BaCHbird

[godofthunder]

 

[OldManC]

Not much info but in case you want to read whatever is there in English: http://www.bachmusik.com/en/

I'm totally stoked for a burst II but that dark transparent red sounds like this:



Which means I might have to figure out how to buy two...

[Highlander]

(deep sobbing sounds from the UK)

[PhilT]

More weeping

[gweimer]

A NR IV in tobaccoburst?  Oh, my.  I have a feeling the Newport will be sold before too long, in that case.

[Denis]

Cool. Looks like they're finally taking my advice

Holy Cow! That is absolutely gorgeous! It wouldn't take much to swing me over to one of these over the Entwistle bass they are working on.

[Stjofön Big]

Such a beautiful piece! That T-bird II is really nice looking! A hymn to simplicity.

[nolabass]

I posted this elsewhere not knowing that anyone else knew about it-you guys are too good! I had received an email about the release of 2 pickup NR BachBirds in transparent red and honeyburst. Oh me oh my! I NEED one of these, pretty much simplifed my entire bass collection so getting one or two of these could be feasible. Hopefully I'm on the "notification" list for these, If yall can provide any good direction towards the purchasing process (i.e. money orders? international buying/shipping processes/taxes) i would love to hear from you. Can't wait to be a member of this little club-and play the snot out of this puppy! Cheers!

[jmcgliss]

That burst is NICE.  Suddenly wondering about the progress of the Fender-y-bird seems more urgent.

[OldManC]

If yall can provide any good direction towards the purchasing process (i.e. money orders? international buying/shipping processes/taxes) i would love to hear from you. Can't wait to be a member of this little club-and play the snot out of this puppy! Cheers!

If it goes the same as last time they'll send you an invoice via email and want an international wire transfer from your bank. If you've never done one before (which many of us in the U.S. haven't really ever had the need to do), it's really not that big a deal. The teller at my bank had never done one so it took about 30 minutes to get through it all. With shipping and exchange rate (send the amount in whatever currency they ask for on the invoice), it was about $400 per bass last time around (no idea if it'll be the same this time). All the information you'll need for the wire transfer is included in the invoice, so print that out and take it to your bank.

A couple of things:

Once you get the invoice, pay ASAP. I left it for a week and they actually canceled my order. They just sent a new invoice once I convinced them I really did want the basses (I bought two), but they expect payment pretty quickly once they've sent that invoice.

My shipment took about nine days from payment sent to arrival at my door. Some guys got them even quicker than that.

I didn't pay any import taxes or fees. Actually, I never have and have bought quite few basses from overseas in the last nine years.

And remember when you come back to report on your new bird: No pics? No bass! 

[godofthunder]

Such a beautiful piece! That T-bird II is really nice looking! A hymn to simplicity.

I like the IIs much better just for that reason...............simplicity ! I never liked a pickup by the bridge (EB3s being the exception) and I have always found one pickup basses have plenty of different tones to offer just by changing they way you play, pick vs fingers, where you play and using the tone control etc. I can't wait to see the dark trans red ! The sunburst looks fantastic as well I just might have to buy one of each ! My wife owes me a bass for renovating her yoga studio 

[Stjofön Big]

I would really like to turn the Bachbird one step further into a copy of the original, bringing the finger rest (I know it's called thumb rest, but one can't rest the thumb on it, other than that one flips the bass? Can one?), and covers into the picture. But the prices seems a bit to high, at least for my economy. Is there anywhere to find copies of this stuff?

[Low End Theorist]

 

A sunburst IV?

I have always wanted one.
Where am I gonna get the money? 

[Muzikman7]

I want the Blue one I sent an e-mail.

[Basvarken]

I would really like to turn the Bachbird one step further into a copy of the original, bringing the finger rest (I know it's called thumb rest, but one can't rest the thumb on it, other than that one flips the bass? Can one?), and covers into the picture. But the prices seems a bit to high, at least for my economy. Is there anywhere to find copies of this stuff?

Not everybody wants one. That's the reason why it wasn't ordered in the first place.
It shouldn't be too hard to make one yourself. You don't have to be an engineer to shape a little piece of wood an put two holes in it...