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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #195 on: April 20, 2010, 03:29:05 PM »
very nice indeed.where are going to find gold polepiece bolts to go in the mudbucker.what pidgeons?(meow) 
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #196 on: April 21, 2010, 04:35:36 AM »
lookin' good, Kenny!  great job on everything!
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #197 on: April 21, 2010, 12:17:27 PM »
Quote from: tubehead on April 20, 2010, 03:29:05 PM
where are going to find gold polepiece bolts to go in the mudbucker

Damn...! hadn't thought of that... back to the drawing board...  :sad:
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #198 on: April 22, 2010, 09:16:40 AM »
use black, it will match the Gibson script on the pup.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #199 on: April 23, 2010, 10:37:34 AM »
A thought I had was to "blue" them (red heat and oil quench)
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #200 on: April 23, 2010, 01:44:56 PM »
I had not looked at this since page 10 or so. When I saw the bowl of flakes I was ...huh???. That is an incredible job . Thanks for posting the progress. :mrgreen:
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #201 on: April 24, 2010, 12:24:04 AM »
Kenny, Hi.

Looking very nice.
The anticipation is building up. What is your ETC??
Have you got a band lined up to use all this "Re-born" gear??

Cheers. :)
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #202 on: April 24, 2010, 09:43:05 AM »
I'll quote myself:

Quote from: Daniel_J 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 #203 on: April 24, 2010, 01:14:29 PM »
After seeing some of your work, Daniel, that is truly appreciated...

... and Eric... between gigs but intend to do some serious looking once finished this beastie...

And Shadow... Special K...?  ;D
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #204 on: April 27, 2010, 08:56:14 AM »
It's getting better, each time I'm around here!!
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #205 on: May 16, 2010, 02:51:48 PM »
This bass is so gaudy for all the right reasons! I hope you plan on using some bright gold colored strings (or even flashier!) to complete the package.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #206 on: May 17, 2010, 01:24:13 AM »
That is something I have not truly thought of... always used Rotosounds on her...

Any other suggestions, considering she is Mudbucker and Mahogany...

Gotta do some spares ordering this week as the month is almost up - new machines required as one of the original gold ones has a damaged gear (not the chrome/gold mixtures) so only have three of the original four - probably gonna go for amber controls to complement the fin - still thinking on them...
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #207 on: May 17, 2010, 02:26:17 PM »
None of the color coated rounds will be as bright as uncoated stainless rounds. If Rotos work for you, stick with them.
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #208 on: May 17, 2010, 04:03:53 PM »
I guess I will - The spares were ordered this evening...
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Re: The Phoenix... the restoration of a rare custom-made "Thunderbird"
« Reply #209 on: May 21, 2010, 09:22:38 AM »
Wow Kenny I just read through this whole thread and I got to say what an amazing ressurection.
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