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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1800 on: June 19, 2010, 10:51:41 PM »
Quote from: jumbodbassman on June 16, 2010, 10:41:30 AM
hopefully any day now.....   haven'thgeard back from the shipping compny since i paid my duty....

I have actually installed the ebay artecs in a project bass i have. Bass came from a guy in brazil making boutigue knockoffs sans hardware and electronics. 

...a little off topic, but I've played enough Warrior basses to say that your knockoff needs only to play and sound half as good as a Mexi-Fender to best the real thing.
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1801 on: June 21, 2010, 09:11:32 AM »
The bird has landing.  It took a while but it was waiting at my front door friday evening when i got home.  Very nice bass.  Well made and very pretty in an ugly kind of way.  I will have to move the strap lock as recommended.  Sounds pretty good in a one man band but i will have to take it out to a rehearsal and gig before i decide if the pickup stays.  I will change the pots next weekend and AB against my 76 and other artec loaded bass.  500k pots the majority used???

here are the obligatory pictures of the bass


and a family portrait of the in line gibson clan...




thanks to all you guys for turning me on this beauty and thanks to Rob for a job well done....
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1802 on: June 21, 2010, 10:11:17 AM »
That's a really nice shot of Mr and Mrs T-Bird. By the way, which one's the Mrs? I'm just curious so I won't make no mistake with my own B-bird...
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1803 on: June 21, 2010, 10:26:38 AM »
Quote from: Stjofön Big on June 21, 2010, 10:11:17 AM
That's a really nice shot of Mr and Mrs T-Bird. By the way, which one's the Mrs? I'm just curious so I won't make no mistake with my own B-bird...

that would have to be the reverse bird.  they are wired kind of that way.....
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1804 on: June 21, 2010, 10:38:56 AM »
Very nice, I love both mine. :)
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1805 on: June 21, 2010, 11:14:09 AM »
Quote from: jumbodbassman on June 21, 2010, 10:26:38 AM
that would have to be the reverse bird.  they are wired kind of that way.....


Ahhh......Me too   :gay:
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1806 on: June 21, 2010, 12:29:10 PM »
That's interesting that there are some cherry ones with a black headstock and some with cherry. Any other differences?
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1807 on: June 21, 2010, 01:10:34 PM »
As far as I know there are just the red headstocks... Where did you see a black one?
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1808 on: June 21, 2010, 01:17:45 PM »
The one pictured above has the head in the shade. It might look a little black.
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1809 on: June 21, 2010, 01:42:39 PM »
Quote from: the mojo hobo on June 21, 2010, 01:17:45 PM
The one pictured above has the head in the shade. It might look a little black.

The down angel of the headstock didn't get any of the flash generated  light.  it is the same bass in all 3 pictures.  I wish the headstock was black.
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1810 on: June 21, 2010, 02:07:30 PM »


 No pics to share just yet because it's not finished but I've airbrushed the headstock on my cherry TH-1 black - It looks quite good that way and was easy to do.
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1811 on: June 21, 2010, 02:57:26 PM »
Quote from: the mojo hobo on June 21, 2010, 01:17:45 PM
The one pictured above has the head in the shade. It might look a little black.

Ah... If I'm not mistaken, the original (Gibson) burst NR's had a black headstock and the custom colored ones had a matching headstock. Again, with the BaCH bird, it's an 'anything goes' platform AFAIC. :)

Can't wait to see yours, Mark!
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1812 on: June 22, 2010, 04:01:22 AM »
Quote from: OldManC on June 21, 2010, 02:57:26 PM
Can't wait to see yours, Mark!

x2 ! The honeyburst TH-1s do have black headstocks though, don't they?
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1813 on: June 22, 2010, 04:12:37 AM »
Quote from: Denis on June 22, 2010, 04:01:22 AM
The honeyburst TH-1s do have black headstocks though, don't they?
Yes they do.
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Re: BaCHbird
« Reply #1814 on: July 05, 2010, 12:16:34 PM »
I am going to refinish in black the headstock of my cherry bachbird to make it similar to the original one. Do you know if any pickup cover is going to be available from greatdealz?
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