(SOLD) Bacchus Craft Series BJM-Modern Blonde 2019
Bacchus BJM-Modern, blonde finish, made in Japan 2019. Bacchus make some truly inspiring instruments, and this is a great example of their prowess. The brand launched in the 1990s under the direction of master luthier Yasuo Momose, who trained all the luthiers in their workshop and championed a slower, more traditional truly handmade approach to building instruments. This is a recent model and a fun take on the Jazzmaster genre. It's got some classic JM appointments: offset body, full 25.5" scale neck, the big vibrato... but it's also got some modern updates: a roller bridge, simple switching, and a set of cool alnico 'staple' pickups. The pickups are great: bright and open, clear as daylight, super responsive under a light touch but with a whisker extra midrange heft when played hard. The tone sits somewhere between the airy sweetness of a vintage Jazzmaster and the more assertive glassy twang of a Tele, it's terrific. The middle position is currently wired for out-of-phase tones, so you can get some really fun and different tones out of the fairly simple controls. The quality of wood, build and finish is always outstanding with Bacchus, so this gets all the goos stuff: a lightweight, highly figured ash body and an arrow-straight slick satin finished maple neck, sturdy sensible hardware, frets and joins that are beyond millimetre perfect and a gorgeous thin blonde finish. The matching headstock and gold guard round out the look perfectly, it's stunning in the flesh. This is a very enjoyable guitar that looks like a million bucks.
Model: Bacchus Craft Series BJM-Modern
Made: Nagano Japan, Deviser workshop, 2019 (serial C09486)
Finish: blonde, gloss poly, one ply gold plastic guard
Body: ash
Neck: maple, Richlite board, 25.5" scale, 8.25" radius, modern C profile
Weight: 3.415kg
Mods: bridge pickup re-wound
Pickup: Bacchus Alnico P-90STP single coil x2
Case: Bacchus gig bag
Cosmetic condition notes: minor finish wear. The headstock has no major marks. The neck is clean and smooth in the hands, very minor dimples on the back only. The back has a couple of minor dimples in the middle of the body, no major marks. The sides have no major marks. The front has a couple of dimples around the bridge and the elbow area, as well as some play wear on the guard and horns. Overall: excellent condition (9/10)
Playing condition notes: Action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good, truss rod works. All electrics tested and working properly. The frets are almost brand new, 9/10 for fret life left. Wearing fresh 11/49 Moonshiners strings.