Thunderbird Club

[Dadagoboi]

That still seems big. As a Newby to working on instruments, read I'm not a Luthier, I have a lot to learn but one inch raise per thirty Inches seems like a lot. Am I understanding this incorrectly?

I was just giving a general answer. It's probably not more than 1.5 degrees (1 inch per 60 inches) or should be. Especially since the fretboard is already around .25 inch above the body at the neck pocket. Someone must know what angle Gibson is using, maybe they'll chime in.

 

[Showdown]

I was just giving a general answer. It's probably not more than 1.5 degrees (1 inch per 60 inches) or should be. Especially since the fretboard is already around .25 inch above the body at the neck pocket. Someone must know what angle Gibson is using, maybe they'll chime in.

I can't tell you the angle, but I can say on both my '76 birds the bridge is very low, one of them touching the body, one almost touching. On my 2011 there was a significant gap, if I remember right about 1/2" or a little more (I have a Hipshot bridge on now so I can't check), but enough that I could stick a finger under it. The Hipshot saddles are close to as high as they will go.

 

[darren1970]

Thanks for the input on the new bridges folks.

 

[veebass]

Yep, they changed the neck angle from 15 degrees to 17 degrees (or the reverse). I read that somewhere...

I wonder if you are thinking about peghead angle? The 17 and 15 sounds like peghead angle which has changed from 17 to 14 back to 17 over the years as I understand it on Les Pauls etc.

 

[wolfkeller]

So, I'm laying in bed drinking my jack last week and it occurs to me... Leather pickguard! But I don't like the tooled look. Too cowboy for me. So today I glued a piece of scrap leather I had and BAM! Thanks to Larry for hookin me up with a killer decal!

 

[Basshappi]

Feel my seething lefty envy!

 

[Nocturnal]

That leather guard looks badass!!!

 

[SVTbird]

Very cool! Never thought of using leather.

 

[Haji]

I wonder why nobody ever used a human face for the leather. Its not like they're not readily available...

 

[hillerup]

I wonder why nobody ever used a human face for the leather. Its not like they're not readily available...

???

Do you mean like nazi made lamp shades made of human skin???

 

[Klondike]

It's all fun and games till someone looses their..........skin.

Ok it's time for a new topic. The last one was starting to get weird

 

[ThaCoast]

here's a new topic, when the snow's finally gone where i am, i can break out the bandsaw & wood to esssentially start 3 builds (my MK II bird, a ripper body and Dan armstrong bass), & finish 2 others(my short scale supernova project & replace the body form the grabber i've built a few months ago). The Dan armstrong bass is for my dad, but it's when he'll want it, at least he knows it's his & he'll pay me for the work i do to it as well. I'll post pictures here of my MK II bird since it's a Thunderbird club

 

[JIO]

here's a new topic, when the snow's finally gone where i am, i can break out the bandsaw & wood to esssentially start 3 builds (my MK II bird, a ripper body and Dan armstrong bass), & finish 2 others(my short scale supernova project & replace the body form the grabber i've built a few months ago). The Dan armstrong bass is for my dad, but it's when he'll want it, at least he knows it's his & he'll pay me for the work i do to it as well. I'll post pictures here of my MK II bird since it's a Thunderbird club

any pics yet?

 

[ThaCoast]

Of the supernova project? Nope not yet, if you're interested in it, here it lays.

 

[wolfkeller]

Has anyone tried out the emg tbj and tbp pick ups? They are saposed to be the same as p&js in Thunderbird housings.

 

[Klondike]

Of the supernova project? Nope not yet, if you're interested in it, here it lays.

Great project you have going there but you really should show the batman suit.

 

[mistergoats]

Has anyone tried out the emg tbj and tbp pick ups? They are saposed to be the same as p&js in Thunderbird housings.

Curious about those, too.

 

[ThaCoast]

Great project you have going there but you really should show the batman suit.

Enjoy

Made entirely of foam pieces over the course of a year (except for the mask, gloves) The upper body is attached at the back with strap webbing and snap buttons/buckles. The bottom portion are old leggings that my gf at the time had given me (the first time i had made the costume - this was the final version of it, it was significantly better cause it was mobility enhanced). Now within the mix of guitar/bass mods and builds, i'm remodeling the batsuit notably the gauntlets/gloves and mask/neck piece which the gauntlets are the same foam as the upper body and boots so they are thicker therefore less likely to break appart & the mask will also be made of thick foam & seperated from the neck portion so i can remove it ease and still keep my head warm.

 

[TBird1958]

Gotta love all you Canadians

 

[Bass master Burt man]

I'm in with my epiphone t-bird. Some day I will own a Gibson. I like those limited run short scale models.