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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #45 on: August 27, 2011, 04:40:03 AM »
Very cool. Nice to see so
Many personalized BaCHbirds.
That was the whole idea when we started it back in
the Dudepit days.  :toast:

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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #46 on: August 28, 2011, 11:12:42 AM »
Thanks guys! Even though I had many moments when I regretted starting this project, now I, of course, want to make another one in another color. Ha ha. I'll hold off for a little while though.

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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #47 on: September 11, 2011, 10:42:29 AM »
Ah, the final piece in the puzzle. The case. So, as we all know, finding a case big enough for these basses is pretty challenging. It took a long time but I finally found the right Epiphone case. Of course, we also all know that you can't find one for a non-reverse so I took some inspiration from Rob's case and decided to go the same route with mine and it worked out perfectly.

Started off with the reverse case....


Ripped out the foam.






I had to cut out the foam piece so I could flip it over to fit the non-reverse shape


I had to glue and tape in some of the foam pieces I cut out to fill in the gaps in order to make it a snug fit.


Here it is all done and fits like a glove.


When looking for a case I was initially trying to find one of the cases that had the body part of it wide open instead of one with the specific body shape so I wouldn't have to go through this whole process. I'm glad I couldn't find one though because in the end I'm much happier that I was forced to get this one because the mod ended up being very easy and the bass fits perfectly now and I would much rather have the bass fit in there very snug instead of moving around in the open shaped case.


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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #48 on: September 11, 2011, 11:37:52 AM »

 That's one sweet bass! Love the black PG on it.
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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #49 on: September 11, 2011, 01:56:06 PM »
Nice job!

Now all you need is a white bird on the black pickguard!


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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #50 on: September 30, 2011, 11:11:56 AM »
That really turned out nice. Once you do one of these, there is no stopping.

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Re: My Bachbird Project.... FINALLY!!!
« Reply #51 on: September 30, 2011, 11:19:18 AM »
looks great.   I know it is not stock but i like the second ring on the neck pup.  more chrome  the merrier ;D
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