NGD: Bacchus Duke Standard HB

[user 6495]

Ordered it from Kurosawa Gakki and it arrived today.

Country of Manufacture      Japan
Year                        2008/9
Construction                Set-Neck, Long Tennon
Body                        Mahogany, Maple Top
Neck                        Mahogany
Fingerboard                 Madagascar Rosewood
No. of Frets                22
Scale                       24 3/4"
Inlays                      Pearl Block
Hardware                    Chrome
Bridge                      Gotoh GE-104B & GE-101A 
                            Bridge & Aluminium Tailpiece
Tuners                      Gotoh SD91-SL
Pickups                     Bacchus BRH-1 Set
Pickguard                   None
Finish                      Honeyburst, Lacquer Top Gloss
Controls                    2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, 3-way Toggle, 
                            CTS Pots & Vitamin Q Oil Caps

 

[user 6495]

 

[DaveWW]

Looks Stunning! How does it play?

Dave

 

[marcusnieman]

Wow thats nice. How do you like it? How's the neck profile and weight?

I ordered a Love Rock LS150 from Kurosawa. Easy to work with. Mine won't be ready til August.

 

[user 6495]

Looks Stunning! How does it play?

Dave

As nice as my P90 Duke I have become a Bacchus addict :lol:

 

[user 6495]

Wow thats nice. How do you like it? How's the neck profile and weight?

I ordered a Love Rock LS150 from Kurosawa. Easy to work with. Mine won't be ready til August.

The neck is great, not too skinny, but no baseball bat either. I haven't weighed it, but it's as heavy as my '94 LP Standard... Should be around 4kg, 8.8lbs.

Was my first order with Kurosawa and it took a while to settle on a payment option. At first I wanted to do bank transfer, but that seemed to be more expensive so I settled for credit card and sent them a PDF with an ID card & VISA scan... Couldn't find my passport, but that was OK. :lol:

I have been unable to access their page from home for more than a week, the whole order process took me 2 weeks since I'm currently only home for the weekend. The guitar arrived within 3 days though once they had sorted out their shipping problems.

The guitar was worth it though They also sent me a guitar stand (I checked and it's not nitro safe, so don't use it for the Tokai!), a strap, some extra strings and a string winder.

 

[DaveWW]

I've never played a Bacchus LP but the strats are superb. I'm starting to get bad GAS for a LP now though - everyone seems to give them a good review.

Dave

 

[user 6495]

I've never played a Bacchus LP but the strats are superb. I'm starting to get bad GAS for a LP now though - everyone seems to give them a good review.

Dave

Bacchus does have a great reputation, I seriously have yet to read a bad review.

Would love to get one of their teles one day.

 

[Dave_Mc]

^ i was just about to say that, i need a tele and bacchuses seem to be really well-regarded. Just waiting for the exchange rate to recover (which admittedly might take a while :lol: ).

That guitar looks great, by the way.

 

[user 6495]

Thanks! Who knows if the EUR will ever be worth more than 160Yen again.

 

[leadguitar_323]

That body isn't 2 piece. That line in the middle or near the middle of the back is just the grain, Bacchus use 2 piece backs on their earlier "cheaper" models and it is quite clear {i have an old BLS-95 2 piece} There is no evidence in the pickup cavity.

Mick

 

[user 6495]

In the other thread someone wrote that on his Duke the join is supposedly done on the diagonal, not vertical.

The grain is pretty weird here, but it doesn't look like a join on close inspection. If it's more than 1 piece it's really, really well done and even more difficult to see.

It was just odd that the Duke Standard is the only model which isn't listed with a 1-piece body.

 

[MIJvintage]

that is a 1 pc. back; I guarantee it

OK, going to see Eric Sardinas @ Famous Daves .........................

C ya...................................

 

[user 6495]

Cool, thanks! Have fun!

 

[le juge]

I've exactly the same model !
Very nice playing guitar !

 

[user 6495]

Oh yes, it its

 

[user 6495]

Bacchus Europe?

http://bacchus-europe.com/

 

[Dave_Mc]

Thanks! Who knows if the EUR will ever be worth more than 160Yen again.

haha, it's the pound i'm more worried about :lol: I could be wrong, but i think the pound's falled a lot more than the euro (the pound's certainly devalued versus the euro, anyway).

 

[user 6495]

Thanks! Who knows if the EUR will ever be worth more than 160Yen again.

haha, it's the pound i'm more worried about :lol: I could be wrong, but i think the pound's falled a lot more than the euro (the pound's certainly devalued versus the euro, anyway).

Oh, I thought you were are using EUR in Ireland now.

I have bought plenty of stuff from the UK lately, the GBP is at 1.16EUR. Used to be around 1.50.

 

[Dave_Mc]

yeah, ireland uses euros, but i'm in northern ireland which is part of the UK.

That's what I mean about the exchange rate, it's gone to crap. :lol: