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[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Eastwood-Airline-EUB-1-Ampeg-Style-Fretless-Bass_W0QQitemZ370221390638QQ"]Link[/url]

Haven't seen these before - anyone have any experience of them? Are they really like an upright?

Posted (edited)

Played slung round yer neck like a normal bass. Maybe the guy's confusing it with this...the Ampeg Bass Baby from 1961 - 62, IIRC

Edited by skankdelvar
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That's expensive. They're $699 in the US.

And they don't have much in common with the Ampeg they're based on except the shape.

If you're after a modern equivalent you'll be wanting one of [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com/brucejohnson.html"]these[/url]

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and what does he mean by '...pressed into service, perhaps most famously, by Rick Danko of The Band"

[i]pressed into service[/i] ?

:)

it's a bass isn't it ? unless danko also used his as a washing-line prop or something as well.

Edited by ahpook
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Thanks for those replies - I'm not after one particularly, just doing a daily search for fretless on ebay (as that is something I am looking for) and hadn't seen one before.

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I must admit I quite fancied one until I'd tried both the Eastwood and the more authentic Bruce Johnson take on the Ampeg Scroll bass, which is a far superior instrument in every way and more than justifies the fact that it cost 4-5 times as much as the Eastwood version.

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