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I've never converted a neck through to a bolt on, but I think the most difficult part would be to avoid chipping the finish at the edges of the new neck pocket. Other than that, cut off the neck at the heel, remove the remaining fingerboard and route a new pocket.
The mudbucker is certainly a mod and not factory. The bass was obviously converted to a Fenderbird.
Yah, it can be done... FTR it sold for $152.49 + tax. There's an Epi T-bird IV body on Reverb right now for $293.63 + tax so based on that you'd be putting $150 of labor to remove the neck & route a pocket. Unless it was a '60s bird with an unrepairable neck I'd rather start with a body that already has a neck pocket. Looks like Scott scored one.
I'm looking forward to grandchildren. It's still probably a few years off. Have fun with them.
That one has been up for a while, I've certainly considered it. Refin with a headstock repair definitely priced attractively.
I'm happy to call you Pop Pop, Grampy, Old Fart, Grandpa, Old Granddad (oh, that's a....), whatever you prefer. And I'm already house trained (generally), and have a real job and won't ask you for money, and you can skip all those problem teen years.
Yes it has. I think Dylan went t look at it and there were concerns. I don't recall what, exactly. At that price, if it plays decent and sounds right I think I could live with it. A fix and a refin is the only way I would afford one. Some of the set necks have high action even with the bridge lowered all the way. My old Epi Embassy is like that. With light gauge strings it's not an issue, but if someone could not adjust to light strings it would be a problem.
Not really. They'd become friends and prolly just would've laffed and said "no".
The other wierd thing is the saddles have all been re-notched toward the bass side to get the strings spaced correctly on the neck. Which would seem to indicate the bridge is in the wrong location or the neck is set at a slight angle.
Based on the saddle positions, it also looks like it could benefit from one of Scott's Badbird bridges.
It's pretty common for Thunderbird saddles to be notched on both basses with neck angle and without. Yes bridges were often misaligned and there was quite a bit of slop between the anchors and the bridge enough so the bridge can move back and forth a 1/8 of a inch or more.
is the green finish from the factory?
Too bad, i'd go for it, but i got things going on preventing me from such a purchase.
