Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

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Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by Snake Hips » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:15 pm

Tried to get as front as possible from the look of it besides the Headstock which would have to add wood to the left horn (nonhorn?)has a slightly different shape/maybe the right one as well and the pickguard if different, and the input jack
anything you guys are seeing in these pictures as well.
This might be a cool mod for someone I'm thinking about it.... anythoughts if its worth trying or what I should look for

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by ohm-men » Wed Apr 29, 2009 4:34 am

Well, besides the obvious headstock, the Horns on the Eastwood body look different (more pronounced?) and the lower but has a different rounding as well.
I've seen one of those "Stormbirds" just last week-end and it looked quiet alright to me. Though opinions regarding the overall quality of eastwood guitars seam to vary quiet a lot.
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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by Snake Hips » Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:37 am

I saw one on the bay it looked really nice but the color was a see-through cherry almost sg like, which is not on the eastwood website.

Besides Harvest Guitars, Eastwood and Gould (the impossible to find) is there any other builders that makes a Non-reverse Firebird style
Greco, Tokai, Burny, and Orville  made one only reverse Firebirds which is a shame.

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by valley_parade » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:21 am

IIRC, Harvest guitars are done by someone on here. He's got a "Junior" model that is insanely good looking.

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by Snake Hips » Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:34 am

Since my hunt I have found this site http://www.kneguitars.com which is kind of like warmoth good prices and they make a nrfb


Project soon maybe I hope ....

valley_parade wrote: IIRC, Harvest guitars are done by someone on here. He's got a "Junior" model that is insanely good looking.

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YES!! I just got a reply from him today thanks valley for the heads up

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by valley_parade » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:26 am

Snake Hips wrote: Since my hunt I have found this site http://www.kneguitars.com which is kind of like warmoth good prices and they make a nrfb


Project soon maybe I hope ....
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Thanks for that link, man.

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by Snake Hips » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:31 am

I found another forum that someone made the nrfb but they got it with the 3 p90s, but I do not see that option

neck pocket seems good to go with any standard fender which means warmoth could make a neck for a firebird

Personally I am really thinking about this.

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by valley_parade » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:32 am

If you check the pickup options, they say you can do P-90s, but it's not shown.

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Re: Non reverse firebird vs Eastwood Stormbird

Post by Harvester » Thu May 07, 2009 6:37 pm

valley_parade wrote: IIRC, Harvest guitars are done by someone on here. He's got a "Junior" model that is insanely good looking.

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YES!! I just got a reply from him today thanks valley for the heads up
hey ... yep that's a keeper, it's my main gigging guitar for when i want to make a lot of noise and wig out with a bigsby ( which is quite often )
there'll be a new one to show you all soon, i get back to spraying some finished products next week ! :ph34r:

i have another junior ready to paint and i'm designing a new guard for it, sort of like a juniorized NRFB guard in white - the SG kind of one was good for this ( should have been painted cherry red, and what was i on with those chrome screws ?? this was about 4 years ago, my first sunburst ) but i want more of a 'Gumby Gibson' vibe on this one - trying to decide on a colour, maybe Inverness Green - ish maybe even yellowed and relic'd ??

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