Bacchus Tele

Bod1

All,

Long time lurker etc, after a guitar playing hiatus, have started to play again with a vengence. I'm in the market for a new guitar and having read the recommendations here of Bacchus, I've been looking around e-bay where I spotted a gorgeous blond tele.

I've noticed that the headstock is unbranded and when I enquired of the vendor the response I got was;

"Hi They are not allowed now to put a brand name on a Fender style guitar ( like Edwards ). The old ones have a brand name"

Can any of you guys shed some light on whether this is the case ?

Thanks

Blackhorse Slim

Sounds like bull**** to me. The T-series in the '08 Bacchus catalog all have branded headstocks (kindly posted in this forum recently).

Rustar

Scambo rambo-jambo up the mambo. You'd expect to hear "...but the name and serial number are punched on the back of the headstock" if it were real.

Sounds like a fake or a Bacchus with a replacement neck to me. In any case, I wouldn't buy it simply because the neck isn't provable as a Bacchus!

Doctor J

They are real. There are plenty of strats like that too.


The branded ones on the Bacchus site, the T-Master etc, are Bacchus interpretations of the Telecaster design and feature the Bacchus headstock designs. The ones without the headstock decal are pretty much Fender replicas to a tee and, you will notice, also have the Fender headstock design and that is where the legal issue is.

Bod1

Excellent, looks like I'm ordering a guitar tomorrow ! many thanks for the help

Rustar

Yeah, imagine trying to impress your friends....

"No, it's a Bacchus...no! really! Wait, come back here!!!"