This unexpectedly turned up on my doorstep this morning, it got posted on Saturday afternoon in Japan and arrived in Australia on Tuesday morning, speedy!
It's a 4 string jazz bass type, with an interesting "Ginnan Burl" top (I believe it's from the Ginkgo tree, can't find any other examples apart from this short run of basses however.) It's my first jazz bass so it's my first time really playing a thinner 38mm nut, closest being my Sandberg at around 39.5mm. The difference is small but I can definitely feel it and I like it a lot, so I think 38mm might be the sweet spot for me since it results in a comfortable string spacing at the low end and any smaller would be getting too tight.
The frets are also way smaller than any of my other basses which was something I didn't really think of when purchasing it but I really like the feel of them so it worked out in my favour. Has an aguilar OBP-2 preamp installed, I wasn't sure whether or not I was going to go active or passive since I'm not a fan of having too many options to play with, I end up just paralysed with choice and not really using it (the 3 band EQ's on my Sandberg and Warwick are almost always just sitting in the middle..) but this feels nice and simple and easy to tweak.
Fit and finish of the bass is also superb. Not sure what the body is finished with though, the original sticker on the pick guards of these just said "lacquer" (nitro? Wouldn't imagine so), but I really like it as it's a smooth feeling satin sort of finish as opposed to a stickier gloss finish that I'm not really a fan of. Hopefully it doesn't gloss up too easily.
Can't comment too much on the sound yet but will be taking it to band practice tomorrow to give it it's first real run, can't wait to put it through the D800+ and CN212
Initial feelings are good though.
I just kinda winged it and did what I'm sure a lot of people here would never do and buy a bass I've never played, I got bassjapandirect to acquire it for me since there was no Bacchus' that I could try near me and I really liked the look of them (and hear great things here on TB!) couldn't be happier with the result. Can definitely recommend BJD! Danny was helpful, packed the bass really well and got it to me in an incredibly timely manner. There's so many cool basses in Japan but not all of the stores speak English or ship internationally, so BJD's service is great. My wallet is a little afraid of the future though
That's enough rambling for now.
Oh, you wanted pics? I guess we could do that, sorry they're a little noisy though because the lighting sucked:
It's a 4 string jazz bass type, with an interesting "Ginnan Burl" top (I believe it's from the Ginkgo tree, can't find any other examples apart from this short run of basses however.) It's my first jazz bass so it's my first time really playing a thinner 38mm nut, closest being my Sandberg at around 39.5mm. The difference is small but I can definitely feel it and I like it a lot, so I think 38mm might be the sweet spot for me since it results in a comfortable string spacing at the low end and any smaller would be getting too tight.
The frets are also way smaller than any of my other basses which was something I didn't really think of when purchasing it but I really like the feel of them so it worked out in my favour. Has an aguilar OBP-2 preamp installed, I wasn't sure whether or not I was going to go active or passive since I'm not a fan of having too many options to play with, I end up just paralysed with choice and not really using it (the 3 band EQ's on my Sandberg and Warwick are almost always just sitting in the middle..) but this feels nice and simple and easy to tweak.
Fit and finish of the bass is also superb. Not sure what the body is finished with though, the original sticker on the pick guards of these just said "lacquer" (nitro? Wouldn't imagine so), but I really like it as it's a smooth feeling satin sort of finish as opposed to a stickier gloss finish that I'm not really a fan of. Hopefully it doesn't gloss up too easily.
Can't comment too much on the sound yet but will be taking it to band practice tomorrow to give it it's first real run, can't wait to put it through the D800+ and CN212
Initial feelings are good though.I just kinda winged it and did what I'm sure a lot of people here would never do and buy a bass I've never played, I got bassjapandirect to acquire it for me since there was no Bacchus' that I could try near me and I really liked the look of them (and hear great things here on TB!) couldn't be happier with the result. Can definitely recommend BJD! Danny was helpful, packed the bass really well and got it to me in an incredibly timely manner. There's so many cool basses in Japan but not all of the stores speak English or ship internationally, so BJD's service is great. My wallet is a little afraid of the future though
That's enough rambling for now.
Oh, you wanted pics? I guess we could do that, sorry they're a little noisy though because the lighting sucked:
but the Bacchus neck feels so good and the sound is just great !!!
perma-grin 
club - I picked up my second one just a couple months ago from a TB seller who was only a half hour drive away from me. I put it on a strap, played three notes, and knew I had a no-brainer of a buy.
