The Last Bass Outpost

Take care of yourself, we ain't getting any younger!  Thanks for all the info, I'll be ordering a plate soon and a choke whenever/if you get them into production.  if it's OK with you I will pass on the specs to a friend of mine, he's a guitar player/EE/ amp builder who might have some ideas as to what might work.

Much success on the tour, I'm planning the same.  My daughter's moving from L.A. to New Orleans today and it's been a while since I've seen her.  Good excuse to hit the road.

This is what it looks like as of this AM.  This is a left handed Charvel Fender neck originally w/reverse left handed Klusons.  First built w/ a Badass, DiMarzio P and painted red metallic.  Next put in an active P/J set of SDs, drilled out the Badass to make it a string thru, cut off the peghead and went Stingray on it.  Doing that allowed better balance and getting rid of the humongous case I'd built.  You can see what the next peghead shape will be from the masking tape.  I like this $20 bridge a lot.  Currently planning to route for those dreaded EMGs but waiting on a Godin Zeta to see what a Piezo might sound like as an option.  The ash body resonates well even with all the butchery.  The shape influences are obvious considering the era.  The next one will be as accurate as possible.

Sorry to come across the way I did in my first posts, I assumed the Bachs were around $500 an unaware of all the effort that went into bringing them to market.

Thanks for filling me in on the history, $168 Euro is an excellent price, now I understand the excitement!

I think this is a fairly low cost alternative to ANY Artec (switched out the Pups in my Bricebird w/ a pair), pots and jack upgrade too.  Active 3 coil single coil/humbucker w push/pull pot.  Buckets of tone, as good as my '77 Bicentennial.  Yeah, I know, ACTIVE.  Good enough for JAE, good enough for me.

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