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Title: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: saltymonkey on March 01, 2010, 03:35:16 PM
I saw this bass on TB and thought it looked really nice. It's some sort of reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pickups in it. The poster is from Sweden. I asked for some info on the bass so we'll see. (http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn3/saltymonkey/xxxfullfront.jpg)
(http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn3/saltymonkey/xxxsida.jpg)
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: jmcgliss on March 01, 2010, 03:52:28 PM
Dang, that's nice. Looks like an ebony board.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: godofthunder on March 02, 2010, 05:13:21 AM
The thing looks like it's got a hard on  :o and people think Rics reverse headstocks on the C64s are ugly.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: Basvarken on March 02, 2010, 08:26:07 AM
Wow! That looks pretty.

That gives me an idea.
What if you took one of these and put Chisonics in?

once we saw a picture of a bach bass here :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: godofthunder on March 02, 2010, 08:48:46 AM
Wow! That looks pretty.

That gives me an idea.
What if you took one of these and put Chisonics in?

once we saw a picture of a bach bass here Mr. Green


Now this bass I like  ;D
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: SKATE RAT on March 02, 2010, 10:51:45 AM
i must have one! that is awesome!what does the headstock look like.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: Basvarken on March 02, 2010, 11:43:44 AM
Like this:

once we saw a picture of a bach bass headstock here Mr. Green

the whole picture:

once we saw a picture of a bach bass here Mr. Green
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: gearHed289 on March 02, 2010, 12:55:14 PM
Kinda cool. Iceman vibe.....
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: godofthunder on March 02, 2010, 01:13:55 PM
Don't let the Ric police see that, JH will have a fit :o
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: gweimer on March 02, 2010, 02:10:34 PM
I've been very tempted to pickup the BaCH Ric, and drop my Dark Star and '70s Ric pickup into it.  It would certainly save me a lot of trouble with getting pieces together.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: Andrew on March 02, 2010, 02:25:38 PM
No so much for the reverse body, but I like everything else about it!
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: saltymonkey on March 02, 2010, 02:33:26 PM
Wow! That looks pretty.

That gives me an idea.
What if you took one of these and put Chisonics in?

once we saw a picture of a bach bass here Mr. Green


Damn Rob. Why'd you have to go and do that.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: godofthunder on March 02, 2010, 02:41:24 PM
Here we go again. ;D
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: Basvarken on March 02, 2010, 04:10:15 PM
Wow guys I though you'd already seen those!
They have em on their site for years.

Shoot me a PM if you wanna see more  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: saltymonkey on March 02, 2010, 05:02:10 PM
Quote
(Once we saw an interesting Bach bass here) ^See post above^

Ohh.... this one is sweet. And in stock. Where did I put that resistance?
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: sniper on March 02, 2010, 07:34:22 PM
and what do we google? BaChRic? ;D
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: OldManC on March 02, 2010, 09:16:34 PM
and what do we google? BaChRic? ;D

Rob can hook anyone up with pictures if they feel the need. Best to keep them somewhat on the down-low...
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: ilan on March 03, 2010, 01:33:02 AM
I've seen upside-down Ric clones before, but I just don't get the appeal. This one also looks thicker than a Ric, if it's maple like a Ric it must weigh a ton.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: godofthunder on March 03, 2010, 05:31:05 AM
Rob can hook anyone up with pictures if they feel the need. Best to keep them somewhat on the down-low...
Best not to show these over at TB. I don't know what JH could do but why make waves?
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: saltymonkey on March 03, 2010, 09:37:41 AM
Best not to show these over at TB. I don't know what JH could do but why make waves?

Agreed. And it's really nice that these basses are available at such great prices and virtually unknown to the masses. I can't wait to get my Bachbird but I won't be posting pics of it over there once it arrives. Even if it makes it into a group shot at some point there will be no information attached to it. I saw some pics of the NR Bird and heard the Bach name a couple of times before my frantic gas fueled search landed me here. I won't be the one publicly giving away the location of the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow.
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: Basvarken on March 03, 2010, 03:40:25 PM
We're not too worried about the BaCHbird. The cat has been out of the bag for quite a while now.
The RickenBaCHer is a little tricky though. :-X
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: godofthunder on March 03, 2010, 04:11:58 PM
Besides Rob can't sell 'em if people don't know about them..............as much as I'd like to keep Bach's to myself it seems a little selfish..................................... I can't believe I said that  :o
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: jumbodbassman on April 08, 2010, 01:38:38 PM
how do the chi sonics compare to dark stars.  looks like lakland copied fred .....
Title: Re: Nice looking reverse Ric clone with Lakland Chi-Sonic pups.
Post by: jmcgliss on April 08, 2010, 05:35:46 PM
how do the chi sonics compare to dark stars.  looks like lakland copied fred .....
I have a Dark Star Decade and a 55-02CS. A CS is not a copy of a DS as much as an alternative.  For one, the CS pole pieces are not encased, not adjustable, and there may be other internal construction differences.  Sonically, a DS saturates and blooms in a unique way, whereas Laklands have a more well-produced sound (Dan's description).  I think Lakland's main goal was to have a steady supply at reasonable cost, since they build almost all their own pickups now. One other point of difference is you can order a Chi Sonic as single coil only, or a CS humcanceller that is switchable to single coil (though some say the pure single coil version has sonic differences).