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FlatEric

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A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« on: January 16, 2010, 03:44:00 AM »
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. :)





Anyone else got one/got pics of one - would love to see them.

Cheers.
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Re: A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2010, 08:18:00 AM »
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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Re: A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2010, 09:18:16 AM »
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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Re: A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 12:19:14 PM »
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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Re: A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2010, 01:12:27 PM »
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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Re: A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2010, 02:03:02 PM »
I looked at Exiled's link... sure are some purdee timbers in use...
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Re: A truly great bass from Vancouver.
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2010, 03:33:39 AM »
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/ 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. :)
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