A nice pair. Ampeg loveliness (Baby Bass and its little brother)

[Clarky]

Just acquired a fretless Bruce Johnson (Ampeg AUB-2 replica) and it looks rather hot (and quite voodoo!) next to my Ampeg Baby Bass IMHO

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Here's more on Bruce Johnson's basses, if interested: http://www.xstrange.com/aeb2main.html

Edited December 1, 2011 by Clarky

[Beedster]

Wow

[Mr Bassman]

All you need now is a B15

[gary mac]

[i]What a pleasing thing to behold............even if you didn't actually play it, it's a brilliant thing to share room space with.[/i]

[munkonthehill]

I think the headstock is a piece of art in its own right... Really lovely to look at, whats it like to play?

[Clarky]

Its VERY double bass-ish - quite rich and thuddy sounding, not much treble, and the D/G strings really don't ring out, especially as you travel up towards the dusty end. I practiced the whole Rattlin Bone set last night and it really sounds the part.

If I wanted a modern hi-fi sounding fretless, then this really isn't it, in fact its miles away. But it is just great as a retro, low end instrument.

[steve]

very nice Clarky

[BigRedX]

Is the Bruce Johnson Bass the one that was in the Gallery?

[rOB]

lovely.

[Clarky]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1322926017' post='1457381']
Is the Bruce Johnson Bass the one that was in the Gallery?
[/quote]
Yep, but I bought it privately from Dave Swift after I saw it advertised on his website

Edited December 3, 2011 by Clarky

[BigRedX]

Very nice. I had a bit of a play on it when it was in the Gallery while I was waiting for Martin to make the final adjustments to my Sei fretless.

Are you going to be using this with Rattlin' Bone?

[EssentialTension]

Is the neck and fingerboard slightly DB like the Takamine or is it more guitarish?

[Clarky]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1322945907' post='1457676']
Are you going to be using this with Rattlin' Bone?
[/quote]
Yep, the plan is to use this when I can't bring a DB along and on non-UK gigs (we hope to do another Portugal tour). Plus we are working on an acoustic quartet spin-off of Rattlin Bone members and this bass will be perfect for that.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1322946201' post='1457681']
Is the neck and fingerboard slightly DB like the Takamine or is it more guitarish?
[/quote]
Its quite like a fretless Precision neck, I would say. It doesn't have the heavy radius of the Takamine

[BigRedX]

Got to see you guys play in at least one of your guises. Your CD has been one of my favourites of the year.

I've stopped lusting after one of these when I decided that I wasn't going to buy any more 4-string basses since I can't use them in either of my current bands. However if I hadn't been at the Gallery to pick up (and more importantly pay for) my Sei fretless bass, I would have seriously considered buying the Bruce Johnson.

[Legion]

Awesome, looks like a complete set

[Cat Burrito]

Wow, always wanted one like that. Very cool

[Clarky]

I just found this link that sets out a lot of details about the Bruce Johnson AUB-2. In answer to Dave/ET's question its a 4" radius neck, so it is more curved than a traditional P bass but less so than the Takamine TB-10/B-10. Also there's a sound clip within it so you can hear what the bass sounds like, set up to sound like a bluegrass DB type sound:

[url="http://forum.onlybass.com/index.php?/topic/50087-bruce-johnson-extremely-strange-instruments/"]http://forum.onlybas...ge-instruments/[/url]

Here's pics of my bass - these are taken from Dave Swift's website but I hope he doesn't mind

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Edited February 5, 2012 by Clarky

[Jazzneck]

Merci bien, Clarky.

[Mr Bassman]

What is the weight please Mr Clarky?

[Clarky]

I am out of UK at moment and back Sunday. Will weigh it precisely then. My guess is around 10 pounds, perhaps a shade under.

Edited February 18, 2012 by Clarky