A truly great bass from Vancouver.

FlatEric · 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.
Flat Eric.

Highlander · 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...

OldManC · 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.

exiledarchangel · 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/

gearHed289 · 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

Highlander · January 16, 2010, 02:03:02 PM

I looked at Exiled's link... sure are some purdee timbers in use...

FlatEric · 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.