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#261,701
Engle said:
CNC plans can be input into a CNC machine, which will automatically cut/route.
CNC machining is a subtractive manufacturing process that involves removing part of a workpiece using instructions from a CAD model to make a product.

I doubt your luthier uses one. He will likely have a router template something like this (maybe not double sided):
Neck Pocket Routing Template for Fender - StewMac

It's just a matter of determining the depth and placement of the neck pocket so the neck works with the bridge you are using.
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Yeah, my cousin does some awesome table work ( https://instagram.com/southloft?igshid=NjIwNzIyMDk2Mg== ) and has a CNC at his shop. He wants to make me a bass but needs the plans. I thought a bird would be a fun body to let him go to town on and it'd be easy to get a Fender neck if the pocket was cut right.
 
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JJR58 said:
I got trouble with heights in a stationary place.
On top of what used to be the WTC was enough for me.
If not in a metal tube at 40,000 ft zooming along at 500 miles an hour.
I’ll be drinking at some bar at ground level waiting for you all to come back down.
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When I lived in Chicago, I'd take out-of-town friends/guests to the tallest building then, the Sears Tower (don't know what it's called now...) and Chicago being very flat - at night from the observation floor, it looked like a lighted circuit-board. (pretty cool!) Small prop planes were flying below and fireworks from a theater preview also were below our 'perch'. The building also was noticeably shifting/moving, abet subtly. I loved taking people there!
 
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acorn fed black hoof (pata negra) jabugo ham…..:drool:
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JIO said:
Tonight is one of those nights where I'm reviewing/playing our (TSC) songs recorded (show coming up in a week) and ones to be learned. Other than Paul guiding us all through his original compositions, I'm the one introducing new material. So I learn the song(s) backwards and forwards before coming into a rehearsal so I can guide the others through first run-thru's. I'm totally open to anyone else taking that role, but everyone has 'life duties' to prevent that. (not that I'm excluded from that!) Kirstin joked in a description of me on one of our TSC social media platforms, that if not for Geo, there would be no TSC! Both funny and true.

So anyway, while going over (playing) a number of those songs - I'm switching basses for ones that fit/are invited by the songs or that I recorded certain songs playing. Part of being a maker/minor collector of basses, I have what is considered "an embarrassment" of great basses. Every one of them kills - but they are all different in character and sound. After 4-5 basses, I ended up with one that a number of our flock played at the 1st annual T-bird GTG. The song that triggered it was this one - which was recorded playing it. Posted here before - one of my (if not my favorite) all time favorite pop songs.



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That is a really cool bass.
 
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2003 Gibson Thunderbird IV Bass Guitar Classic White | eBay

Well, I had to do this before one of you saw it and snapped it up.

All in at over $2600, but the white is too rare, so I hope this equates to a deal. I’ve probably ruined my weekend now, dealing with buyers remorse….

If only the stuff I have listed would sell….
 
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Not likely to leave the Bartolini's in it. I have the Gibson re-issues that I just bought (that were reserved for when I found a Gibby ‘bird in black/ebony fretboard). I already have a chrome Babicz and Hipshot tuners, so all the black hardware goes in a box. I hope this is a good one, I really have NO BUSINESS spending this kind of money…

Gonna have to carry some CC debt for a few months…
 
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MCF said:
Yeah. They supposedly cut ties after ‘18 with Babicz because Babicz production shifted overseas. They use Babicz now on their Mod Shop builds. So I guess country of origin of components doesn’t matter to Gibson anymore.

Recall that several months ago, someone here had major issues with the licensed Hipshots on a ‘21. The pics they posted showed they were very different tuners from the USA versions.

I have not had an issue with the licensed tuners on my ‘21 NR. But I’ll admit to being really pissed when I learned what Gibson did. And I’ll likely swap them out at some point.
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Things Gibson(EPI)does don't piss me off; they do however make me SMH.:wacky:
 
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