New bass - Torzal

[BCH]

2 hours ago, Lord Summerisle said:

My thinking is that the bridge end doesn’t need to be angled at all, the way it is on this bass looks like it would add discomfort compared to a normal flat bridge. I get the thinking behind the nut end’s angle though.

Unfortunately I have pain in both wrists, so the bridge +10* relief has solved my prob' allowing a flattish plucking hand. ( the neck is -25*) Jerome, also builds a bass with the neck twist only...he is also adding one of the 25* necks to a Ibanez GSR200

[Woodinblack]

2 minutes ago, BCH said:

Unfortunately I have pain in both wrists, so the bridge +10* relief has solved my prob' allowing a flattish plucking hand. ( the neck is -25*) Jerome, also builds a bass with the neck twist only...he is also adding one of the 25* necks to a Ibanez GSR200

 

Does he make necks separately then? Seems that would be an easier way to get one, although why put a neck on a very budget ibanez?

[Burns-bass]

40 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Does he make necks separately then? Seems that would be an easier way to get one, although why put a neck on a very budget ibanez?

 

I won't have a bad word said against the Ibanez GSR200. I have one and it's amazing. Light as a feather, punch electronics, looks great, and if it got nicked at a gig I'd buy another with the money I just earned. In fact, my expensive basses have strings that cost more than this bass. 

[Woodinblack]

55 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

 

I won't have a bad word said against the Ibanez GSR200.

 

Not saying bad words about it, but its not one that I would pick to put a very expensive neck on, I would pick something that at least had nord pickups

[TheGreek]

Nice bass Bernard 

 

I expect this will attract a lot of attention wherever you take it.

Just hope that would be players form an orderly queue. 

[crazycloud]

I would love one, if only for the consternation it's going to cause many people, players or not, when they see it. Plus the utter BS stories I's be able to tell about how the neck got that way, and why.

 

Enjoy your new bass and have fun playing it. Love the colour too.

Edited December 20, 2023 by crazycloud

[Ramsay777]

Looks absolutely amazing. 

 

A gamechanger imo, would love to try one.

[Woodinblack]

On 20/12/2023 at 09:08, BCH said:

I did worry about that but I have an older one ~10 yo. and no issues..have adjusted truss etc 

 

Was yours the one that was in Bass Gallery a while back?

[BCH]

7 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Was yours the one that was in Bass Gallery a while back?

Yes, thro neck 35* twist, spec & pic page 2

[jazzyvee]

I watched an interview with Victor Wooton not too long back and he spoke highly of the (Torzal), though he didn't mention it by name but how he described it made it pretty clear which bass he was referring to.

[Doctor J]

@BCH Well, Christmas has come and gone, does that beaut live up to expectations?

[Lfalex v1.1]

Lovely things. But eye-wateringly expensive once you start adding options. 

I hit about $11,000 before shipping, import duty and VAT...

Fortunately,  I have (as yet!) no need of such an instrument,  so if I had that kind of disposable income...

Crikey. What couldn't I get?

[Woodinblack]

I did contact them to see how much a neck for a 5 string Ibanez Premium is, and it was about $1100 which seemed not such a bad deal as a way of getting into that.

[rwillett]

On 19/12/2023 at 18:34, Thump said:

I'd send it back , damn things got a twisted neck 

Quality control is rubbish. How did that pass?

Mind you, could've DPDs fault. Wouldn't put it pass them...

[BCH]

19 hours ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Lovely things. But eye-wateringly expensive once you start adding options. 

I hit about $11,000 before shipping, import duty and VAT...

Fortunately,  I have (as yet!) no need of such an instrument,  so if I had that kind of disposable income...

Crikey. What couldn't I get?

It is , but, as I get older and physical issues stop me playing I have decided to invest in fixes (spine, shoulder & wrists) to pay off is; all the benefits of performing with my mates....long may it continue 

[BCH]

18 hours ago, rwillett said:

Quality control is rubbish. How did that pass?

Mind you, could've DPDs fault. Wouldn't put it pass them...

Steam and a vice should sort !

[rwillett]

Just now, BCH said:

Steam and a vice should sort !

Nah, big hammer is best. Don't underestimate a club hammer in the right hands. 

[BCH]

20 hours ago, Doctor J said:

@BCH Well, Christmas has come and gone, does that beaut live up to expectations?

Ooo yes...so easy to play & on pain

[tauzero]

On 26/12/2023 at 14:26, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Lovely things. But eye-wateringly expensive once you start adding options. 

I hit about $11,000 before shipping, import duty and VAT...

 

It says that there's a 20% surcharge on the base model if you have one of the non-asterisked options, plus the charge for the option itself. Does that mean an extra 20% for every non-asterisked option? Plus there's no mention of what the base model pickups and electronics are. At somewhere north of $10k for a headless 5er, I think I'll pass.

[BCH]

On 21/12/2023 at 11:25, BCH said:

Yes, thro neck 35* twist, spec & pic page 2

Sorry Bassirect