Basvarken Posted May 7, 2023 Share Posted May 7, 2023 (edited) Not exactly a Fenderbird like Peter Cook made them. Part II It's my take on the theme of a hybrid between a classic Gibson and a classic 7ender I call it a Thinline Telebird: Edited May 7, 2023 by Basvarken 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W1_Pro Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Here's mine. Epiphone body, Fender licenced Mighy Mite neck, Steve Soar pickups, hipshot lightweight tuners which really do help with the neck dive. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPJ Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Not strictly a Fenderbird, but here's my Overwater original series which Chris May tells me was designed at the request of a certain Mr John Entwistle to combat the infamous t'bird neck dive. I've just popped the original filter based preamp back into this and now it's got all those classic late eighties/early nineties tones on tap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basvarken Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) I recently built two Fenderbirds as a tribute to Peter Cook. About a year ago I was approached by a former fellow student of my brother. His passion is woodworking and in particular collecting tools, such as very exclusive planes, chisels, rasps, etc. Now he had bought a very nice CNC mill a while ago. And he was looking for a nice project to play around with. Anyway, we decided to make a complete bass guitar together with that CNC-machine. I would give him all the dimensions and specifications and he would make the 3D files. Together we went to my local wood supplier to select rough planks of mahogany and maple. I bought the hardware and electronic components. And two months ago - after countless samples of scrap wood- two bodies and two necks were ready to be processed into a bass guitar. I glued the fingerboard to the neck, tapped in frets, lacquered, sanded and polished it. Filled the pores of the body. Lacquered, sanded and polished that one. Then mounted everything. Today they were finally finished. The funny thing is that it is absolutely no less work than making it yourself by hand. Only if there is a series production, then all the efforts will be able to bear fruit. The Brooks Fenderbird (Jufferschans Edition) - Mahogany body - Brooks all maple P-bass neck - Fiesta Red finish - EY Guitar Thunderbird humbuckers - 34" scale - Bone nut - Wide travel Thunderbird bridge plus tailstop. Nickel - Black three ply pickguard - Gotoh Res-o-lite GB528 tuners - Gotoh extra large strapbuttons. Nickel - CTS potentiometers - Silver reflector cap knobs - Switchcraft output jack - Rotosound RS66LDN strings - Weight: 4.3 kg Twins! Edited May 13 by Basvarken 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basvarken Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) About last night: The other day I was approached by Jimi Crutchley (ex-Quireboys, Dead Sea Skulls) regarding the Brooks Fenderbird I had built. He is on a world tour as tour manager with Glenn Hughes. And yesterday the caravan visited De Boerderij in Zoetermeer for Glenn's Deep Purple show. Which is only an hours drive from where I live. Jimi invited me to the soundcheck to put the Brooks Fenderbird through its paces, over Glenn's bass rig. Jimi turns out to be a huge John Entwistle fanatic. And for years he had been looking for a good Fenderbird like the one Peter Cook built for John Entwistle. He had previously bought one from another builder, but that one was very disappointing. And he is very happy that he has finally found a proper Fenderbird! Edited May 18 by Basvarken 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.