Siamese JAEbirds

dadagoboi · January 13, 2011, 02:14:47 PM

The first Honduras Mahogany JAEbird is going Down Under to Mark, it will be Fiesta Red The second is staying in the US and will be Ebony.

Bottoms up

Right side up drilling the bridge alignment holes

bandsaw to the lines

The small inner template gets removed to make the shallow rout in the control cavity. All routs are made with one depth pass, up to 1 1/2 inches on the edges, 1 1/4 in control cavity

Truly Twins, check out the matching end grain.

Mark's is on the bottom

And a Fiesta Red/ white pg with 'vintage" tint neck for Dan Vo. He's going to be using it in a Who show for friends' 50th Wedding Anniversary in March.

Next is finishing up the body work and paint, then setting the bodies aside for two weeks to cure while pick guards, pup rings and toppers, bridge/tailpiece and necks are finished...I'm getting the process down, the neck pocket bridge alignment is dead on and working with Honduras is a joy.

godofthunder · January 13, 2011, 02:18:25 PM

daum ! Beautiful!

Aussie Mark · January 13, 2011, 03:30:33 PM

Thanks for the pics, Carlo. It's alive!

birdie · January 13, 2011, 06:00:00 PM

Wowza!

Denis · January 13, 2011, 06:30:15 PM

I love the pic of the two with matching grains! Also, I'm partial to the natural one with the white pg. Looks great!

MrBasseyPants · January 13, 2011, 08:02:25 PM

Looking forward to getting the first Mahogany body In the US!

Great job Carlo!

jc

ramone57 · January 14, 2011, 04:23:26 AM

ok you know what? yer killin' me here! gotta work some overtime...

Basshappi · January 14, 2011, 10:20:09 AM

And here I thought this was going to be about a doubleneck 'bird!

Looking excellente!
A lefty Fenderbird will be mine................oh yes, it will be mine!

godofthunder · January 14, 2011, 10:44:24 AM

Quote from: ramone57 on January 14, 2011, 04:23:26 AM
ok you know what? yer killin' me here! gotta work some overtime...

Carlo's pricing is more than reasonable, the best deal going inmho. If you can send in a deposit and get in on the ground floor.

Highlander · January 14, 2011, 12:05:55 PM

(drooling is such an unsightly habit)

jumbodbassman · January 14, 2011, 01:41:13 PM

Quote from: Denis on January 13, 2011, 06:30:15 PM
I love the pic of the two with matching grains! Also, I'm partial to the natural one with the white pg. Looks great!

does look nice.... but i really want the next in white

godofthunder · January 14, 2011, 04:23:02 PM

Quote from: Kenny's 51st State on January 14, 2011, 12:05:55 PM
(drooling is such an unsightly habit)

What ? Am I drooling ?

Highlander · January 15, 2011, 07:03:49 AM

Nope... me Bro... I've had to change the keyboard twice this week...

On second thoughts, Scott... maybe yes...

Aussie Mark · January 16, 2011, 04:16:59 PM

Carlo, I'm starting to think about case/bag options for this once it arrives here. Do you know if your JAEbird will fit in an Epi or Gibson Thunderbird case?

dadagoboi · January 16, 2011, 05:24:35 PM

Quote from: Aussie Mark on January 16, 2011, 04:16:59 PM
Carlo, I'm starting to think about case/bag options for this once it arrives here. Do you know if your JAEbird will fit in an Epi or Gibson Thunderbird case?

The JAEbird is 1 inch longer than a Fender Jazz. It will fit in a generic Musician's Friend bass case, almost zero clearance though. It also fits in a standard RockBag and most other bags. The short answer is Yes, it will fit in any case any 'Bird will fit in.

To me that's the great thing about the first Fenderbird. Because it was based on a 60s bird it's more compact than any Gibson or Epi 'Bird or Japanese clone I know of. They're all based on the '76 RI which has one more fret clear of the body.

JAEbird in cheap MF case on top of bolt on Epi case with Orville inside.