bassgurumonster Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 Show us your Fenderbirds / Explorerbirds. Heres mine 5 Quote
Jimothey Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 I dont really know if it really counts as either but here's my offering?.........😀 1 Quote
lou24d53 Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Muzz said: Ooooo, I hadn't seen this one...here's mine 😀 Oooooh....that there luvverly.....! Quote
bassgurumonster Posted June 27, 2019 Author Posted June 27, 2019 3 hours ago, Muzz said: Ooooo, I hadn't seen this one...here's mine 😀 Cracking bass. Love the upgrades!! Quote
Beedster Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 So, what does a Fenderbird sound like folks? Quote
bassgurumonster Posted June 27, 2019 Author Posted June 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Beedster said: So, what does a Fenderbird sound like folks? Plenty of definition on mine, quite beefy Quote
Muzz Posted June 27, 2019 Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Mine's got Dingwall pickups (P-Tone neck and Humbucker bridge) and a John East U-Retro, soooooo...pretty much anything, really 😀 For the tonewood types, it's an Epiphone alder body and.a Shuker Birdseye maple neck...see the first sentence, tho... Brass nut, Hipshot hardware...oh, and the worst upper fret access in Christendom 😁 Edited June 27, 2019 by Muzz Quote
bassgurumonster Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 Mine was built by Neil Shoemark of NS Custom Guitars in Baltonsborough Somerset. (Now retired) c2008/9 The finish is suposed to look like John Entwistles Peter Cook Explorerbird as it is now, Fiesta red faded to salmon pink. The body is made of mahogany and it's template was cut from John's Peter Cook original. 60s and 70s Thunderbird pickups were very hard to find then as we were still getting used to trading with our brothers across the pond. I tracked down a pair of Gibson TB Pus ceramic pickups that are essentially Gibson Thunderbird pickups and were indeed fitted to the Epiphone Elite Thunderbird as standard. They were also used on Gibson's Les Paul bass. The bridge is a Gotoh roller bridge and tailpiece. Very effective - intonates well and coupled with the custom gold machineheads keep the instrument in tune well. The electronics are 500k cts pots with vintage wires, a Switchcraft jack and an orange drop cap. The neck looks like a Fender and was bought as such from eBay in the States - several techs have since thought it to be Allparts pre official Fender licensing was granted. Gibson vintage top hat knobs and Schaller strap locks complete the tech run down. it is a heavy bass but balances well when strapped on and is a dream to play. Quote
bassgurumonster Posted July 7, 2019 Author Posted July 7, 2019 On 06/07/2019 at 09:00, Christine said: Mine Great styling ! 1 Quote
Christine Posted July 7, 2019 Posted July 7, 2019 19 minutes ago, bassgurumonster said: Great styling ! It's just a direct copy of one of JAE's Quote
Grahambythesea Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 Question? When Entwistle started hybriding Thunderbirds he was presumably using Gibsons which were through neck construction. How on earth do you cut a through neck off and fit a Fender bolt on neck, and why? Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 I don't think he did that - my understanding was that Peter Cook (not Dud's mate) made the bodies. Quote
Basvarken Posted September 2, 2019 Posted September 2, 2019 Indeed. They are not Gibson bodies. They don't even feature the raised middle section. Quote
tommorichards Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 On 06/07/2019 at 09:00, Christine said: Mine Homebrew? Quote
Christine Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, tommorichards said: Homebrew? Yes, the neck is an Allparts, the pickups are Gibson TB+ re cased and the bridge is a Dasson Badbird. The body in construction Edited October 21, 2019 by Christine 2 1 Quote
Basvarken Posted October 21, 2019 Posted October 21, 2019 Not exactly a Fenderbird like Peter Cook made them. It's my take on the theme of a hybrid between a classic Gibson and a classic 7ender I call it Telebird: 14 Quote
tommorichards Posted November 6, 2019 Posted November 6, 2019 On 21/10/2019 at 21:05, Basvarken said: Not exactly a Fenderbird like Peter Cook made them. It's my take on the theme of a hybrid between a classic Gibson and a classic 7ender I call it Telebird: I love this. 1 Quote
tommorichards Posted November 6, 2019 Posted November 6, 2019 (edited) Here are a few pics of a Fenderbird that Taka, the bass player from Feeder made. Pics from his instagram account, @rebirthcustomguitars. I love its look as im a big fan of the Gibson Thunderbird II basses, and the original Fender precision basses. Edited November 6, 2019 by tommorichards 6 Quote
AngelDeVille Posted November 6, 2019 Posted November 6, 2019 On 27/06/2019 at 12:07, Beedster said: So, what does a Fenderbird sound like folks? Depends on the set up. I’m in the midst of an active jazz pickup FenderBird build. Next build is is a Telexplorer with dual Pbass pickups. Maybe with a reverse body? Haven’t decided that part. Quote
Christine Posted November 6, 2019 Posted November 6, 2019 On 28/10/2019 at 22:10, Meddle said: My old Jazz bass was more Fender than Bird, admittedly. Sounded like a smoother, darker Jazz bass. The Gibson pickups have an odd, steely 'sproink' to them that is masked only slightly by the big dose of low mids they also deliver. I want to make one of these but with a Mahogany through neck and an angled Fender shaped headstock Quote
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