Gibson Nonreverese reissuie a reality

[Basvarken]

I have a vintage B&CH with maple neck then!!! Very rare.

Yes, only 50 were made of this first series!
Now you need a full mahogany one too  

[Basvarken]

Will you take CAD at parity with the Euro?      

Almost Jake!
For 500 CAD it's yours

[Denis]

Yes, only 50 were made of this first series!
Now you need a full mahogany one too  

So the first 20 Bachs had maple necks? So, is this breakdown correct?
Series I: 20 made in white, thick body, no belly cut, thick maple neck, mahogany body, single pickup
Series II: 30 made (10 black, 10 white, 10 Sonic Blue), thin body, belly cut, thin mahogany neck, mahogany body, single pickup
Series III: Unknown number made (Trans Cherry with single or two pups and Honeyburst with single pups), thick body, no belly cut, thick mahogany neck, mahogany body.

[Granny Gremlin]

I'm afraid it'll have to wait until after we gut and redo the kitchen in any case. Very GAS inspiring though.

[Basvarken]

So the first 20 Bachs had maple necks? So, is this breakdown correct?
Series I: 20 made in white, thick body, no belly cut, thick maple neck, mahogany body, single pickup
Series II: 30 made (10 black, 10 white, 10 Sonic Blue), thin body, belly cut, thin mahogany neck, mahogany body, single pickup
Series III: Unknown number made (Trans Cherry with single or two pups and Honeyburst with single pups), thick body, no belly cut, thick mahogany neck, mahogany body.

Yes I think this is correct. Although I'm not sure if there were actually 20 or more in the first series. I thought there were 50 made, but you may very well be right.

Series IV introduced an arm cut.
Series V introduced a volute and thicker neck.

[uwe]

The Robunderbird legacy. I stand in awe! 

[Basvarken]

It may look like an awful lot of BaCHbirds were made. But actually each series was made in very small numbers, as the BaCH workshop is very small and they just don't have the room to build huge amounts.

I'm not sure how they decide which models to build, but to me it looks like they say; okay this week it's Telecaster time and next week let's build some more BaCHbirds. I am yet to discover a pattern in their mysterious production ways...

[Granny Gremlin]

Don't try to understand Pepik logic.  They don't even believe in stop lights for heaven's sake.  

[Dave W]

Rob, I thought the first series was 50. And looking back in my old emails, there's one from you dated Oct. 31, 2008 saying that you had an email from BaCH saying all 50 were ready.

[Basvarken]

Thanx Dave, yeah that's how I remembered it. Denis made me doubt myself.
But I also remember some of the guys that subscribed had to wait for the second series.

[Dave W]

You're right, some did have to wait. The first 50 basses were reserved for 42 buyers and there were 14 more on the waiting list. I was on the waiting list and got an email from Roman about 5 months later. Since I didn't buy one, I don't know if that would have been from the first or second series.

[66Atlas]

Hi Guys & girls, I stumbled accross this post yesterday and thought I'd join up. I'm the guy from that other site with NR with mixed chrome and black hardware.  I love a good conspiracy theory as much as the next guy but I'm afraid I'm not trying to dupe anyone. I cant explain why Gibson sent out the bass the way they did or why they printed labels with "chrome" on the hardware description.  I'll try to post a pic of the bass that was sent to me when I bought it.  Reguardless of why or how they did it I really like the look of the chrome, I'm toying with the idea of swapping out the tuning machines just to see what it looks like. 



Anyway, love my gibsons.  In addition the 3 birds I've also got a '79 Ripper and an early '67 EB-3 that was built to '66 specs...but that's a whole 'nother consipspiracy 

[OldManC]

Welcome aboard, Atlas! Glad to have you here, and that's a beautiful bass regardless of it's mixed heritage.

[weekend warrior]

beauty bass Atlas.Cant get over how strange they look with the front pickup so far forward...

[Highlander]

Not another American...

Welcome to the mix...