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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2013, 10:48:02 PM »
Sweet bass!

Could you not have Bach set the necks with a couple of degrees less pitch?  Has to be a hell of a lot easier than making saddles for every bass you sell.

If course that would've been much easier.
But this is the reason why this whole project has been dragging it's feet for five years.
They have a series with this angle. And because they couldn't find a bridge, they just put them aside.
In the meanwhile other brands are flooding the market with their semi acoustic basses...
I got fed up with the wait and I decided to just order one and see if I could fix it. I did and it's no problem at all.
Now I can finally start to sell these basses. They're perfect.


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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2013, 10:59:58 PM »
Rob, any idea what kind of material Gibson used? We usually say nylon but did they ever specify exactly what it was?

I wonder if UHMW might be a good solution. Very good abrasion resistance, self-lubricating, easy to work, relatively low cost and pretty easy to get in small quantities, at least over here.

I don't know exactly, but it looks and feels like Nylon PA (Polyamid) to me.

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2013, 04:14:27 AM »
I don't know exactly, but it looks and feels like Nylon PA (Polyamid) to me.
Polyoxymethylene (Delrin) is cheap, easily obtained and fills all the parameters.  I used it a lot for protoyping parts that would eventually be injection molded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyoxymethylene

It's available in flat stock that would require very little work to make saddles.  Basically cut, drill and tap.  Here's an example:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acetal-Delrin-Plastic-Sheet-1-2-x-4-x-23-White/360716384283?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D261%26meid%3D839117289980229958%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D111133080864%26

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2013, 04:45:37 AM »
Thank you Carlo  :)

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2013, 04:58:03 AM »
Thank you Carlo  :)

You're welcome.  Consider the best way to produce multiple identical parts.

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2013, 05:10:38 AM »
It all depends on the numbers.

BaCH did not make a lot of these bass guitars.
For the time being it is going to be the most realistic to drill cut and sand them myself.

An old customer mine has a small CNC machine for prototyping. The initial costs are the only bottle neck. That would be ideal if I should make more saddles in the future.
I am not going to sell hundreds ... ;)

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2013, 10:23:30 AM »
I have absolutely no idea what this might look like. Totally bummed.  ???
We've taken too much for granted ... and all the time it had grown ...
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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #23 on: August 26, 2013, 02:08:00 PM »
I have absolutely no idea what this might look like. Totally bummed.  ???

Where have they got you sequestered...?
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #24 on: August 26, 2013, 02:29:09 PM »
Took it with me to the rehearsals tonight.
Very dynamic bass guitar!

The lows are impressively deep. You definitely need a good cab with this one.
The highs are much clearer than I would've expected with a Mudbucker.
But if you dial off the treble you get that typical vintage sound.

The guys in the band loved it.

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #26 on: August 26, 2013, 08:31:00 PM »
Rob, is this an Artec version of a mudbucker?

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2013, 10:35:45 PM »
I don't know for sure Dave.
I think it is.

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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #28 on: August 27, 2013, 07:18:39 AM »
Any finishes other than natural?
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Re: BaCH shortscale semi acoustic
« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2013, 07:55:12 AM »
Yes, they also have them in Antique Red and White.

Edit: here's a group shot

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