Fenderbird - finished!

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:14 am

Well, mostly... I may get the body re-finished eventually. The body was a basket case when it was given to me by someone at the Dude Pit. After much waiting and ebay surfing, I've got it all together and it sounds really nice so far. Haven't used it with the band yet.... And I'm less than $700 into it.
body - modified Warmoth two piece mahogany
neck - Fender licensed Mighty Mite Jazz
pups - Gibson TB+
bridge - Schaller
tuners - Hipshot Ultra Light w/ D-tuner
pickguard and trim ring - Pickguardian

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:33 am

Nice one Tom!

gearhed289 · Post by **gearhed289** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:06 pm

Thanks guys. It's based on one of his black ones.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:39 pm

Don't know what it is about these, but for such klunkers they really appeal to me. Rath's is the nicest non-Rick bass I've seen...

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:41 pm

I love that decal - JAE bass.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:41 pm

They've got that surf vibe thing going, Paul.

gray · Post by **gray** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:45 pm

Nice! I like the color a lot, too.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:33 pm

Thanks Paul ... my Fender-bird 5 is a looker and a player ...

it is very comfortable to play and I recently rewired it with 2 500k ohm volume pots and a 1000k ohm tone pot ... it has 2 15k ohm T-bird pickups ... it has a real nice snort and grunt ... it can also get the "Quadraphenia" sound as well ... this bass is getting a lot of playing time lately ... with the schaller bridge it has a very comfortable 2 1/2" spacing at the bridge and with the 4 string p-bass neck it is quite comfortable for my left hand ... this would be the perfect bass if I ever play in a Who tribute band ... I am thinking of painting it a vermillion red color ...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:48 pm

It would look cool this color ...

the bridge pickup is in the "Rickenbacker" position ... I run the bridge pickup and 10 and the neck pickup at 8-9 range ...

grayk · Post by **grayk** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:29 am

Looks fantastic natural Jeff ! I would love a bass like that with a pair of SD P-bass pups in it.