Warmoth Thunderbird 8 string

[Freuds_Cat]

Spotted this in my travels

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=16404.0

Body: Warmoth Thunderbird, mahogany w/ raised center, tobacco burst finished by Warmoth
Neck: Warmoth 8-string, maple/bubinga, ebony FB with clay dots, finished by me in Danish Oil and wax
Pickups/electronics: GFS MM Alnico humbuckers, passive electronics, series/single/parallel switches
Hardware: Schaller 471 bridge, Gotoh GB7 tuners
Other:
Fully shielded control cavity with copper foil
Stainless steel inserts for M4 neck screws
Ebony truss rod cover





Obviously they weren't aware that Steve's ThunderBucker pups were available 

[Nocturnal]

Neck-dive has to be horrible on that! The finish looks nice tho.

[Freuds_Cat]

I was thinkin' the same thing

[TBird1958]

That's a shot from the Thunderbird club over on TB, it belongs to and was made by a member from Norway.

[Barklessdog]

Looking for Gorilla armed bassist....

[gearHed289]

Looking for Gorilla armed bassist....

Yeah, those Warmoth neck pockets/heels really need to be tweaked.

[TBird1958]

Yeah, those Warmoth neck pockets/heels really need to be tweaked.

I met one of the guys from Warmoth at a Seattle Talkbass GTG last year, of course I had several 'Birds with me and the subject of their body came up - This guy admitted that it wasn't good and that they really needed to completely rework it, obviously they haven't yet.

[Barklessdog]

I met one of the guys from Warmoth at a Seattle Talkbass GTG last year, of course I had several 'Birds with me and the subject of their body came up - This guy admitted that it wasn't good and that they really needed to completely rework it, obviously they haven't yet.

Its one reason you see them come up often, someone wants to do a custom Tbird, gets a Warmoth kit & discovers its only for Alfa Romeo drivers.

[dadagoboi]

Its one reason you see them come up often, someone wants to do a custom Tbird, gets a Warmoth kit & discovers its only for Alfa Romeo drivers.

Not for this Alfisti.  Warmoth has been making that stupid body for years, I gave a salesman grief about it in '07 when I was ordering a P body, which was also not exactly right.  I guess they expect you to use their extremely heavy necks with them.

[Denis]

The T bird is such an assymetrical design that putting a headstock on it like that ruins the beauty of the thing. I. Am. Not. A. Fan.

[TBird1958]

Tell me how you really feel Denis 

[exiledarchangel]

It needs a painted headstock to blend with the body, then it might be not as offensive!
OTOH there's no hope for those pups look, even if you painted the polepieces black...

[Freuds_Cat]

Edsel anyone?

[Denis]

Tell me how you really feel Denis 

  And not only that, the headstock looks like a giant insect sitting on the edge of a twig. How's that?

[Highlander]

Arachathundia...