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Thread: mocking bird build

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    ok , so i got a mocking bird kit with the 1st birthday sale the other week ( thanks go to the pitbull crew ) . Im gonna make it into a guitar i can use for drop tunings .

    Plans so far are:

    * changing all the hardware to black
    * rail humbuckers upgrade 8-)
    * far out paint job ( more on that after it happens )
    * electronics upgrade
    * modified body slightly
    * bone or tusq nut upgrade

    so far ive done the body mods , really just adding a gut relief and a bit of an arm rest relief . hopefully some paint will go on over the weekend

    ( ill get some pics up when i get some decent batteries for my camera )

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    Mentor robin's Avatar
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    Hi Angus, and welcome to the PBG Family.

    Your plans for the Mockingbird sound most interesting, can't wait to see how she looks. Enjoy the build mate.

    cheers
    rob

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    Welcome to the pbg clan Angus .take your time and enjoy your build and you will end up with a fantastic guitar

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    cheers folks , should be interesting . this is my first "pointy" guitar ( ive got a bunch of others , strats , teles and other things ) , and my first kit . usually i either modify/rebuild from a junker , or get a neck and start the body from scratch ( been meaning to make some necks to , but havent got the facilities atm ).




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    Welcome Angus! I don't think I've read a MB build thread before so I'm excited to hear all about yours. Hope you have a great time building her!

    Cheers,
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    Welcome Angus - with a name like that I hope you do an SG kit!
    looking forward to the MB, enjoy

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    8O PROGRESS !!!!!

    parts have been ordered and some arrived
    paints been painted , the bodies mostly black now , gotta wait for some better weather to finish it off
    necks been sanded down some , and i done this to the headstock to make it more " metal " 8-)

    hopefully i can get some more done on it now ( a lot of times been taken up car fixing :S )

    @ stan , an SG might be a kit for down the track , my next one tho (when i can scrape the pennies together ) will be a beatle bass , have wanted one for at least a decade and being more a bassist than anything and i should increase my bass count .





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    oh , and i was thinking of putting the tuners in on an angle to ( so the buttons close to the neck than the rest of the tuner ) , but i forgot to set them up when i took the pic , does any one see any reason why this wont work ?

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    Hi Angus, headstock looks cool, you got any pics of the body ?
    Angled tuners the only negative may be not being able to get a string winder rotate a full 360 degrees, otherwise it will look original !
    Maybe take a photo with the tuners on the headstock for some forum feedback so we can see how far you intend angling them
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    no body shots as yet , at the moment its just drying so i didnt wanna move it



    space enough for a string winder im not to worried about ( tho i did check with mine and it still works ) it took me like 14 years to get one and when i change strings now i usually forget i have it lol , and its going to have locking tuners so i wont need to wind to much string on anyways


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