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| Author: | iome [ June 8th, 2010, 7:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fenderbird - my first homebuild |
Hi lads, just want to share my joy of my first homebuild, a lefty (obviously) Fenderbird. http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff101/iomepics/DSC03873.jpg?t=1276007988 http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff101/iomepics/DSC03875.jpg?t=1276007987 http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff101/iomepics/DSC03874.jpg?t=1276007987 It's made with a Mahogany body (my parents table, aged in a smokers livingroom for more than 20 years) Squier II P neck Dimarzio Model G Humbucker Volume Pot 3 way parallel/single/serie toggle switch. Plays great with 3 different sounds. I've only tried it alone on my Marshall JMP stack, now i'll see how it sounds in the mix with the group. The paintwork is done by my 4 year old son and 1 1/2 year old daughter...adds affective value to it. Cheers |
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| Author: | Agent00Soul [ June 8th, 2010, 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fenderbird - my first homebuild |
John Entwistle would be proud! |
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| Author: | leftybassman392 [ June 8th, 2010, 11:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fenderbird - my first homebuild |
Love the artwork - shame about the bass!  Only joking.  There's something very satisfying about doing it yourself - I built a guitar when I was at school. (It wasn't as good as this one, but I just loved doing it.)What's it like for weight? I would guess that a slab of mahogany that size would be fairly heavy. |
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| Author: | iome [ June 9th, 2010, 1:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fenderbird - my first homebuild |
Thanks guys, Don't know if John would be proud, he'd probably smack me in the back of my head if he saw it I've downsized the body because i wanted a bass that was less heavy than my (very heavy, as you probably know) '78 Pbass. You can see the bridge is pretty close to the end of the body and it's only 38 mm thick, I must say that it's very light. The only thing is that the stock tuners on the baseballbat Squier neck are heavy as hell, don't know what they made them of, must change them soon. |
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| Author: | PunkRockBassist [ August 24th, 2010, 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fenderbird - my first homebuild |
Agent00Soul wrote: John Entwistle would be proud! yes he would rip |
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| Author: | amimbari [ August 24th, 2010, 12:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fenderbird - my first homebuild |
oh now that is soooooo cool looking!!!! ( minus the fenderhead for me ), but if I saw that thing for sale in any other circumstance, it would be gone the same day 
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