Recent content by ampegbass

YRPALJG, is the man. An expert on pickups and a stone pro killer bassist with a serious resume.

I am going to respectfully disagree about the songwriting. I recently had to revisit The Bad Co catalog for a gig of their songs and while it's not brilliant it is rocking and well crafted. I think "Silver, Blue and Gold, "Shooting Star", "Deal with The Preacher", and"Sweet Little Sister" are...

The original bassist for the Bad Examples was Tom "Pickles" Piekarski. Tom was the bassist until his untimely death 5 years ago. Tom played an early ( '77,78 ? ) MusicMan. I subbed for Tom for a few shows with the Bad Examples and it's me that has the AEB-1. Other Ampeg users, Jah Wobble, the...

I snagged one used ( already !?! ) for $250 ! Had to cut the nut slots a little deeper, file some fret edges. I replaced the blend with a volume ( VVT ) and ditched the questionable bridge replacing it with an original Badass. The pickups sound great and it's light. Love it.

Owned one in High School in the 70's. I have no fond memories of it.

Thanks for the suggestions ! Regarding the SB-450 I would change the electronics as a matter of course.......modding is my middle name ! The Long-Scale Epi is an option worth considering but I was really hoping to avoid having to put any replacement pickup up against the neck. Thats why the...

Hey, I have a bad jones for a long scale Gibson EB ( SG ) bass. In particular the SB-450. Since these are relatively hard to come by, ( ok there is one on Reverb ) does anybody know 1, anybody who builds something similar or 2, anyone who sells this body shape unfinished....Warmoth and Allparts...