Vintage, All Original 1969 Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite (Plexiglass) Bass Made in the USA Weight: 9 lbs 13 oz's Scale: 30 Radius: 7.25 Nut: 1.62 Measurement of the neck at the 1st fret is .87 and .88 at the 12th Comes in hard case pictured
***Professionally set up and dialed in for optimal tone and smooth playability. The frets are dressed/leveled/polished and shine like glass. It is ready to make a splash on stage or in the studio.
Strap on your platforms and get ready to get groovy with this spage-age model that was built from Lucite as part of a collaboration between Dan Armstrong and Ampeg in 1969. These models featured a bolt-on neck, clear lucite body and interchangable pickups. Dan Armstrong was well known in the 1960s as a studio musician and repairman in the New York area. In 1968, Ampeg hired him to improve some of their guitars and these clear bodied instruments were the result.
Here we have an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexiglass Bass, built in 1969 likely at the Ampeg facility in Linden, New Jersey. It’s a shorter 30 inch scale with 1.62 nut width, and weights in at 10.34 pounds. The neck is maple with a flat-sawn Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, which at the time was very commonly used on quality instruments. There is some wear to the covering of the pickup, and the body is in great condition and only exhibits some light scratching, as expected for an instrument of this age. The neck is straight and plays soothlyhas more wear than the body as can be seen in the pics. It is in all original condition and a worthy stage or studio player.
An instant hit among rock players due to their ultra-cool looks and long sustain, these guitars and basses used clear acrylic polymer, sold as Plexiglass, with innovative interchangeable pickups designed by Bill Lawrence. On some models, the pickups were in a sliding mount so the player could position them for a desired tone.
Dan Armstrong died in 2004 in Los Angeles, and his son Kent Armstrong still produces high-quality pickups often found on higher end Jazz guitars.
Finish Details: Original Body Material: Plexiglass Body Neck Material: Maple Neck Fingerboard Material: Brazilian Rosewood Neck Profile: Medium C Neck Thickness (IN): 1st - 0.87" 12th - 0.88" Fingerboard Radius: 9.00" Nut Width: 1.62 (IN) Scale Length: 30"
It has just been professionally set up and dialed in for optimal tone and playability. It has low action with no buzzing or dead spots and is an absolute joy to play. It has been deep cleaned and detailed. All guitars will arrive looking and playing great. The frets have been leveled / dressed / polished and the fingerboard was cleaned. (Unfinished Rosewood and Ebony boards get treated with Fret Doctor - a proprietary all natural oil that is the best on the market) It has brand new strings, the action was adjusted, the intonation is spot on and it plays excellent. All the electronics work flawlessly.
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* Neck is perfectly straight and the truss rod works with no issues
* Intonation is spot-on
* It has been professionally set up with nice low action & new American made strings.
* If needed, the frets will be dressed leveled & crowned
* All frets are polished prior to shipping when they are set up - They will shine like new!
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