My Fenderbird
I could not live with the lost upper access so I went with JE later Fenderbird, which had the lower horn cut away.
your dog has black tape on his but...are you tryin to make him explode?
Someone complained once about seeing my dog's anus in the picture so I fixed it!
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"Fenderbird"
- Thread starter VincentGrim
- Start date
godofthunder59
Life is short, buy the bass.
- Feb 19, 2006
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- Disclosures
- Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
I bought a 78 P bass neck off Ebay, but Mighty Mite or whatever P style neck will do. Warmoth sells necks as well.
Barklessdog sent me a pattern of his Fenderbird now mine is underway, Thanks John !
Wow, that neck is thick as sin!
EDIT: Dumbarse that I am, didn't notice the heel wasn't set and the pickups weren't routed....
I will take pics but, I have the exact same bass and color, the only difference is that mine is a 4 string!
I bought a 90s Epi Tbird on Ebay for $400, then bought a Mighty Mite Jazz neck (w/ maple fretboard) and tried to put them together.
I found that the neck pocket on the Tbird was too narrow, side to side, and needed about 1/4in overall taken out. I took it to a local luthier (who is amazing btw!) and he routed out the pocket and put the neck on for only $50!
I love mine, except the pickups and bridge!
EDIT: FYI I think if you go to my bands myspace(below) there is a pic of me playing it!
Bicentennial TBird that Mike Lull rehabiliatated - he's the best! Neck from USA Custom Guitars, Headstock decal from The Factory Guy.
The tbirds pocket is a little smaller than the neck, you will need to widen ir with a routear, depth can be left as it is, but you will need to move the bridge, i did it this way and it turned out just fine, i was going yo push the neck further in the body but did not want to mess with the only pickguard i had, un the end its a little top heavy, as expected from most tbirds, but a nice strap and placing the strap button directly by the pocket works very well, its still a verte heavy bass.
