Recent content by Fast Freddie

Interesting. Good instrument quality Ebony is nearly impossible to source unless you want to pay a premium price for it. Just for the sake of curiosity, who do you source your Royal Blackwood from? And is it reasonably priced in comparison to traditional, Gabon, or Indian Ebony, (which both may...

Out of this world. As usual, very nice. Amazing Bruce, (alien from the planet Ampeg). Congratulations to the owner. My advice, play the hell out of it.

Yep. Stinks more like a** crack. I always wondered about why, and I think I read about it in the Ampeg book, Ampeg: The Story Behind the Sound. On a hot day, the stank!

Damn, I guess Namm.org wasnt listening. The Ampeg is not made from fiberglass, (at least the later ones aren't, since Ampeg bought out the last Zorkos with the fiberglass bodies). Perhaps the confusion is that the Zorko body, which was made by the Dopyera brothers, was fiberglass.

I don't know about:... 'Doesn't have to be an Ampeg', since quite a few newcomers are out there today and the ABB phased out about '69, I think, (although back in the day you could still get a brand new one at the Ampeg company right up through the late 70's). They didn't sell very well. I've...

I see the E Bevel radius on the fingerboard so yeah that's a pretty cool classic Ampeg you have. What type of music is it going to be used for? I have the traditional Jazz radius on my Ampeg. I cracked my fingerboard years ago and had it replaced. Steve Azola made my bridge because I also lost...

Anybody know the reason why later ABB's had this done to the bridge end of the fingerboard, and the concept of adjustment? I know Bruce Johnson probably does. Maybe he'll shine in. I built this because the original FB snapped way back in time, and the new one a luthier put in did not have it...

I'd love to hear his war stories. God bless em all. Musicians is cool peoples.:)

LOL! Well, I miss a lot because I'm a scatter brain, and Karma has always made me late to the party... I was a wee bit 13 when this aired on Midnight Special. And admittedly, not much of a fan of rock back then, (Disco was my thing). That dude is a fantastic musician just by looking at his...

Don't know if this is relevant anymore, but I never knew that Steppenwolf featured a bass player that used a Scroll. Heavy metal on a Scroll sounds bad-assed by this dude. Check it out @11:32....(A clip from Midnight Special in 1975)..

Yes, very difficult. Not for the faint-hearted. Still weighing my options. Tried a few things, but it's a very slow process. Those are some great suggestions. Good to have in my suggestion box. Thanks!

Sometimes I write faster than I think. The tone of my responses can be taken as negative, some are. Ed S, I apologize. You actually spent much time giving me some useful advice. But I only saw an attack. It's in my nature to defend myself at all times. That's just one of my huge flaws. I know...

Sorry, you got it all wrong. You wrote: Don Hergert said that, not I. I simply replied: And yes, if you'd read my posts, you'd see that I agreed with Dan that sanding almost messed up my bass beyond recovery. But the gouges were already deep, and they were caused by plexiglass. Here's what I...

Absolutely...

Really? So you speak for everyone? If that's the case then that should have been pinned, (as a member since 2008, I never heard of such nonsense). But then again, I never started a post asking for advice like this. Would have been easier if 'DON'T ASK FOR REPAIR IDEAS' were part of the...