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Custom Korina Firebird

JJ Blair

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Really cool build! Any other pics of the neck joint? Is it a deep set neck?

None that I have, other than this first one. Not sure how much it tells you. It's a wide tenon. He calls it a modified Explorer tenon, and told me it's like a single cut Jr. tenon.

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renderit

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Well. That REALLY turned out butt-ugly! Send it to me so you don't have to look at it. I'll "take the Korina" for you. I know. Selfless...
 

JJ Blair

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Boy, do I love this guitar. It has exactly the sound I was envisioning, which is pretty similar to my friend's V. It just screams.

My only complaints are that the neck is a little on the chunky side, and the corners of the body are not radiuses like a Gibson would be. It's a little sharp, and the way your fore arm rests on a bird, it might get uncomfortable during a long set. I might remedy both of these. I need to see if I can match the lacquer color no problem, if I do some reshaping.

Here's a little sound clip I post on Instagram, for those of you that want to hear it.

[video]https://www.instagram.com/p/Bazir9PlpIw/?taken-by=j.j.blair[/video]
 

ourmaninthenorth

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There's certainly gas in that car.

....that turned out very well.

Nicely JJ.
 
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Nobi

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cool guitar.

stumbled over this video of Troy Van Leeuwen of QOTSA, is he playing your guitar ?

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StSpider

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Wow it really is. You can tell by the streaks by the control knobs.
 

Keefoman

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I love Firebirds, and this one is probably the coolest I've ever seen! The 5-ply black guard is absolutely right, although I would lose the pokerchip. Now you just need to order one more with FB-pickups! :hank
 

becks bolero

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oh hell yeah, that is really nice!!

I have a Korina firebird loaded with P90's, can attest that they do indeed sound great :dude:

congrats!
 
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