Bach Fenderbird

[police squad]

http://www.numberoneguitars.com/shop/index.php/basses/electric-basses/fenderbird.html

anyone seen or tried one?
Where are numberoneguitars based?

thanks

[Kevsy71]

Looks like the owner is a BC member :
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/190841-hi-from-the-netherlands/page__hl__rob+van+den+broek__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/190841-hi-from-the-netherlands/page__hl__rob+van+den+broek__fromsearch__1 [/url]

[police squad]

a ha!
He's been in touch and he's seems very helpful etc.
I fancy a Fenderbird as I've got a gig coming up playing as a Who tribute

[Kevsy71]

Seems ideal for a tribute: certainly more affordable than a Mike Lull (which looks amazing)!
[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Mike_Lull_T4_TB.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Mike_Lull_T4_TB.html[/url]

[Muzz]

Lovely as it is, the Mike Lull isn't a Fenderbird...just saying...

[Kevsy71]

Indeed! Sorry I completely missed that. In fact I hadn't heard the term 'Fenderbird' before, now reading up...

[Bassassin]

I remember these from BW a few years ago, the guy in the link above got a batch built for some forum members.

Bach do - or at least did - some nice stuff, including rather lovely interpretations of certain Basses That Must Not Be Named. Or at least, sold on BC...

Jon.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1458819795' post='3011166']
Lovely as it is, the Mike Lull isn't a Fenderbird...just saying...
[/quote]

It kind of is though, on account of it being a bolt-on rather than through-neck.

[Byo]

I have had a look at both numberone and Bach's homepages and they look like decent instruments.

The EB2 and the Spalted Maple PBass caught my eye and the price is cheaper than Squier.

Let us know how it plays if you decide to get one.

[discreet]

I'm seeing WAY too many affordable basses I like the look of. Please stop posting them.

[Bassman Sam]

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1458856498' post='3011690']
The most knowledgeable forum would be the Last Bass Outpost, as some members worked quite closely with B&CH to get these things built. Eyguitars,the purveyor of cheap Chinese hardware, have some nice reproduction '60s Thunderbird pickups. I think they now do them in nickel finish, and with two different output ratings. I would buy the B&CH and then retrofit the Eyguitars pickups, if it were me.
[/quote]

Which impedance would give the best results. I'm thinking of putting a couple of these in my Pbass as a cheap Mike Lull alike.

[basskit_case]

There is a Fenderbird TB too, must be the newer model: http://www.numberoneguitars.com/shop/index.php/basses/ft-01-or-tb.html

[police squad]

the TB has the better pickups in it

[Qlank]

I have 2 B&CH basses.
John Hall would not be impressed.