needmoney's humble family pics!

Finally got all of my basses back together again, so I thought it was about time to get a snapshot of them all together for insurance purposes, and of course viewing pleasure!



Left to right;

Bacchus Woodline-J Classic - Alder body, Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard, Gotoh Hardware, Bacchus pickups in 60's spots, passive electronics. MIJ.
Fat, buttery tone, perfect for straight-ahead jazz stuff with the dead rounds on it.

Bacchus Woodline-J Custom - Ash body, Maple neck, Maple fretboard with MOP inlays, Gotoh Hardware, Bacchus pickups in 70's spots, passive electronics. MIJ.
Tight, punchy tone, dishes out the Marcus vibe in spades with new rounds.

TBC AP-500M - Chambered Ash body with inlaid Ash pickguard, Maple neck, Pau-Ferro fretboard, stock TBC hardware and pickup, passive electronics. MIC.
Huge, agressive stingray-esque tone with more throatiness.

And finally (not in the pic), the 'one on the way'. MPG Level 5 in Ash/Maple with Big Singles, passive electronics, with all Hipshot gear. Can't wait for this one!

 

Thanks man, you gotta give the twins a spin when you're up in Brissy next time!

 

Sure thing Phil! How's the building going?

 

Is the bridge the ETS?

Yeap, lovin the Uni break. Gonna get some serious practice in!

 

I've been tempted to put the neck with blocks on the sonic blue jazz, but then the black jazz would just look horrendous with a sonic blue headstock!

 

I love it, it's quite the sleeper in terms of playability and tone. Set me back about $250 USD

 

They were knocking em out on Ebay a while ago, they were all chinese made, but are now made in the States supposedly, prices still aren't bad!

www.thebasscompany.com

 

Sure thing.

It's a killer bass, really light at around 7-8lbs. Slim neck front to back, bout a 12-14" radius on the fretboard.

My favourite thing about this bass ever since I got it is the fretwork, it's impeccable and plays like butter, low action and no buzz (also helps that the nut is cut really well). Balances well with a normal strap.

The bridge is just massive, has option of string through. Tuners turn smoothly. Tonewise, it's punchy and authoritative. The pickup sounds nice, though I ripped out the preamp cause it pretty much sucked, sounds great passive, though I wouldn't try coaxing mellow tones out of it. Playing at the neck makes it a bit thuddier, but still retains that stingray growl.

I was originally gonna go for an Artist, but decided not to when I found out about the 35" scale, this one popped up on Ebay and looked perfect, Ash/Maple/Pau-Ferro, 34" Scale, 19mm spacing and looks nice and unique to boot.

Hope that helps.

 

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they do fretless versions now. They didn't before on the MIC ones but I remember reading somewhere that they now offer the option.