Bacchus Handmade Mistress Blue Oil 2021
Bacchus Handmade Mistress, blue oil, made in Japan 2021. This is a beautiful guitar, and a pretty unusual one. The Mistress was a briefly-made signature model for French blues rocker Laura Cox. This example was apparently a custom order, one of three without Laura's signature inlay, for a Norwegian musician; each with a different neck profile. He kept one and sold the others, so this one was released into the wild. The specs are very classy: one piece African mahogany body, maple carved top, wraparound bridge and a single Lollar P-90 pickup. At 3.3kg, it's very light for a guitar in this genre, and the neck is a super comfy slim 60s style shape. It's very lively in the hands, with plenty of unplugged volume and a fast, snappy response. The pickup sounds great too: creamy and warm through the mids, lots of attack and weight down low, plenty of open singing clarity up top. The oil finish is kinda like a pair of jeans: designed to rub up and fade. It feels nice in the hands and is already wearing in an interesting way, with the grain showing through in lots of interesting ways. This is all class, it's very good indeed.
Model: Bacchus Mistress Custom
Made: Japan, 2021 approx
Serial: none
Finish: blue oil top, brown oil back/sides/neck
Body: one piece African mahogany, hard maple carved top
Neck: African mahogany, Indian rosewood fretboard, 24.75" scale, 142" radius, slim 60s shape
Weight: 3.290kg
Mods: none
Pickups: Lollar P-90 Soapbar single coil
Accessories: basic hard case
Cosmetic condition notes: minor finish wear. The headstock has scuffs on the end and dimples on the sides and front. The neck is clean and smooth in the hands, dimples near the nut, rub wear and minor scuffs on the back only. The back has scuffs along the back and bottom edges, run wear in the elbow area and near the neck join and some dimples near the control cavity. The sides have scuffs near the front strap pin and jack and some rub wear on the bottom horn. The front has dimples near the knobs and rub wear in the elbow area and some play wear on the horns.
Overall: excellent condition (9/10)
Playing condition notes: action is low, neck is straight, intonation is good, truss rod works. All electronics tested and working properly. Wearing fresh 10/52 Moonshiners strings.
Fret Life: 9/10, minor wear only