The Last Bass Outpost

Now that there are over 1000 posts at the BaCHbird thread, and now that they are making their way into our hot hands, should we start a separate thread with live BaCHbird pics? OK, I'll start...........











We let our #1 fan celebrate his 100th CoverGurl show by coming up and jamming on his alligator Les Paul for a couple of songs!

I had nothing to do with it!

The Non Revs were a reaction to Fender's lawsuit threat (it was never heard in court)

That always strikes me as funny since the non-revs looked so much more like Fenders than the original reverse style. 

That thing is WAY too cool! Blows away any of those guitar of the week things Gibson made. I would love to have one. Nice concept, nice work!

Awww..........This case is SO pretty..........I wanna have sex with it!  

It IS pretty plush! The official industry term is "panda fur". But rest assured, no pandas were harmed in the making of this case.

he was also Frankenstein in Death race 2000

Oh, hell yeah! I almost forgot about that.

Well, unlike Mark, I have no case that will fit this large headed beast.  But, as luck would have it, I run a flight case company here outside of Chicago, so I had my very first bass flight case built.  I used our polypropylene material for the panels, rather than wood/laminate, so the case comes in at 29 pounds. I just weighed it with the bass inside and it shows 38.5 pounds. Our price on this case would be $510. I know... it is what it is.  But, you get what you pay for! IF any forum members are interested, I can do one for $430. There's not a lot of mark up on this stuff..... We can go cheaper if we ditch the fancy fur lining and just do plain foam, but I don't really like to do that. Anyway, just passing it along, not looking to make a buck off you guys!

FYI - so far I have added a late model TB+ with NOS 70s chrome cover, CTS pots, Switchcraft jack (tone control and jack in proper locations), Gibson TRC (piece of tape over BaCH logo), Schaller strap locks (front one behind heck heel), and speed knobs (waiting for chrome caps). I also have a Hipshot D-tuner on order. I'll be leaving the other three tuners for now. Now if I could get Scott to do one of those fine pickguards for me....

I used the BaCH at rehearsal last night, and I have to say again... I am blown away by this bass. I believe this is going to be my new #1. Sounds great, feels great, looks great! If I could get another in Inverness green, I'd buy it.

I was gonna say - I've never seen this kind of quality out of China. Korea and Indonesia, yes, but not China. NO frets sticking out the end of the fingerboard or anything weird. Seems to be a fine instrument. This bass is going to be getting a lot of stage time with me.