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LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 24th, 2009, 12:27 am
by iome
Hi all,
this thread is for all of those who's seriously interested and has intention to buy a Lefty BachBird, a lefty reproduction of the Gibson Non Reverse Thunderbird II. We must order, at least, 20 basses.
You can see the bass on the manufactures site: http: http://www.bachmusik.com/en/p101177/th-1-wh/
It's an all mahogany bass,34" scale, 1.50" width at nut, with set neck and one Artec alnico V humbucker. A faithfull copy of the original except for the electronics, the bridge and the pickguard is slightly smaller.
The actual colors are white, black and blue.
Here's a thread from another forum where you can see what people, who's got the bass, say's about them: http://bassoutpost.com/index.php?topic=434.840
The price is 160€ plus shipping.

Re: Lefty BachBird acquisition thread

Posted: June 24th, 2009, 8:18 am
by danomite64
How much will they cost? I'm interested in a blue one, and I have a friend who'd probably buy one in each color, but I'll need to tell him the price.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 24th, 2009, 1:51 pm
by Basshappi
I'm in! I haven't decided on a color yet, but I think we need to make certain if BaCH will give us the same color selection first.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 24th, 2009, 7:01 pm
by pjmuck
I'm in for a blue one as well.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 24th, 2009, 8:37 pm
by andrew
Here's a couple mock up pics courtesy of OldManC over at the bassoutpost.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 24th, 2009, 9:48 pm
by pjmuck
I'm going to post some info on Facebook about these. Hopefully that will get some more bites.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 25th, 2009, 1:16 pm
by iome
Well, lets say that Bach didn't ask what color they should make them, if i remember right. But you can see, on their site, that those 3 colors are the same as they use for their other basses. I'm going to ask for a non colored, if possible.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 26th, 2009, 8:11 am
by Basshappi
Well I think I'll go with a white bird, as I don't own any basses in that color. Replace the pickguard with a black pearloid and it will be snazzy!

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: June 29th, 2009, 11:31 pm
by andrew
You guys want to compile a list of everyone here and on other forums who are interested in getting one of these basses so we can see how close/far we really are?

BTW, how much down and how long until they're made once the order is placed?

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 9:51 am
by baalroo
andrew wrote:how much down and how long until they're made once the order is placed?

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 15th, 2009, 8:37 am
by iome
There's two guys from another forum + two unsure....How many are we here?

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 17th, 2009, 11:57 am
by andrew
I think once we know how much we need to put down and the timeframe there'll be more people here ready to commit to this project.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 17th, 2009, 1:38 pm
by iome
Roman from Bach told me the price would be the same plus shipping. The time is unsure, it took them 2 1/2 years to do the first model, obviously it'll be less since they have the templates and the parts to finish it

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 17th, 2009, 2:03 pm
by andrew
Can you find out if we need to pay for the bass entirely up front or if we can put a deposit on it to get the order started?

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 1:26 am
by iome
Each buyer gets an invoice when the basses are ready to ship

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 6:39 am
by AustinLeftyBass
iome wrote:Roman from Bach told me the price would be the same plus shipping.
And that price is?

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 7:21 am
by Retag
AustinLeftyBass wrote:
And that price is?
It's in the first post, but you need to convert to dollars, and there is no good guess about what shipping might be.

I am looking for move in the next 6-12 months, so I actually need to purge gear before getting any. Ask me again in six months, I would love one!

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 9:34 am
by pjmuck
How are we doing on our 20 count quota? I've got a couple of people on Facebook inquiring about details, and I'd like to get more info for them if possible. Can you get me info?

- How close are you to 20?
- What is the wait / turn around time on these?
- Also how will the payment happen, considreing it's the Czech Republic.

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 11:03 am
by andrew
iome wrote:Each buyer gets an invoice when the basses are ready to ship
So no deposit down to place your order?

Re: LEFTY BACHBIRD (GIBSON NR T-BIRD CLONE) AQUISITION THREAD!

Posted: July 20th, 2009, 1:50 pm
by iome
no deposit, but we must be sure to buy it if we order one. The payment must be done with bank transfer, ones the base is ready you get the invoice with bank details, i know that some people in the US paid around 380$ with shipping but the $ is going up and (mostly, in these days) down pretty much. We are not more than 5 buyers yet..... :(