It belongs to a friends elderly father. I am hoping to give him some info and possible buy it. Anybody recognize it? It has Golden Amigo carved into the fingerboard.
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Double Bass Odd looking very cool bass
- Thread starter Kenny Wiebusch
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I’m curious to see what turns up, and I hope you get some answers.
After a cursory search, I found that there was a thread started here on TB in 2011 by a member asking about a bass with the same “Golden Amigo” marking on the fingerboard. Unfortunately he received no info, provided no other details, posted no pics, and hasn’t been on TB since Jan 2011, a few weeks after his posting.
It is an interesting looking bass - I’ll be following to see what the minds of TB can come up with.
Good luck!
After a cursory search, I found that there was a thread started here on TB in 2011 by a member asking about a bass with the same “Golden Amigo” marking on the fingerboard. Unfortunately he received no info, provided no other details, posted no pics, and hasn’t been on TB since Jan 2011, a few weeks after his posting.
It is an interesting looking bass - I’ll be following to see what the minds of TB can come up with.
Good luck!
I've just googled Goldon Amigo to see what pops up. Rather than anything in Spanish (as I would expect if it's Mexican) I've found some sites in German. There is a German company called Goldon, based in Marktneukirchen.
According to this site there was a luthier Ammon Meinel who distributed his instruments through several companies, one of them Goldon. Apparently he used the signature "Amigo" after being a prisoner of war in the US. If you scroll down on the web page I've linked you will find photos of a few basses of his.
According to this site there was a luthier Ammon Meinel who distributed his instruments through several companies, one of them Goldon. Apparently he used the signature "Amigo" after being a prisoner of war in the US. If you scroll down on the web page I've linked you will find photos of a few basses of his.
Good luck and buy that puppy!
Wow that is interesting. Th pics of his basses look different but the style is there. The mahogany laminations in the neck like some of his guitars, This bass has binding and purfling like a guitar, even around the sound holes.
Tololoche or not, neck break or not, I think it's cool as F***.
I say buy it and make it work (if it's for sale). It's not like you're ever in your life going to run across another Golden Amigo with mustache F-holes that your friend's dad used to play.
Cool as F***.
I say buy it and make it work (if it's for sale). It's not like you're ever in your life going to run across another Golden Amigo with mustache F-holes that your friend's dad used to play.
Cool as F***.
It is the same bass. His Dad referenced a connection with Marty Robbins. They were trying to get info then.
I contacted the man with that site. He is 100% sure Ammon Meinel built the bass. Nobody seems to have a clue on value. I realize it's not a 200 year old traditional bass but Ammon was surely not traditional. It has binding around the top and back. His archtop guitars were works of art as well as his show basses. Art Deco comes to mind. Now what to do. I can appreciate what went into building this strange bass.
There are still other ways to find out more. First of all Link Removed still exists. Also the luthier workshop of Meinel's apprentice Ehrfried Wunderlich is still there. It's now run by his children. There's also a Link Removed in Marktneukirchen - the people there might also be able to help you and will probably be very interested.
