Fenderbird build, reverse or non-reverse?

[Blazer]

Okay then I have everything ready for a Fenderbird build:

I bought a couple of planks of Honduran mahogany.

I made a routing template.


And I got myself a cheap bass carcas to use as a donor vehicle and I got some Peavey heavy duty tuners for a very low price.



So what do you guys say, should I Flip the template or do an Entwistle?

[drbassman]

I'm a sucker for NR bodies.

[Nocturnal]

I might be tempted to flip it over, just to be a little different. To me it's a win/win situation whichever style you decide to use.

[godofthunder]

 A true NR isn't just a flipped over Thnderbird body shape . It is completly different.

[Barklessdog]

Greco did some flipped reverse bodies.


I saw this recently that I thought was cool

A Espirt 4 bass

[Blazer]

A true NR isn't just a flipped over Thnderbird body shape . It is completly different.

I know that. But I saw pictures of Custom Basses which were flipped reverse thunderbirds and they looked cool.




This is a Fernades copy of the Spector Nikki Sixx model.

[Chris P.]

Hmm.. I like the normal Gibson shapes better. Leave it as it is. And if you don't like it, I'll buy it!

[Blazer]

Hmm.. I like the normal Gibson shapes better. Leave it as it is. And if you don't like it, I'll buy it!

To say it in our native language:

Daar hou ik je aan. 

[Chris P.]

And to answer back in our language:

Mits ie er een beetje klassiek uit ziet! Ik ben meer van de vintage. Jouw Zelfbouw-Rick is zeer cool, maar mij iets te modern qua pick ups en hardware.
Ik heb nog ergens een 70s Japanse Jazz neck met zwarte blokken en daar wil ik een keer een Explorer of Thunderbird body aan vast. Liefst mahoney en ik heb nog een Darkstar liggen. Misschien moeten we eens praten.

To translate the above in English: 'deal.'

[Blazer]

I'm planning to fit Dimarzio Alchemy pickups. Although I haven't decided to fit one or two.


This Aria has an Alchemy fitted.

As for hardware, just a chome Fender style bridge will do nicely thank you very much.

[Chris P.]

What about one (in the middle) or two mudbuckers?

[Blazer]

What about one (in the middle) or two mudbuckers?

That's the thing I don't HAVE mudbuckers lying around. If you do so, send them over and I'll put them in. 

[Chris P.]

You could order some Artec's?

I only have an Epiphone mudbucker, but I guess you won't want that.

[Blazer]

Hey Chris I saw in your EB0 Junior thread that you do have some interresting pickups lying around. Would it be possible that I could rout it for that chrome cover Thunderbird pickup?

[Blazer]

A little update, I have been talking with somebody who can professionally paint the body for me. And I was planning to have him paint the thing baby blue. It'll look really classy with the off white pickguard I'm gonna make.


This is the shade of blue I'm talking about, this firebird VII also shows the look I'll be going for.