What do you think of the Dan Amstrong guitar?

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:28 am

My local shop has a new one for $1200.I love the way the original sounds in this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-L_AuuaxI

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:40 am

I had an original back in the 70's with the interchangeable pups...it played well..nice neck.. fit was a little off..kinda heavy as I recall..killer tone..lot like a 70's Tele voicewise..can't beat the look.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:43 am

Yeah,I think it is so cool.Greg Ginn of Black Flag had one that he had hardwired a humbucker into.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/Gregginn.jpg

winston · Post by **winston** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:16 am

Man what a great performance. I loved that band. Rod was and still is a great showman. He just seems to energize any band he sings with.

Oh yes the guitar, very, very cool Mitch.

rick_ovic · Post by **rick_ovic** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:54 am

I owned one of these guitars in the '80s. I agree with George that it was heavy and the intonation was almost impossible to get accurate on account of the wooden one piece bridge saddle.

I still wish I had it for the curiosity factor, but it was never my "go to" guitar.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:10 am

There is some interesting info on the Dan Armstrong Guitar on Ampeg's Website:

http://www.ampeg.com/products/daplexi/adag/index.html

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:12 pm

Thats Ron Wood on the Dan Armstrong, right?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:27 pm

You've probably all seen the clip of Keef lending his Dan Armstrong to Jimi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqqaw9iN0Js&mode=related&search=

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:58 pm

Brown Sugar 1971:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4v0LwEncU

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:18 am

The guitarist for math rock legends Buzzard uses one exclusively.

www.buzzardfreak.com

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:37 am

I'm thinking about trading my strat for one of those.

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:47 pm

I got one of these today:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/DSCF0001_edited-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/DSCF0002_edited-1.jpg

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:39 pm

Nice! Did ya let go of the strat?

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:56 pm

No,I still have it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v228/fuzztone65/Stratocasters/strat15_edited.jpg

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:14 pm

I noticed the Jack Finney book, Mitch.

He's a neighbor of mine...you must read "Five by Finney" if you can. Really good short stories...

Jack wrote "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", back in the early Fifties. It's set in our town, Mill Valley, thinly disguised, of course.