Bacchus...thoughts???

[Sk1]

Hey I was thinking about getting a fender jazz bass but saw a really nice looking Bacchus jazz bass, I'm not too familiar with them. Any thoughts, comparisons???

[Eldon Tyrell]

There was a thread on Bacchus basses earlier this month. They look pretty tempting. Must resist 😎

 

[BassBunny]

I've had 2. They are fantastic basses.

[Sk1]

Does it matter where they are made?

[BassApprentice]

Probably less so now and everything is so standardised by CNC machines but there will be higher quality materials etc used between series hence the price difference. 

[Doctor J]

The older Japanese ones were all hand made. I am unfamiliar with the different series they have now but anything Japanese pre-2012 or so will never have seen a CNC machine.

[CameronJ]

Played a couple of Bacchus basses in the past and they were excellent. Great feel and tone. @thebassgallery usually have a few in stock if you fancy trying one out in person.

[Mike]

Late to the party, but I have a Woodline Handmade 5 and it's absolutely superbly made. I had a Sadowsky preamp put in and it's stunning.

[BassBunny]

I've just done a review of a WL534 I picked up recently.

 

[BlueMoon]

For those who may be interested, Mark at BassDirect has this just in:

https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Bacchus_DX4-AC,_Blue.html

(Note: I am not affiliated with BassDirect and don't know details of the part ex.).

[Marty Forrer]

I have a WL534 Global active in Olympic white winging it's way from Japan, or maybe chugging on a very slow freighter. The clear pickguard will be replaced with a pearloid black one, and I have in my spares bin a set of Hipshot Ultralite tuners  and if needed, an Audere 3 band pre. A few years ago I had a Bacchus HJB-5, and it was amazing. I had to sell it to fund an emergency so I'm real happy to have another Bacchus in my sights.

[BassBunny]

5 hours ago, Marty Forrer said:

I have a WL534 Global active in Olympic white winging it's way from Japan, or maybe chugging on a very slow freighter. The clear pickguard will be replaced with a pearloid black one, and I have in my spares bin a set of Hipshot Ultralite tuners  and if needed, an Audere 3 band pre. A few years ago I had a Bacchus HJB-5, and it was amazing. I had to sell it to fund an emergency so I'm real happy to have another Bacchus in my sights.

I've got some carbon wrap that I got to wrap a mountain bike. I might pinch a bit to wrap the pickguard on mine. I can never make my mind up about the clear ones Bacchus fit.

[ped]

Someone buy this - great price and these TwentyFour models are brilliant!

https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1851886

 

[BlueMoon]

I tried my best to share the love for, and put the word out, about the Bacchus Craft Series WL-4 DX in blue available at BassDirect UK.

It was my way of fending off the unbearable GAS that I was having, hoping it would be gone the next time I checked. Nobody was up for it.........so it came home to me!

A quick switch to Sadowsky knobs (with a line marker) and a set up and I'd say it's the mutt's nuts.

 

[BassApprentice]

57 minutes ago, ped said:

Someone buy this - great price and these TwentyFour models are brilliant!

https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1851886

 

That's stunning! 😍

[ped]

3 minutes ago, BassApprentice said:

That's stunning! 😍

Indeed - I had a similar passive version