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)
Dang, that's nice. Looks like an ebony board.
The thing looks like it's got a hard on :o and people think Rics reverse headstocks on the C64s are ugly.
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:
Quote from: 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 Mr. Green
Now this bass I like ;D
i must have one! that is awesome!what does the headstock look like.
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
Kinda cool. Iceman vibe.....
Don't let the Ric police see that, JH will have a fit :o
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.
No so much for the reverse body, but I like everything else about it!
Quote from: 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 Mr. Green
Damn Rob. Why'd you have to go and do that.
Here we go again. ;D
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:
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?
and what do we google? BaChRic? ;D
Quote from: sniper dog on March 02, 2010, 07:34:22 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...
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.
Quote from: OldManC on March 02, 2010, 09:16:34 PM
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?
Quote from: godofthunder on March 03, 2010, 05:31:05 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.
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
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
how do the chi sonics compare to dark stars. looks like lakland copied fred .....
Quote from: jumbodbassman on April 08, 2010, 02:38:38 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).