Bacchus Handmade Twenty Four Limited, natural satin oil, made in Japan 2006. Bacchus make gorgeous basses, their Woodline series is a huge favourite in the shop and we've moved quite a few of them. This, however, is pretty unusual and a bit special: it's a limited run model, one of just thirty made totally by hand in 2006. The Twenty Four was a catalog model, but it didn't get the flash wooden pickup covers or the outrageous solid flame maple cap. The quality of the wood and workmanship here is stellar: this is truly a boutique quality instrument. The flame maple cap is unreal, it brims with detail and depth and looks beautiful from every angle. The neck, you might have guessed, have twenty four frets. It's a super solid three-piece maple build, so it's arrow straight and feels fantastic in the hand. The pickups are humbuckers, splittable to single coils and helped along by a powerful active pre-amp, so you can pull all sorts of tones out of the thing. The natural resonance lends every note a rich fullness and fast attack, so you can sculpt that into a warm rounded vintage style tone or a snappy modern pang more akin to a Warwick or Xotic. The cute little printed paper under the guard is easily removable if you please, but it's a nice little touch and adds some pop to the already slick look. This will outplay instruments at double the price or more, it's seriously good. I give it twenty four stars.

Model: Bacchus Handmade Twenty-Four Limited
Made: Japan, 2006, #19 of 30
Serial: 19/30
Finish: natural, oil and wax style finish
Body: swamp ash, solid 10mm flame maple cap
Neck: 3-piece maple, maple fretboard, 34" scale, 12" radius, deep C profile
Weight: 3.945kg
Mods: decorative paper added underneath the clear guard, easily removable
Pickups: Bacchus Handmade soapbar humbucker x2, active pre-amp
Controls: volume with push/pull active passive switch, pickup balancer, bass boost, midrange parametric boost/cut, treble boost, mini toggle for coil split, mini toggle for midrange boost/cut frequency band
Accessories: non-original padded gig bag

Cosmetic condition notes: minor finish wear. The headstock has a bunch of scuffs and dimples on the end and both edges, dimples on the front around the end and logos and scuffs on the back along the bottom edge. The neck is clean and smooth in the hands, heaps of rub wear and a few minor dimples but not major marks. The back has a bald patch on the top horn up from the neck join, as well as dimples, scuffs and surface scratches around the whole body but no other major marks. The sides have dimples and scuffs around the whole body as well as some dents near the jack. The front has dimples and scuffs around the whole body as well as some small dents up from the bridge and pickups.
Overall: good condition (7/10)

Playing Condition Notes: Action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good, truss rod works. All electronics tested and working properly. Wearing fresh 45/105 strings.
Fret Life: 7/10, minor wear only