BaCHbirds taking flight!

[Bass VI]

Slightly modded so far,









I really like this thing!

S.

[Basvarken]

Wow, that is coming along nicely 

[gearHed289]

That looks GREAT! One of Scott's pickguards would really complete the transformation.

[chromium]

Looks good Scott!

Hey did you have to dowel the original holes and redrill to fit those tuners?  I'm planning to order a similar set for mine, but when I hold the Bach headstock face-to-face with my 76 it looks like the spacing between tuners is too narrow to fit them as is.

[godofthunder]

Looks great ! I have to get my control sorted out, order some vintage tuners, while I am at it I'll see if Bill has  another tail piece. 

[godofthunder]

Finally got some pics ! These are from a block party we did in my drummers neighborhood, not or usual kind of venue but it was lot of fun ! I used the Bach for a large part of the evening. and for comparison and grins me with the NRMG

[Highlander]

Scott... and our guitarist whinges when I take my 3 out...  

[Bass VI]

Looks good Scott!

Hey did you have to dowel the original holes and redrill to fit those tuners?  I'm planning to order a similar set for mine, but when I hold the Bach headstock face-to-face with my 76 it looks like the spacing between tuners is too narrow to fit them as is.

It's pretty tight, but all I had to do was drill the new holes for the vintage tuners, the holes for the smaller stock tuners were completely covered so I didn't even bother filling them. Be aware that the BaCh bushings are a little larger, I used a little masking tape to get the vintage bushings tighter, about one "turn" did it. Once you get them all in, the edges of each tuner will be touching. My " '76 " Orville has a little room between each edge too.

That looks GREAT! One of Scott's pickguards would really complete the transformation.

That's next!

Thanks Guys,

S.

[Hornisse]

Man, that looks great!  I'm going to have to put some of those tuners on mine now.

[godofthunder]

Three gigs in five days here are some pics !

[Highlander]

Easy there old-timer... you nearly passed into forbidden teritority beyond the 12th... (ducking quickly out of site for fear of pot-blacking...  )

[godofthunder]

I used the Bach for a large part of the show last night, I am more and more impressed with this bass the more I use it. I ran it through the two Hiwatts with my Seymour Duncan pickup booster pedal set on the 1 setting (humbucking one) Man this thing just kills, The guy who does sound on the inside stage came up and was raving about how great the bass sounded. Please Roman make more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pics in a few days, hopefully one past the 12th fret.

[Highlander]

 

[angrymatt]

Wow... at first I was a little bummed I got a black one and not a blue or white one.  But your pictures have 180'd my whole outlook.  Only 20 more days and I can lay hands on mine.

[chromium]

It's pretty tight, but all I had to do was drill the new holes for the vintage tuners, the holes for the smaller stock tuners were completely covered so I didn't even bother filling them. Be aware that the BaCh bushings are a little larger, I used a little masking tape to get the vintage bushings tighter, about one "turn" did it. Once you get them all in, the edges of each tuner will be touching. My " '76 " Orville has a little room between each edge too.

Finally got around to test-fitting and installing these.  Went in pretty smooth, just like you said.  On mine, I had to enlarge the holes just a bit to fit the vintage ferrules



(Sorry - shameless fakerbird alert.  Cover yer eyes, Henry J!)