Thunderbird Club

[PillO]

The only way to lay out the body shape on the blank would be at an angle because the blank is just wide enough, but the body is offset. Looking at the face of the body (with the neck to right) the grain could not run horizontally. Not really a problem if it was a solid colour, but I wouldn’t build a new bass that way.

Or get a veneer to cover the top...

 

[Engle]

Or get a veneer to cover the top...

That kinda takes away from it being a 1 piece body.
The thing to do would be to cut half of it and glue one of the scraps to the other side.

 

[GBassNorth]

That kinda takes away from it being a 1 piece body.
The thing to do would be to cut half of it and glue one of the scraps to the other side.

…or just get a bigger board. 13” would work fine for a regular Tbird because of the neck through center block. But an NR with no seam and glue looks like it would take at least a 14” board.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Some places you just want to be there and say nothing. That is one of those places.

It's the Thunderbird Grab n Go!

 

[GBassNorth]

Ah right. Speaking of WWII, here's a dive site off Tinian called Dump Cove, or Dump Coke (lots of coke bottles from the war), where parts of planes, tanks, jeeps, and ammunition were dumped.

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Not sure what 80 years of underwater exposure would do to undetonated munitions, but I don’t think I’d like to find out the hard way.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

…or just get a bigger board. 13” would work fine for a regular Tbird because of the neck through center block. But an NR with no seam and glue looks like it would take at least a 14” board.

But a lighter NR body would help provide neck dive!

 

[BklynKen]

Not sure what 80 years of underwater exposure would do to undetonated munitions, but I don’t think I’d like to find out the hard way.

They still work. I've heard stories.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Disagree. There are a couple of things to say.

"Hey, what's that over there?" followed by "No there were only 7 there. I wondered why you were putting out an empty stand..."

That was actually my first thought, but I was pretty sure someone else would have said it by now. I was right!

 

[GBassNorth]

It's the Thunderbird Grab n Go!

If you’re feeling lucky, come on by, you got a 50/50 chance to get out alive.

 

[GBassNorth]

But a lighter NR body would help provide neck dive!

That’s easily solved with the auto detaching headstock.

 

[Engle]

…or just get a bigger board. 13” would work fine for a regular Tbird because of the neck through center block. But an NR with no seam and glue looks like it would take at least a 14” board.

It would be a shame to cut that blank up. It would make a nice Les Paul Doublecut, but I already have two of those.

 

[GBassNorth]

It would be a shame to cut that blank up. It would make a nice Les Paul Doublecut, but I already have two of those.

 

[dagrev]

That kinda takes away from it being a 1 piece body.
The thing to do would be to cut half of it and glue one of the scraps to the other side.

Is mahogany stable enough to leave it in one piece? I know often some material needs to be cut in smaller strips and glued (making it even smaller), with every other piece flipped to prevent warping, with some woods allowing for larger or smaller widths.

I know...

 

[dagrev]

It's the Thunderbird Grab n Go!

If we all rush the place at once he likely can't all of us. How "likely" is qualified here does have implications. All depends on the means used.

 

[dagrev]

But a lighter NR body would help provide neck dive!

Thinking like Gibson now are you?

 

[GBassNorth]

Is mahogany stable enough to leave it in one piece? I know often some material needs to be cut in smaller strips and glued (making it even smaller), with every other piece flipped to prevent warping, with some woods allowing for larger or smaller widths.

I know...

Should be stable if dried and aged properly and sealed and finish coated on all sides.

 

[Gaolee]

What is it showing for US pricing? All I see is a bit over 39,000 rupees (just under $500).

Essentially $450. It's a great deal.

 

[Gaolee]

Tuners have been changed, right? For the better.

I don't think they are better or worse. Just different.

 

[JIO]

The only way to lay out the body shape on the blank would be at an angle because the blank is just wide enough, but the body is offset. Looking at the face of the body (with the neck to right) the grain could not run horizontally. Not really a problem if it was a solid colour, but I wouldn’t build a new bass that way.

I guess it depends if you feel the need to have an exact, side-by-side tracing of a late '60s NR. My last build (Juniper med-scale) used a tracing my friend in Poland made of an early '60s Italian Meazzi Jupiter (that he owns) but the 'hips' were wider than my mahogany slab. I altered the tracing so it fit the slab. Looks good. [note: it came with two types of bridges in different years - the string-stop cover on mine is from an early '60s Jupiter, which had the other version] Also - over the decades, both the '63-'65 R and '65-'68 NR have had multiple clones and none (other than possibly the '70s R) are the exact same shapes as the originals.

 

[TBird1958]

Very true. He can still belt it out.
I never really cared for You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet, but the rest was great.

But it contains one of the great rock n roll stutters.

B-b-b-b-baby you ain't seen nothin' yet.

That song was Randy Bachman poking a lot of fun at one or the other of his brother's (Tim or Robbie) stutter.