*TRADED*Bacchus WL434 - £575 - UK shipping included £650

[Gareth Hughes]

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.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2022 by Gareth Hughes

[EssentialTension]

Excellent colour.

 

GLWTS

 

[AndyTravis]

Wow. Nice

[Gareth Hughes]

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

 

 

[funkle]

That is just beautiful. Have a free bump

[Eldon Tyrell]

😍

[Thomas P]

Surprised it`s still here. Very good basses for the money and in this case a very attractive combination

of colors.

GLWTS

[mustafunk1]

Is this a Japan model ?

[Gareth Hughes]

Nope, it’s their Indonesian model.

 

***EDIT - my bad, it's not made in Indonesia, it's made in the Philippines. ***

 

 

 

Edited March 5, 2022 by Gareth Hughes
I should check facts before I post.

[PMAC]

Where are you based?

[Gareth Hughes]

Just now, PMAC said:

Where are you based?

In Co.Down, N.Ireland.

[grahamd]

Absolutely gorgeous. Did these not come with a Techwood board to get around  CITES? 

[Gareth Hughes]

1 minute ago, grahamd said:

Absolutely gorgeous. Did these not come with a Techwood board to get around  CITES? 

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?

[Gareth Hughes]

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 /

[grahamd]

I stand corrected thanks for the info 

[BassBunny]

I've got a WL534 and as a previous owner of 2 full fat Japanese Bacchus I can say that these are every bit as good as their more expensive brothers.

Workmanship is top notch and the pickups on mine are astonishing.