:26:34 PM »
I like the "KennyKustomBass" idea, Robert... ;D

Burst done... top-coat next...


these were taken yesterday evening... the flash pics show how different light levels can make her look...


... and with some of the components...

In the above shot you can clearly see a defect in the veneer, to the left of the tailpiece... some of this will be lost in the topcoating, but I am deliberately not making this a "perfect" job... just different... I want some of her "wounds" left showing... As I said earlier in the postings - this veneer was a "raw-cut" and I went for the "looks"...


these were taken under daylight conditions this afternoon... err, yesterday now... the head really looks beautiful...
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #189 on: April 07, 2010, 03:57:56 AM »
beautiful work! 
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #190 on: April 07, 2010, 09:47:31 AM »
WooHoo, awesome!
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #191 on: April 09, 2010, 04:44:09 AM »
Wow ! Looks great Kenny ! It's going to sound great with that mudbucker /Tbird combo !
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #192 on: April 09, 2010, 04:47:20 AM »
Mmm, coming on nicely.
Look forward to more pics.

Cheers. :)
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #193 on: April 11, 2010, 10:04:32 AM »
I loves cherry.................... :P
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #194 on: April 20, 2010, 11:43:30 AM »
"Cherry, Wild-Wild Cherry..."  :lol:

Final coats of nitro done...


These were taken last night after removal of the fretboard masking... "eagle-eyes" will spot the RD already on the "butchers-block"...


... and this was taken of her in her "original" rather over-extravagant case this late afternoons sunshine...

Now back hanging up on the "butchers-hook" to cure...

The rebuild will be body/neck hardware and pups first, but as I intend to experiment with the wiring I'll not be deciding on the final circuitry until I sort out what works best - going to wire up externally and play...
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