The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"

[Dave W]

Perspective in photos can fool you, but to my eyes that definitely looks scaled down.

[Daniel_J]

Great job on that burst, Kenny! Looking really tasty!

[godofthunder]

That looks fantastic !

[Pilgrim]

That needs to be re-named the KC bass....for Kenny Custom.

[chromium]

Wow the finish came out great!!   

[Hornisse]

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.

[Freuds_Cat]

Looking good Ken! 

[clankenstein]

sweet as.

[Highlander]

I like the "KennyKustomBass" idea, Robert...

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...

[ramone57]

beautiful work! 

[Basshappi]

WooHoo, awesome!

[godofthunder]

Wow ! Looks great Kenny ! It's going to sound great with that mudbucker /Tbird combo !

[FlatEric]

Mmm, coming on nicely.
Look forward to more pics.

Cheers.

[drbassman]

I loves cherry....................

[Highlander]

"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...