lou24d53 Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 Can I ask, where you getting your bodies from? I'm particularly interested in the Explorer one above, might be keen for a future project myself, seeing as I play in a Who covers band. Quote
AngelDeVille Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 7 hours ago, lou24d53 said: Can I ask, where you getting your bodies from? I'm particularly interested in the Explorer one above, might be keen for a future project myself, seeing as I play in a Who covers band. I found them on ebay usa. one guy (rosser) did the 51, reverse and non-reverse bird bodies, but wouldn't do the explorer or V. Explorer and V (gluff) cost a bit more, but he was the only one I could find to make them. 1 Quote
AngelDeVille Posted March 6, 2020 Author Posted March 6, 2020 Just arrived today... the V is Kelley green, too lazy to take a pic.. Just need to finish setup and wire it up. 2 Quote
AngelDeVille Posted March 6, 2020 Author Posted March 6, 2020 I need to order a neck for this one. 2 down, 3 to go... 3 Quote
AngelDeVille Posted March 6, 2020 Author Posted March 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: Angular. ergonomics are for suckers 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted March 6, 2020 Posted March 6, 2020 36 minutes ago, AngelDeVille said: ergonomics are for suckers A well rounded musician should have no problem at all with those. 1 Quote
DarkHeart Posted March 7, 2020 Posted March 7, 2020 On 21/02/2020 at 11:09, lou24d53 said: Can I ask, where you getting your bodies from? I'm particularly interested in the Explorer one above, might be keen for a future project myself, seeing as I play in a Who covers band. I got an explorer body off ebay for £26 the user name is twincam 1 Quote
AngelDeVille Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 I decided the roasted maple will work here best. Had to drill extra holes so the decision is final. 1 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 Did you apply the colour with a roller and acrylic? Quote
AngelDeVille Posted March 9, 2020 Author Posted March 9, 2020 11 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Did you apply the colour with a roller and acrylic? I did a french polish with $.50 acrylic, and a coating of spray laquer. 1 Quote
Paul S Posted March 9, 2020 Posted March 9, 2020 On 06/03/2020 at 16:01, SpondonBassed said: Angular. I think they are Seymour Duncan. If you zoom in you can see... And it is spelt Aguilar, I think.... 😉 1 Quote
AngelDeVille Posted March 14, 2020 Author Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) I fitted the pickup and bridge covers, but can’t really see using them, I’m a few weeks out on the fretless neck but this will do tor now Edited March 14, 2020 by AngelDeVille 1 Quote
Jabba_the_gut Posted May 2, 2020 Posted May 2, 2020 I’m liking this thread - nice builds! I’ve had similar experiences - had a spare pickup so built a bass around it, can’t have it doing nothing!! 1 Quote
Si600 Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 On 28/11/2019 at 17:23, SpondonBassed said: I agree re: the pickguard. My eye keeps going to the lower right hand corner of the unfinished body as seen in the image above. It's different to the bass on the left. I suspect that the snipped corner is to attempt to circumvent any copyright issues. It's really obviously a Thunderbird anyway, but that may be enough difference to stop the lawyers sending "Da Boyz" round. On 21/02/2020 at 19:48, AngelDeVille said: I found them on ebay usa. one guy (rosser) did the 51, reverse and non-reverse bird bodies, but wouldn't do the explorer or V. Explorer and V (gluff) cost a bit more, but he was the only one I could find to make them. What's the quality of the body like? I'm thinking of getting one for my weird T-bird project as no-one seems to be selling any second hand T-bird bodies at the moment. Customs and shipping costs could make it a teensy bit expensive though. Quote
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