petetexas Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) Hi Reluctant sale ( due to redundancy ) of my Attilla Balough Odyssey Bass. Made 1979/ 1980 in Canada. Only one other ( that I am aware of ) in UK , and that belongs to another Basschat member. Usual dings and dents for a Bass of this age, Sounds quite unique, plays great . Hiscox Case included in sale…. Prefer pick up anywhere around Coventry M69, M6, M40 , but will pack if you want to arrange courier – and [b]take responsibility for transit[/b]. Specifications…………….. Grover Open Machine heads Brass Nut Brass Volume / Tone Knobs Brass Dot Inlays at side of fingerboard Brass Strap Buttons Brass cover plate over control cavity on rear Stainless Steel frets Badass Bridge CTS Pots Di-marzio PAF Precision type pickups Through neck construction (Maple / Mahogany / Maple) Ebony Fingerboard Ash Body – Finish in a Golden Honey Burst (best description I can give) Controls……….. Pickup Selector Out of Phase switch (when both pickups are on) Series / parallel switches for each individual pickup coil Volume / Tone for each pickup [attachment=65528:01.JPG][attachment=65529:02.JPG][attachment=65530:03.JPG][attachment=65531:04.JPG] [attachment=65648:SDC11213.JPG][attachment=65649:SDC11214.JPG][attachment=65650:SDC11215.JPG] Price [s]£800 [/s] £700 ono. All Original except for the CTS Pots and Stainless Steel fret wire Bit more info..... Attilla Ballough died in 1984 - tragic accident in the workshop late one night. He liked a little drink, and on returning to the workshop one night after a session, tripped and grabbed a sanding machine.....which fell on him , across his wind pipe, and choked him to death ( Info supplied by Ken Linderman, partner in the Canadian company at the time.) Also Ken informed me that the Bass looks from pic`s I sent him, fitted out as it left the workshop, Pete Edited December 5, 2010 by petetexas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wow - these are very rare indeed!! Played one many years ago, though a different model, and it was an exceptional bass! Good luck with the sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 This is my old Odyssey, and it's a bloody great bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) [quote name='RhysP' post='1045275' date='Dec 2 2010, 04:10 PM']This is my old Odyssey, and it's a bloody great bass.[/quote] Yep it sure is Rhys,,,,, Pete Edited December 2, 2010 by petetexas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beneath It All Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Wow!..Spent years trying to find one of these but not with P type pups Also, I seem to remember the Odyssey logo being on the headstock - a[countersunk] small brass 'O' .......still looks like a monster though..Good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetexas Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 [quote name='Beneath It All' post='1045364' date='Dec 2 2010, 05:18 PM']Wow!..Spent years trying to find one of these but not with P type pups Also, I seem to remember the Odyssey logo being on the headstock - a[countersunk] small brass 'O' .......still looks like a monster though..Good luck..[/quote] Hi, Yep your right, the later did have a brass disc , with a half moon shape in it. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornybank Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Yeah - I had one with the O. More of an Alembic clone than this one. Sem to recall I got £175 for it back in, like, '85? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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