Interesting Ampeg

[jumbosilverette]

Here's one you don't see everyday. Great looking if a little kludgey. Must weigh a ton; probably sounds pretty big too. Anyone own one of these?
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[TheDarkReaver]

didn't know ampeg made basses.

 

[plexibass]

i own a DAN ARMSTRONG LONDON bass, which this was a copy of.

 

[MM-Stingray5]

yea ampeg made guitars and bases for a short time in i think the late 70s and a little bit in the mids.

they are the father of the lucite guitar

 

[lug]

DBesides the Big and Little Studs they made:

didn't know ampeg made basses.

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[jumbosilverette]

Love the headstock.

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[BartmanPDX]

Those old Ampeg scroll basses look really cool.

I'd love to come across one of the fretless ones some day.

 

[loendmaestro]

Ahhh, the ASB "Devil" bass. Sweet!

 

[plexibass]

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is this your dan armstrong? what pickup do you have in it? kent armstrong makes direct replacement pu for the old dans. i own 6 of them, the basses that is.

 

[lpdeluxe]

I believe that many of the basses Lug posted have been reissued, either by Bruce Johnson ("Johnson's Extremely Strange Musical Instrument Co"), who builds upgraded replicas of the first one, or outfits that market the "Baby Bass" (second pic), or a Japanese builder (the Dan Armstrong Lucite bass).

The Big Stud and the companion Little Stud were made offshore and marketed after Ampeg was sold by Everett Hull, its original owner.

There is an excellent history of Ampeg: "Ampeg - The Story Behind the Sound" by Gregg Hopkins and Bill Moore. There are numerous photos of all the Ampeg basses (and amps, of course) there.

 

[lug]

is this your dan armstrong? what pickup do you have in it? kent armstrong makes direct replacement pu for the old dans. i own 6 of them, the basses that is.

I was just posting pic of the various AMpeg basses for TheDarkReaver, I've never owned an ampeg bass.

 

[plexibass]

I was just posting pic of the various AMpeg basses for TheDarkReaver, I've never owned an ampeg bass.

cool, i own 6 dan armstrongs.
1-1969 original plexi
1- 1970 reissue smoked plexi
1-1971 plexi fretless
1- 1972 da london bass
2-ampeg amg da basses.