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Bacchus, Show 'em if you've got 'em!

#41
Sweet. I added a Villex booster to mine today - and having a new bacchus sent on monday:

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#42
needmoney said:
Here's a little more in-depth review of the Bass I did a little while ago.. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=326025

I owned a Skyline Joe Osborne a while ago, and while that was a great bass, the quality of the Bacchus is still higher, and I just found out that the Japanese Bacchus models are all hand-crafted, no CNC at all. For the price that's truly astounding.
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Not to start the CNC war again but I would rather a company produce their own parts on their own CNC's, keeping all the important tolerance/fitting in house. I'm sure that's what they do. I really can't imagine them roughing out each body and neck by hand at the price their basses sell for.
 
#45
They may use the old style pin routeres instead of CNC machines. That's how Fender, and lots of others did it for years before CNC was around. That would count as hand made IMO. I'm not sure if that's the case though. I'll have to take a real close look at my Bacchus at some point to see if there is any evidence of pin router holes.
 
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savit260 said:
They may use the old style pin routeres instead of CNC machines. That's how Fender, and lots of others did it for years before CNC was around. That would count as hand made IMO. I'm not sure if that's the case though. I'll have to take a real close look at my Bacchus at some point to see if there is any evidence of pin router holes.
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I really don't see what difference it makes. Both techniques bring you to the same point in the process. It's not like the CNC machinery is doing any real finishing. If I was going to build a bass tomorrow, I'd much rather control the neck/pocket fit on a CNC, not a router. In limited production applications, I look at CNC machinery as a quality enhancement much more so that a shortcut.
 
#47
I don't think it makes much difference either way myself, as long as the equipment is in good shape. Both are going to have to be finished by hand anyhow. I have no idea what method Bacchus uses. Working the routers by hand doesn't seem as "sterile"or "souless" as CNC's do. Does it make for a superior product? I don't know? The idea of a skilled craftsman making the neck pockets the old fashoned way has some appeal vs. a computer cutting it. In the real world, there's probably little if any difference though. Maybe a luthier who's worked extensively with both methods could shine a little light on this subject for us.

I have to admit that the concept of a real person shaping the wood with tools seems a lot more charming, and nice than someone feeding a blank into a CNC machine, for whatever that's worth.
 
#49
I got my Bacchus from TB'er RVL. This baby plays like a dream. I'm waiting for some vintage white pearloid to arrive. In the meantime, my son and I had some fun making this clear lexan pickguard. The material was slightly scratched so we decided to airbrush the the backside. He paints RC car bodies so I turned him loose on it. It might not suite everyones taste but I think it's cool :cool:

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