Lorne

Here's one of 'em [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/share6_album/media/STIII_zpsccb43594.jpg.html][IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/share6_album/STIII_zpsccb43594.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A better picture of the front [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/share6_album/media/20080211224_zpsd411798c.jpg.html][IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/share6_album/20080211224_zpsd411798c.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And here's t'other [URL=http://s169.photobucket.com/user/share6_album/media/DSCF1198_zps12fb1b07.jpg.html][IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u230/share6_album/DSCF1198_zps12fb1b07.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1374136963' post='2145593'] Wow, impressive list, didn't know there were so many, and impressive work to make it! Going to have some fun giving them all a visit. [/quote] Please don't visit Eccleshall, you'll slow down the repair of my B.C.Rich Ironbird, which he has only had for about 2 and a half years !

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1373832789' post='2142116'] Nice collection. My point was that BC Rich are a very distinctive brand with a very strong identity and associations, so are more likely to successfully feature in a "brands that don't seem to mix" pairing. The Spector/Streamer thing was a separate suggestion. [/quote] Whilst I agree with you in point, there are always exceptions to every rule [URL=http://s4.photobucket.com/user/190968/media/Picture011a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y146/190968/Picture011a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The bass to the very right of the picture is a 1996 USA Handmade B.C.Rich Innovator bass, and if it didn't have B.C.Rich written on the headstock, a lot of people wouldn't think it was one. BTW I used to play a Bich 8 string in a Jazz band MANY years ago LOL

[quote name='Clarky72' timestamp='1373838954' post='2142212'] haha, brilliant. none the wiser so far apart from swaying slightly more towards the white. @ Dingus: as it happens i love 80s hair metal I'm getting a Euro 4LX but custom spec so with gold hardware. I was thinking initially of black as it looks awesome with the gold hardware, but then so does white. the white one might stand out a bit more...hmmm, i dunno!?!?! [/quote] Trust me, I have 2 Black B.C.Rich Widow basses, they always look filthy :-(

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1373737095' post='2141147'] Been doing more sanding today. started at 180 grit, then 280 grit and finished at 400 grit. The wood on the back and sides is nice and smooth now but I'm going to do more with 800 and probably 1000 grit to finish it. I'm going to sand the fingerboard with finer papers too. I've been doing some measuring for pickup placement. The front pickup (neck) is being placed in the same position as those on my Status S2 and ESP. I never solo the front pickup as I don't like the sound from a front pickup on it's own. Back pickup (bridge) is much more critical. This is a pickup I do solo from time to time. I have placed the back edge of it 45mm from the centre of the G saddle. The back pickup on the Status is very much closer to the bridge and gives quite a brittle tone on it's own. My Tokai Jazz has it's bridge pickup back edge 55mm from the G saddle and has a much warmer tone to it but still keeping that tighter feel of a back pickup. Do any of you have any words of wisdom on this subject? [/quote] I would move the neck pick up slightly towards the bridge, increase the distance between the 2 pick ups so the bridge pick up is nearer the bridge too, as It just doesn't look right to me, as you have it pictured, not meaning to be rude, however it's your bass, keep up the good work :-)

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1373621813' post='2139697'] Of the major or more well known brands, this will be tricky. BC Rich may be a good starting point. Actually, does anyone have a Streamer AND a Spector? With all the accusations of one copying the other, the 'rivalry' could mean that people are in one camp or the other. [/quote] Eh? [url="http://s169.photobucket.com/user/share6_album/media/DSC00153.jpg.html"][/url]

White, pure class, and Black is a P.I.T.A. to keep clean

Buy a Mockingbird Then the precision's problems will be minor

Looking great

Saw he had a Bridge he might not be using, so I expressed an interest in it, he offered it to me at a reasonable price on Sunday, I paid on Monday, he shipped on Tuesday it's here today, Wednesday, what more could you want Bassbus is like a drill bit, HSS Honest Sincere Swift Many thanks Graham :-)

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1371337685' post='2112813'] I'll see what I can do. It won't be up for sale for a while as I have to find the right piece of wood to fill that hole. New bridge has been ordered. [/quote] Thanks, keep me at the top of the list LOL Here's my opinion on your bass, you've filled the excess control holes, I had that done by Chris Eccleshall on one of my basses, looked great when I picked it up, then the paint settled and it sticks out like a sore thumb The front pick up route, gonna be a P.I.A. to hide So, get a piece of flame or quilted maple, get the front of the body planed down to however thick your maple is, fill the pick up route with maple, add the quilted/flame to the front and spray it tobacco burst. I had one of the original Bass Collection basses, in the 80's, they came with hard cases as standard back then, wish I could remember what I did with mine

Got any better pictures of the Badass, I bought one off t'internet to replace the original one on my 1987 neck thru B.C.Rich ST bass, and when it arrived, it wasn't BLACK, it was, well, Chocolate coloured!

D'Addario EXL-170's in 4 string and 6 string

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1370035210' post='2095967'] WOW! I would have travelled to anywhere in the UK for a USA Mockingbird! [/quote] Better still, this was the one Phil Lynott used in the "Do what you want too" video, and had been put in a loft in 1982, I retrieved it in December of 2006 !!!

Kent's a bit far from Cornwall ain't it, I thought I was mad going from Plymouth to Northampton for a free USA BC Rich Mockingbird

American made B.C.Rich Bich 8 string (Strung as a 4) player here, 30.5" scale length, awesome bass

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1357219187' post='1919233'] This is mine... [/quote] WOW Wonky!!!!

If I were to buy it, Which I'm not, first thing I would do, is remove the signature.Anyone can get a signature on a guitar or bass, the internet is littered with them, unless the artist is dead and worthy, such as John Entwhistle, then I've never seen a signed instrument go for more than what an unsigned one does Just my experience

[font=Calibri]I always wanted this bass, it sold 3 months before I joined the Internet!!!, I would have bought it too[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]Was never going to use my 2007 Customshop (which I bought NEW) to do a copy[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]I managed to find a MK1 USA Widow bass in Singapore[/font] [font=Calibri]it got damaged after this picture, hence the silver edgeing in the next one[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]I didn't get it from Singapore, but a Scottish bloke did, I got it from him after the edgeing was added[/font] [font=Calibri]The one on the Left[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]So, off to Chris Eccleshall[/font] [font=Calibri]Minus Paint[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]New Headplate[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]Handcut 3mm Brass pieces (cut by me and my fingers), then Chromed[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]New Bridge, New, never used 1980's Grover Titan Tuners supplied by me[/font] [font=Calibri][/font] [font=Calibri]The inlays and Logo were also sourced by me[/font] [font=Calibri]I know I didn't do a lot of the refurb, but I did cut all the brass[/font]