I like a lot of those basses, but what I really want is to know more about that Explorer bird in the first photo!
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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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Ditto on the Iceman and the darkwood Explorer looks pretty good !
Did u get to talk to him ?
Did Warmoth do the Antigua finish or did you do it after you received it?
surfer bar (my favorite) gig (outdoors) in Davenport this Sunday afternoon ...
...taking this setup.....first gig with the reverse which wears RS66....the NR Chromes..
...taking this setup.....first gig with the reverse which wears RS66....the NR Chromes..
Yes Warmoth did.Thats one of the few that I did not paint myself. They did a short run just when I was looking for a "real Fender" Antigua..I thought what the heck,no regrets on that one.
Is that the black one on the wall that you are asking about?
Yes. The black one looks very interesting to me, so I'm hoping to learn more. Maybe a straight on pic as well? 
I dig the blue pj and the red bird.
No. Like anyone famous that came to the office, quickly taken to a private meeting room. If you were in the area and he was by himself you could say hi, but that was about it. No fawning over celebrities in the office.
Yes. The black one looks very interesting to me, so I'm hoping to learn more. Maybe a straight on pic as well?
It’s one of the early Limited edition custom shop Epiphone Explorer Basses.
I tricked it out with Chinabuckers.CTS pots,Shaller roller bridge like the Gibson’s have.New GB7 tuners and a Hipshot Drop D on the E string.
I put the skull and crossbones sticker on the pickguard because the first owner never removed the Epiphone sticker and it faded that spot.The “inlays” on the neck are stick on’s from creative cuts.I took the selector switch out of the circuit.It’s VVT now..DR black beauty strings..some pirate knobs to finish it out.
This Bass will rock your socks for sure.The Epi platform is quite a value to build on.
ok boomer
That would be a great name for a multigenerational band, especially if it were half boomer and half millennial.
I love it. I especially like how you implemented the pickup ring at the neck. Kudos from this Thunderbird fan. And thank you for giving us the low down (no pun intended)!
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Yeah, but that's knowing of, which isn't the same. Now he's experienced and he knows about them, and knows them. (ahem)
Is it creepy that I want to touch it?
very good. Strangely though, we use the metric system and we call it a Quarter Pounder.
although I tend to do human weight in kilos referencing the equivalent in stones to ‘get’ how big that is.
I found a stock picture before I took it apart..It still sounded pretty good back then.Thanks for the compliment.
Some fantastic builds there! I've been looking for an Explorer bass exactly like the the walnut (or is it Rosewood?) one in your second picture. Tell me more about it, and be sure to PM me if it ever goes on the sale block.
I've done a few Warmoth builds as well. Found all their bodies and necks to be top quality but it's easy to run the bill up quick with special woods and features. Here's a Jazz body Precision/Stingray I built. I worked with John East to design a custom stereo preamp that utilized a preEB Stingray clone circuit for the bridge pup with discrete output and tone controls from the neck Split P pup...
