The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: FlatEric on January 16, 2010, 03:44:00 AM
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As a Newbie, I thought I had better get into the swing of things, so as my final
offering for today, a '70's Odyssey bass, made in Vancouver.
This bass is truly great and out of all the ones I gig with, this is our guitarists
all time favourite - it has a real Punch to it and is great to look at!! ;)
Enjoy. :)
(http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy74/FlatEricPics/Od2.jpg)
(http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy74/FlatEricPics/Od1.jpg)
Anyone else got one/got pics of one - would love to see them.
Cheers.
Flat Eric. 8)
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That does look nice - lots of switches to play with for a minimalist like me, though... ;)
Had to google this... the company (Odyssey) only ran for 5 years... 2 partners... one of them, Atilla Balogh, Vancouver... died in a (car?) accident years back, '87...
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Not familiar with the company but that's a beautiful bass. I like the color. The switches remind me of my long departed B.C. Rich Eagle.
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Even if I'm not a fenger type of guy, I like double P's. Whats all those mini switches for? Series-parallel for the coils maybe?
PS: there's also a greek bass brand called Odyssey, but their creations are on the modern side. http://www.odysseybass.com/
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Very 1981. Looks pretty, and I like the old school vibe with the (likely) DiMarzios and Badass. Switches could be (1) pup selector, (2) series/parallel, (1) ??? Phase ???
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I looked at Exiled's link... sure are some purdee timbers in use...
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Morning to all. :)
Would love to see pics of any others. :)
In answer to all the replies:
He was killed when a sanding machine fell on him, whilst working for a friend - trying to fix it. :-[
Gearhead289, correct! Although Kenny is probably right in what he says - I leave them both
in Series, in phase, both PUPS on, back off the front PUP about 10%, set the Vol on the amp.
Works for me!! :)
Atilla's Co. in Vancouver has nothing to do with the Greek Co. Mike Kinal, who studied with Atilla
when he worked for him, is now at http://www.kinal.com/ (http://www.kinal.com/) and makes some very fine basses.
I e.mailed Mike and I'm sure he said that mine was a '77/'78.
Look forward to seeing another one! :)
Cheers. :)