"I was never totally satisfied with the many basses I owned, for a reason or another, and when I found my Wood&Tronics Chronos at Bass Direct I realized that my search for my definitive bass was about to end.
Physically, it's a joy to play. The deep cutaway and seamless heel-less design means that it is effortless to get from the top to the bottom. It's also designed to sit more central to your body and have less of the neck "sitting off to the left" as with most basses.
Soundwise, it's great. Transparent, extremely responsive. With the bright switch on the preamp engaged it sounds almost like a mix of the mag pickups with a piezo, almost acoustic.
The preamp always has a slight bass boost when set to the centre detent, which reeeeally helps with getting the C string to sound useable in a band context. I'm still experimenting with sounds but I can get my previous bass sound, and a whole lot more.
The low B-focus is great. I can play fast licks and patterns down to the low B without hearing the usual voice transition between the E and the B strings.
The ebony board is fantastic, particularly in combination with the banjo frets, it feels almost fretless. It just gives the feeling of a much stronger connection to the instrument, which can only be a good thing. Also, when I got it I was also pleasantly surprised with the neck profile, as I'd previously tried them and thought that they were nice, but I'd prefer a more shaller 'D' shape. However my tastes appear to have changed as it wow'd me as soon as I started using it.
So many amazing touches from the continuous wood backplates, to the lasercut wood logo on the back of the headstock, it's all beautifully put together.
Oh and the contoured heel... if you've not tried it you're missing out. In fact, half the people that have seen it prefer the back of the bass to the front, and there's not even any figured wood back there! Big props to Enrico and Erik who managed to put my search on rest by making this this entirely possible."
Alessandro Leonzini - Trieste