Why Sixx went to Schecter....

[gearHed289]

In this interview, Sixx references his '59 P-bass as influencing the Schecter...

Nothing says '59 P-bass like a pair of EMGs. 

[uwe]

 

[OldManC]

I had an NJ with the slab body and binding. The neck was far more comfortable than the two US Rich basses I've owned ('77 Eagle and '81 Mockingbird) and the body was slightly smaller than US versions. It sounded better too (at least to my ears). I sold it to a guy back east who was in a Motley tribute band. He'd been looking for years and was really happy with it. I got it direct from Japan so it might be good to keep an eye out there.

[Blackbird]

George....what are all of those switches on that about?  It's like an Alembic...

[uwe]

They're all kill switches, even filled to the brim with heroin (rhymes!), you're bound to hit one to get the darn thing silent.

[uwe]

Flash thought: There should be a Federal Law against split coils on anything but a Fender P.

[OldManC]

Here's a typical layout from the era (though Bichs like this had more than the rest). I remember liking two or three combinations of switching on my basses but even then I thought it was overkill.

[Nocturnal]

Even with all of those switches and controls I would find a way to make it sound bad  

George, That white Warlock looks killer! That is the type I would like to have.

[chromium]

Great looking Warlock, George!  I've never had a chance to try the NJ stuff, but if its anything like the other Japanese axen of the era I bet its nice.

I love the neck on my Mockingbird.  I was told its a '79, but I'm not entirely sure how to date them... (s/n 81XXX).  The neck is 1 5/8" at the nut, and slender profile.  Wide and shallow- like a Kardashian!  

Just managed to buy another BC from the same dude a year later.  This one is even more of a switchfest than the Mock!

(crappy cell pic from while it was getting boxed up)


Bich Supreme in glitter rock white.  89XXX s/n - whatever year that is.  '83-ish?

I heard that its a good bass for metal 

[Dave W]

I almost bought a Bich once. It was a US made bolt neck, dirt cheap in a local shop about 15 years ago. The owner talked me out of it, told me I would never play it in public. He was right, not my style.

[chromium]

The owner talked me out of it, told me I would never play it in public. He was right, not my style.

I'm all about public ridicule... I'll work it into the Wilson Pickett covers somehow 

They're all kill switches, even filled to the brim with heroin (rhymes!), you're bound to hit one to get the darn thing silent.

 

Funny comment I had seen somewhere:  "it's just a vol/tone, and the rest controls the plane flying overhead"

Thought of you when I came across this little "Bich fest" recently:

[planetgaffnet]

See, this thread has now come full circle.  Suzi Quatro/Nikki Sixx both had their names on the fingerboards of their basses.*

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*at one time or another.

[Blackbird]

Great looking Warlock, George!  I've never had a chance to try the NJ stuff, but if its anything like the other Japanese axen of the era I bet its nice.

I love the neck on my Mockingbird.  I was told its a '79, but I'm not entirely sure how to date them... (s/n 81XXX).  The neck is 1 5/8" at the nut, and slender profile.  Wide and shallow- like a Kardashian!  

Just managed to buy another BC from the same dude a year later.  This one is even more of a switchfest than the Mock!

(crappy cell pic from while it was getting boxed up)


Bich Supreme in glitter rock white.  89XXX s/n - whatever year that is.  '83-ish?

I heard that its a good bass for metal 

that is crazy.  No way I would be able to deal with all of those.....

[Granny Gremlin]

Flash thought: There should be a Federal Law against split coils on anything but a Fender P.

Mind yer own jurisdiction, Hans!  Here in 'Murica, we enjoy our freedom to rock any way we like (firmly entrenched in the constitution ... somewhere between the freedom of religion and right to bear arms).

[TBird1958]

Mind yer own jurisdiction, Hans!  Here in 'Murica, we enjoy our freedom to rock any way we like (firmly entrenched in the constitution ... somewhere between the freedom of religion and right to bear arms).

I thought you were Canadian?!