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Title: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Bionic-Joe on February 02, 2018, 06:08:48 PM

Hi! Not sure if this is theIncorrect place but does anybody Know If I could Buy a Mahogany NR T bird neck from Bach????? I'd Like to make a Korina Body and make a Nice NRII

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Basvarken on February 03, 2018, 01:24:54 AM

The answer is no.
BaCH quit making the BaCHbird several years ago.
And all stock they had, is gone meanwhile.

BTW. They never sold the necks separately to begin with.
Your best chance would have been the barebones version of which they had (only) a few.

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: shadowcastaz on February 03, 2018, 08:43:04 AM

check with these guys on ebay. They make some nice  necks
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NeckBlank-17-4-Deg-hdsk-joint-16th-fret-mt-For-Carved-top-LP-style-Mahogany/331436468267?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649



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Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Bionic-Joe on February 04, 2018, 12:43:22 PM

thanks..close but NOT exact..and he won't make any necks out of wood that I send...I want Korina or mahogany.
IF ONLY I new how to make the necks i'd be pumping out basses now...no joke..

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Pilgrim on February 04, 2018, 01:36:19 PM

Quote from: Baz Cooper on February 04, 2018, 12:43:22 PM

thanks..close but NOT exact..and he won't make any necks out of wood that I send...I want Korina or mahogany.
IF ONLY I new how to make the necks i'd be pumping out basses now...no joke..

Perhaps the best option is to work with necks that you CAN acquire...?

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Basvarken on February 04, 2018, 01:48:33 PM

As far as I know that guy on Ebay also offers to make necks from African Mahogany, which is what BaCH used for the BaCHbird necks.

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: amptech on February 05, 2018, 01:21:49 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on February 04, 2018, 01:48:33 PM

As far as I know that guy on Ebay also offers to make necks from African Mahogany, which is what BaCH used for the BaCHbird necks.

He built me one.

Needed a maho neck for an EB3 project bought off eBay (seller claimed it had ´the typical´headstock repair, turned out to be a cut down maple bolt on neck - long scale! ..with the original fretboard glued on top).

Neck was african mahogany, impressed with both how it sounded (can´t tell a difference) and fitted (almost no modification/sanding needed on the heel before glueing)

So at least for me, he seems to know gibson necks well. All i had to do was shape headstock, inlay it, mount trussrod, glue down trussrodstrip, glue on fingerboard, and paint. Easy fix, as they say :)

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: uwe on February 05, 2018, 02:33:34 PM

Didn't the early Bachbirds have a maple neck?

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Denis on February 15, 2018, 08:21:24 AM

Quote from: uwe on February 05, 2018, 02:33:34 PM

Didn't the early Bachbirds have a maple neck?

Maybe the Series I did. I don't think the thin Series II or later IIIs had maple necks.

Title: Re: Need a Bach NR T bird Neck
Post by: Basvarken on February 15, 2018, 08:26:47 AM

Yes the first series did not have a mahogany neck. I'm not sure if it is maple