Gareth Hughes

Hey Tim - have you a weight for this fine beastie?

Hey all - back up for sale is my Maruzsczyk Elwood Lp fretless 5 in Olympic White. Bass is new in June 2020 and (sadly) never played live, and is in brand new condition. It's 34" scale and has an unlined, 24 position ebony fingerboard. The body is light weight chambered alder, weight is 4.05kg. Pickups are Delano SBC with coil taps and passive v/b/t wiring. Hardware is Maruszczyk's own. Comes with a Maruszczyk gig bag. The sofa shot was before Adrian added the string retainer. To order today is €1620, about £1375 - would sell for £1050 - dropped to £850. Thanks, Gareth

More info - at the 12 minute mark in this review of a WL433 model, Danny talks about the woods being Philippine alder for the body and Philippine rosewood for the neck. And here's some more info on the WL Global range, again using the WL433 for details: Part of the new Global Series multi-scale length basses. WL Global Series is a more affordable version of Woodline, which has been the leading model of the Bacchus Handmade series. It is based on traditional electric bass guitars, but has a modern feel and improved features over the vintage design. The slightly down-sized body offers a comfortable neck and smooth playability, and the truss rod adjuster set at the body-end of the neck makes for easy adjustment of neck relief. The push-pull tone pot works as a 'Turbo Switch' function. When pulled up, the 2 pickups are then connected in series and will produce a more powerful sound. WL-433 inherits the craftsmanship philosophy and high quality standards of the original Woodline, as well as its appearance. Nothing is more important than precise handcrafting and great attention to detail when making an instrument with ideal tone. Specifications: MANUFACTURING COUNTRY: PHILIPPINES / BODY: ALDER / NECK: MAPLE / FINGER BOARD: ROSEWOOD / SCALE: 33 inch / RADIUS: 310R(4ST) / WIDTH AT NUT: 38mm(4ST) / NUT: ACRYL / BRIDGE: High-Mass JB Type / PICK UPS: Bacchus J Type / CONTROLS: 2Vol,1Tone(Pull up Turbo SW) / FINISH: URETHANE /

Hmmm - that I don’t know. Never heard of Techwood before - I’ll dig up the info I have from Danny. I had no trouble importing it, so perhaps Techwood is the case?

In Co.Down, N.Ireland.

Nope, it’s their Indonesian model. ***EDIT - my bad, it's not made in Indonesia, it's made in the Philippines. ***

Exactly the same with me. I have two Precisions that I love, but I still miss this one.

And here's a video of Danny playing the bass before shipping it out to me.

Hey Folks - up for sale is a Bacchus WL434 in Metallic Green. Colour is like a sparkly Sherwood Green, with a little bit of teal in it. Bass is in 9.9/10 condition. NOW £575 The details: 34inch scale Rosewood fingerboard on maple neck, with matching headstock Smaller jazz body - like a Sadowsky or Warmoth Dinky J Single Coil pickups Passive vol/vol/tone with their Turbo Boost on the tone pot - pulled up puts the pickups into series mode Weight is a hair over 3.8kg Comes with unused Bacchus gigbag Only recently bought - sold three jazz basses in the last 12 months and started missing them, but I'm just accepting that I have turned to the Precision side of life for my fretted needs. Bought from Danny at Bass Japan Direct. In his opinion, and I agree, he feels these are on par with Fender Japan build quality.