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It is for real. It pops up every now and then.

Been on GBase for months. Only good for the p/up. I mean, you could play that thing, could you?

I'd play the heck out of that thing.

"Only good for the pickup"?

Yeah, and I've got a '51 NoCaster that's only good for the volume knob.

Your '51 Nocaster is a completely different beast. Would you care to tell me how you'd get fun out of playing this thing? Honestly?

I'm going to be in the area of that store a couple of times this week. I should go check it out.

Hi Donny! Here's how I would get fun out of that Ampeggy-looking thingy: The same way that a violinist would get fun out of playing a Strad over a recent make if that form factor was his preference.

Honestly, a very early example like this would be fun for what it is to me, used as it was intended, to keep one from having to slap hell out of the double bass just to be heard over the horns and crowd noise. It would be great for a Dixieland combo trying to reproduce the sound of 1938 New Orleans. That 1938 era had happened only 33 years before our modern time back then. By comparison, the original (and best, IMHO) Yes music I love happened 34 to 39 years ago!!!!

You may laugh, but in my youth 36 years ago I played the Royal St/ Bourbon St circuit as well as the more modern West Bank clubs in Metairie with my 1971 4001 BG, six to seven grueling 45 minute sets a night, sometime eight or nine if things were hopping and tips were good. Something like this original Ampeg-ish shortie would be a real hit in a French Quarter/Bourbon St venue like that

But you are right, I would never be doing Yes covers with it And it would never had done Zeppelin covers over on the West Bank either..

Heart of the Sunrise, VERRRRY slowly...

"Would you care to tell me how you'd get fun out of playing this thing? Honestly?"

I think that old, nice things deserve respect and have earned gentle stewardship beyond their halcyon days, whether or not they are in contemporary fashion.

I realize this everytime I look into the mirror.

Donny, I don't own a '51 Nocaster. Honestly.

The difference between the two is monetary. And it is entirely possible that the bass in question is unique, whereas the Nocaster has lots of company, and I'd betcha 2/3 of them are counterfeits.

I'd have fun playing that bass.

Gee, Paul, I just went and looked into my mirror just now, after reading your post. And I can see what you mean.......

Donny: If it is not for you, don't buy it. Some people take pleasure in exploring such things and others don't. There is noting wrong with either mindset.

That bass with be very near MARF in April, maybe we should make a class trip...

That might be fun.