Hagstrom Ampeg patch 2000 swede bass guitar 1976 Mahogany original vintage synth analog

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About as rare as they come!!!  

Original Vintage 1976 (first year of production) Hagstrom/ Ampeg patch 2000 swede bass guitar in excellent playing condition, freshly set up. The neck is dead-on true, frets in excellent condition, intonation perfect, and she is just a pleasure to play. She is about as big, heavy, and doomy as it gets. These were I think, unique in the history of bass guitars, and was perhaps the first real guitar synth as well.  The Ampeg patch 2000 pedal interface allows it to connect to your analog synth of choice (very cool with modulars!), so unlike the arp avatar or roland gr series synths, you can hook it up to anything.  The pedals are also quite useful, with glissando, pitch shift, and fifth note interval.  She's 100% complete with umbilical cable and road case.  Wow.

The early swede series, and especially the patch 2000, were a departure from guilds previous aping of fender and the gibson eb series, and represented a "coming out" of guild guitars as their own thing, if influenced by the obvious les paul styling. These are outstanding basses in their own right, with big, thumping tone from that super high quality mahogany and Swedish craftsmanship, and like the swede six strings, some of the best and fastest necks you'll ever feel.

Cosmetically, she is in very pretty vintage condition, only the well deserved exterior wear, nicks, scrapes, dings and blemishes one would expect of a well loved, very well played and well cared for instrument of this age and pedigree, all included at no extra charge. All skin deep. No cracks, no breaks, no repairs, no funny business. A non-original hard case(not pictured) is included. Enjoy!

From matrixsynth:

The Hagstrom Swede Patch 2000 guitar is the world’s first production synthesizer guitar (guitar/synth hybrid). It was boldly conceived (years ahead of it's time) and manufactured in an innovative collaboration with Ampeg, who provided the on-board circuitry and accompanying pitch/glide pedals. Based on the Hagstrom Swede guitar, a total of 498 right hand models were produced from 1976 to 1979 along with 11 left-handed models being manufactured in 1977. There was also a small run of Hagstrom Swede bass and Hagstrom Jazz bass models that came equipped with the Patch 2000 system. In addition to the standard 1/4" audio jack located on the Hag P2K guitar/bass, you'll also find a 7-pin jack which allows it to interface directly to the Ampeg floor pedals being offered here.

The sonics produced by the Hagstrom Swede/Ampeg Patch 2000 system have been realized by the likes of Jazz/Rock Fusion wizards Allan Holdsworth (Swede), Larry Coryell & Darryl Stuermer (Genesis, Jean-Luc Ponty), Jazz master Herb Ellis and other guitar greats such as Frank Zappa, Bob Welch, John McVie (Fleetwood Mac, P2K bass), Steve Pacelli, Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) and apparently Carlos Santana - as well as many others.

* Ampeg Patch 2000 Pedals
These Ampeg Patch 2000 foot pedals were designed exclusively by Ampeg to work in conjunction with both the Hagstrom Swede Patch 2000 Guitar -or- the Hagstrom Swede Patch 2000 Bass. They allow the P2K guitar to interface (via control voltage) with analog synths such as Roland, Moog, Oberheim, Steiner-Parker, ARP, EMS, etc.. In effect, this gives the Hag guitarist the option of playing his P2K instrument either as a standard Hagstrom Swede guitar (though there's nothing 'standard' about the Hagstrom Swede's outstanding sound) -or- as a synthesizer -or- as a simultaneous real time combination of both - producing a myriad of sonic tones & colors.

* Pitch & Glide
This Ampeg device consists of two pedals built into a single floor unit. The pitch pedal is continuously variable controlled, which allows you to raise the pitch up a full octave over the range of the pedal (heel-to-toe). This allows you to actually change tuning as you play. In this way, the pedal can be used for "bending" effects - much like a synth keyboard player can achieve (i.e. Chick Corea style). The glide pedal controls the response of fret-to-fret changes - governing how much time it takes for the synth to "glide" from one note to the next.

* 5th Harmony Switch
The Ampeg pedals also include a '5th Harmony' function, which is activated by a single pushbutton switch located between the two pedals (see photo). This 5th function allows the controlled synth note pitch to become a fifth higher than the actual fretted note (the major dominant) for an additional sonic effect.

* Construction
The last thing you'll have to worry about is damaging these pedals due to heavy use or road abuse. This is simply the most ruggedly durable pedal unit you'll ever find! Extremely sturdy construction consisting of a thick (~3/16") all metal outer housing with a stamped sheet metal bottom (~1/16") - tooled upwards (L shaped) in order to also function as the back access panel (see photos). Both Pitch/Glide pedals and the 5th Harmony Switch are also of a heavy metal construct. All-in-all, Ampeg did it right - these pedals were designed to last!"