Project Bluebird (or Bird King? Blue Robbin?) is complete & I LOVE it.
Part tribute to Robbin “King” Crosby, part “what if Charvel had included a firebird in their ‘Nitro Aged’ series”.
MJT does great work. I’ll be using them again for sure.
I was afraid of the aging being over the top so I asked for “light to medium” wear and “medium to heavy checking”. It came out milder than I anticipated to so will probably ask for a little more wear and checking next time.
The neck(s) turned out excellent (I’ve got two more builds in the works). One more thing I’m going to try is lightly sanding the back with 2000 grit and mineral spirits — supposed to make it slicker than ice.
Specs:
Body: Maple center/poplar wings (KNE)
Finish: Sonic Blue aged nitro (MJT)
Neck: Maple (oiled & aged by hand)
Pickups: JB / PAF 36th Anniv. (hand aged)
Controls: 375k push/pull (neck parallel) + 3 way toggle
Bridge: Gotoh GE1996T
Part tribute to Robbin “King” Crosby, part “what if Charvel had included a firebird in their ‘Nitro Aged’ series”.
MJT does great work. I’ll be using them again for sure.
I was afraid of the aging being over the top so I asked for “light to medium” wear and “medium to heavy checking”. It came out milder than I anticipated to so will probably ask for a little more wear and checking next time.
The neck(s) turned out excellent (I’ve got two more builds in the works). One more thing I’m going to try is lightly sanding the back with 2000 grit and mineral spirits — supposed to make it slicker than ice.
Specs:
Body: Maple center/poplar wings (KNE)
Finish: Sonic Blue aged nitro (MJT)
Neck: Maple (oiled & aged by hand)
Pickups: JB / PAF 36th Anniv. (hand aged)
Controls: 375k push/pull (neck parallel) + 3 way toggle
Bridge: Gotoh GE1996T
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