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What Happened to "Amazing" ???

girlonbass

girlonbass

Apr 3, 2009
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#1
In the late 80's I bought an Amazing 5-string bass. It wasn't a great bass and I eventually sold it around 2004.

I've never been able to find out much about the company. It was called "Amazing Musical Instruments". They made have been out of Toronto.

Anyone know anything about them? Would be cool to have more background. It's like they never existed.

Photo's can be seen at: Link Removed

thanks,
Terri
 
#6
Awww, come on now--you can't help but have a little fun with a brand name like that.:)

This could be the one time no one else here has heard of a certain bass maker before. But give it time.
 
#9
I remember the Amazing Musical instrument Co. of Toronto, they were distributed by Long and McQuade. They did 4 and 5 string fretted and fretless bases with EMG Select pickups and a piezo system, as well as gee-tars, electric violins and an electric cello. I think I have some of their old promo material in my collection, I'll try to find it and post pics to prove.

I do remember that the fretlesses were really nice. Visually, they all looked a bit like a cross between an NS Wav and a Kramer Duke- headless, angular body, and chambered. Quite light, and well built. I heard that they went broke in the early 90's, like so many other companies- bad accounting and grunge music were responsible.
 
#10
I can see how grunge killed that bass' success. But , I must also say that even when all my heroes went "headless" and had the odd body shapes, I still never followed them.

OT: I remember lusting after a late '70s Ric and a Charvel (IIRC) pointy 'stocked bass w/ an image of Frankenstein on the body sometime in '89....... memories :)
 

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