John Birch

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:34 am

I have one very similar to this in greenburst.
Lovely. More knobs than common sense dictates.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/John-Birch-Bass-Guitar-1970s_W0QQitemZ280112042076QQihZ018QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:40 am

BC Richenbacker

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:22 am

that's a lot of knobs ...

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:17 am

Here's one for you Jeff. I've played it and its pretty cool, but it does need some work:

http://www.songbirdmusic.com/product_details.asp?id=21869&ret=%2Fproducts%5Flist%2Easp%3Fnav%3D2%26catID%3D25%26clear%3Dy&catID=25&nav=2&clear=y

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:32 am

A Rick knockoff, and nobody says "fie"?

Allow me to be the first.

That John Birch character must own a knob company, or have some sort of fetish for 'em; that double neck is now in my Top Ten of the ugliest guitars on the planet.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:44 am

Paul - the doubleneck is so over the top (especially in person) that I started laughing the first time I saw it. That being said it has (IMHO) that "so bad that it's good" vibe that some weird instruments possess. And it's green, which of course is a bonus in my book.

rickaddict · Post by **rickaddict** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:47 am

Holy cow, 14 knobs?

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:48 am

Six knobs seems like a lot... 4 is more than enough for me.

BTW, sorry for a stupid question, but - the guitar has 2 pickups and 6 knobs, so i can understand what 4 knobs are for, but the other two - what could they be for?..

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:50 am

Fiddling.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:51 am

I bet there's a lot of electrikery in the back of that thing, if you look at the rear picture there's a cover over almost the entire rear surface.

Nasty - IMHO.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed May 09, 2007 9:59 am

So the bow's included?

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:18 am

Yeah, the plexiglass back that holds the multitude of electronic guts is pretty bad. Personally I prefer the simple approach...

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed May 09, 2007 10:48 am

All those knobs should be dice.

12stringbassist · Post by **12stringbassist** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:00 pm

Pickup selector and overall volume are the extra
knobs.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed May 09, 2007 12:08 pm

Thanks, Ian. But as i see, the doubleneck has 7 knobs per each "half", and, sorry again for the stupid question, the 7th knobs are for - ?