Fazley basses?

[Chienmortbb]

On 10/07/2024 at 10:31, kodiakblair said:

Compared to a Northern Ash jazz bass it probably is mega light. 

 

That said I doubt the Fazley is 'Basswood', it's just a blanket term for several lookalike timbers. Most East Asian basswood is Lime/Linden since it's plentiful over there, about 20 varieties. Limes are generally heavier and harder than American Basswood. 

Basswood Linden Lime are all the same family.

[kodiakblair]

48 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Basswood Linden Lime are all the same family.

As with all families it's seldom you find two siblings exactly alike never mind cousins.

 

Basswood is a softer lighter Tilia, average Janka 410 and 26lbs ft3. European Lime  has average Janka of 700 and is 33lbs ft3.

 

Guitar companies aren't stupid, they know that 99.9% of the general public see the word 'lime' and think of the citrus fruit and  unless folk are familiar with Ancient Germanic warfare they won't have a clue about 'Linden'; it was used for shields.

[Chienmortbb]

18 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

As with all families it's seldom you find two siblings exactly alike never mind cousins.

 

Basswood is a softer lighter Tilia, average Janka 410 and 26lbs ft3. European Lime  has average Janka of 700 and is 33lbs ft3.

 

Guitar companies aren't stupid, they know that 99.9% of the general public see the word 'lime' and think of the citrus fruit and  unless folk are familiar with Ancient Germanic warfare they won't have a clue about 'Linden'; it was used for shields.

THanks for that. The term basswood is used for all varieties in guitar building, so which grows in the far east?

[kodiakblair]

4 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

so which grows in the far east?

China is home to 15 local varieties of Lime/Linden. Indonesia has 3 if my memory is playing fair. Mongolia has one, it's fairly widespread but is quite small ( 20ft to 30ft).

Japan also has it own native Lime tree.

 

 

[herrlster]

I purchased the Piranha 5 and upgraded pretty much everything on it except for the body and neck. I think it's a good, inexpensive bass to use as a foundation. The stock pick up was horrible on mine, the low B was too boomy, the g had a big drop in volume and most of the pole pieces didn't even align with the strings.

[neepheid]

7 days to go... if there are no further delays...

[RnRDave]

On 04/02/2025 at 00:57, neepheid said:

7 days to go... if there are no further delays...

 

Any update mate?

[neepheid]

42 minutes ago, RnRDave said:

 

Any update mate?

 

Changed to a new game - Groundhog Day - been "Fast delivery within approx. 4 business days" for about the past 4 days now.  TBF, the last email I got about a time change said the ETA was "week 8 2025" and we've just begun week 8, so hopefully it'll be soon...

[neepheid]

Goddamnit, jinxed it.  Can's been kicked down the road another couple of weeks

 

[ezbass]

Just now, neepheid said:

Goddamnit, jinxed it.  Can's been kicked down the road another couple of weeks

 

FFS! They're 'aving a larf!

[Chienmortbb]

I blame Trump!

[herrlster]

I was looking at getting a second for downtuning. The site says they have 5 in stock currently?

[neepheid]

5 hours ago, herrlster said:

I was looking at getting a second for downtuning. The site says they have 5 in stock currently?

 

Are you looking at the same product as me?

 

[herrlster]

18 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Are you looking at the same product as me?

 

 

Oh, my apologies. For some reason I thought you were the OP who was looking at the 5 string Piranha.

 

Sorry about that. That reverse P looks great though, hopefully the wait time comes to an end soon.

[neepheid]

Still waiting

 

Week 15 now, allegedly (second week of April).  I dunno what's going on - is it the supplier/manufacturer giving Bax the runaround, or is it just Bax giving me the runaround?  Trouble is, I've got my heart set on this exact bass, I've bought parts specifically with this bass in mind.  But I'm starting to get the heebie jeebies that I'm getting mucked around here and am starting to look around for something else.  But finding a reverse P, pickguardless P bass is going to be tough at the kind of price I need for my £150 challenge to be viable.  They have appeared occasionally on the second hand market (on FB marketplace a couple of times) so honestly I'm thinking the next time I see one in the wild I'm going to try to snag it, then cancel my order with Bax.

[neepheid]

Well, I don't think I'll be receiving it... or getting my money back - looks like Bax is circling the plug hole

 

Edited yesterday at 14:51 by neepheid

[neil___lien]

3 hours ago, neepheid said:

Well, I don't think I'll be receiving it... or getting my money back - looks like Bax is circling the plug hole

 

I read somewhere that they were going bankrupt, but don't they still have to honour the last orders? I have also read – on reddit, i believe – that there were parties interested in buying Bax, so... let's wait and see... fingers crossed for you!