Fenderbird Resurrection

[dadagoboi]

Finally got some color laid on the body after recuperating from my encounter with an angry router.  Gotta mix a corrected color coat and then shoot some clear.   I've solved the blush problem by painting around 3 PM when the humidity is lowest and also switched back to an old fashioned siphon feed spray gun instead of gravity feed.  This is gonna be a good week, hopefully I get my Bachbird and my Blunderbird back!

[sniper]

i'm glad your hand is healing...it is always good to get back to work. this paintjob looks nice ... love the color

[Denis]

Great project so far, dadagoboi!

To digress, that's a nice Ducati Monster in the background!

[birdie]

Hmmm. Loves me some RED!

[dadagoboi]

Humidity has been ridiculous this week, gave up trying to shoot clear.  I realized there was enough lacquer to color sand and buff.  Will do final buff in 2 weeks but I had to put it together.  I've been waiting a loooong time for this.  The color is Fiesta Red, called Salmon Pink by JAE.  I mixed it by matching a Fiesta P I have.  The pups are 35 series EMGs with my custom toppers and rings.

[Lightyear]

Great job!  I've always loved that color. 

I also note that you have straight string pull to all of you tuners as well - well done!

[Nocturnal]

Looks great!!  I had to stop with the clear coat on my Epi re-build in doing because of the high heat & humidity. Be glad when the weather changes again.

[slinkp]

That is very very cool.

I'd be really curious to hear what it sounds like!!

[clankenstein]

tasty.

[drbassman]

Dynamite!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I love it.  You've inspired me to do one someday!

[dadagoboi]

Great job!  I've always loved that color. 

I also note that you have straight string pull to all of you tuners as well - well done!

Thanks.  I have to add an E&A string retainer. I plugged the holes and redrilled for the mini tuners.  Weight is 9 lbs w/no neck dive.

Looks great!!  I had to stop with the clear coat on my Epi re-build in doing because of the high heat & humidity. Be glad when the weather changes again.

Humidity in Aridzona?  That's gotta be unusual.

I'd be really curious to hear what it sounds like!!

I'll try to post some clips once I do the final set up.

Dynamite!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I love it.  You've inspired me to do one someday!

Right back at ya.  Gonna do me a Billy Bo after seeing yours.

[Daniel_J]

Looking great! Very JAE-ish and full fret access is a plus.

And the bridge setup came out better than I expected. Nice work!

[Basvarken]

Great work Carlo!

Still impressed by that home made bridge tailpiece combination; Very good idea!

The toppers and rings look excellent too. Got any close up shots?

[Barklessdog]

That turned out great, nice job.

[dadagoboi]

Thanks everyone for the encouragement and compliments

Great work Carlo!

Still impressed by that home made bridge tailpiece combination; Very good idea!

The toppers and rings look excellent too. Got any close up shots?

I'm going to give the bridge part a slight radius on the back corners to make the cut less obvious, otherwise I'm fairly satisfied.  The  bridge is almost perfect height w/o turning a screw on the saddle height adjusters.  I like my action very low for this kind of bass.

The shop is getting a long needed cleaning today but I'll post some closeups soon.  Been working on toppers and rings for TB black plastic pups and those are almost done.  Many thanks to Denis for the pup to use for template making.

Here's a 'mule' with EMG and a TB+ topper and modified TB+ ring to fit 35 series pups.  The ring lying on the table is a modified, the one below (partial) is the TB+ ring.  The extra hole tells me it's a prototype.
Actually, I just screwed it up