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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:22 pm    Post subject: love days off - *firebird OVERLOAD* Reply with quote
2 of these are bodies I did a while back but am finally getting around to (the ones on the right).



"Firebird JR"


fret board I machined a while back

"Firebird VII P90's"



"Firebird VII Fullsized Humbuckers"



That one used to be a two pup one that I routed a few months ago for a friend. He wanted to do a clear finish and this body just wont fly for that so I added a middle pup to it and kept it for me. I'll machine a fresh one for him from the next board of material (the 2 for Nick Greer and Joe's bass... ran out of time this morning).

The middle one with 3 mini's is for my buddy Dave who after an hour of playing mine asked how soon we could start one for him LOL.

The last one with 2 fullsized buckers is for my Dad.

Been a productive couple days... more to come Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Shocked So I'm guessing you're not responsible for the turkey today!! Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Shocked So I'm guessing you're not responsible for the turkey today!! Laughing


Nope! Laughing

Well, I only did the FBJR this morning... the rest started tuesday Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Beautiful. I hope Henry Juszkiewicz doesn't start feeling threatened .
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
twangster wrote:
Beautiful. I hope Henry Juszkiewicz doesn't start feeling threatened .


Me and you both bud!

Im really dying about doing Joe's bass... good thing I dont have bass sized nut files otherwise I'd have to string his up before shipping it out!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Almost beyond words... Shocked ..To think that one day those will all be treasures.Thanks for the pics

Cheers.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Absolutely! To bad firebirds are so expensive to build.. Might only "finish" one every other month or so.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kid in candy! Very nice.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cut Nick Greer's two today. I had a mishap on the truss rod channel ... I told it to cut to deep so I actually basically plugged it with a strip of maple. I'll remachine it tomorrow. It might actually work out pretty well having a strip of maple running under the truss rod.




I also started to plane and glue up Joe's thunderbird material today.



Its really starting to look hilarious at the shop Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Some of the best ideas come out of " Happy Accidents "

I think you have actually improved the neck with the maple...

it will definitely make it stronger! Multi-lam neck???
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
rhardman wrote:
Some of the best ideas come out of " Happy Accidents "

I think you have actually improved the neck with the maple...

it will definitely make it stronger! Multi-lam neck???


I completely agree. I've done a couple multi lam necks in the batch to make use of basically scrap... Im looking forward to seeing how they work out.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Got any walnut to go with the maple Idea
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Got any walnut to go with the maple Idea


I did... but some moron in the shop used it for something (though theres only me, dad and 1 other guy so odds are I shouldn't be saying moron Laughing ).

I'll snag a fresh piece so I can do Joe's bass up right.
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