1996 Ampeg AEB-2 Scroll Bass Bruce Johnson USA-Made, Collector-Grade, AEB-1

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Bass description

This a 1996 Ampeg AEB-2 Scroll Bass in exceptional, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. An exceedingly rare bass produced for Ampeg’s 50th anniversary, the Scroll Bass model has become synonymous with its modern maker and Ampeg historian, Bruce Johnson. While around a dozen of these modern iterations of the Scroll Bass bear the Ampeg name (this particular one is #006), they were wholly crafted by Johnson and are exceedingly well-made instruments, sonically and functionally exceeding the originals in almost every facet of their construction

Even with a quick pass through Johnson’s “Extremely Strange Musical Instrument Co” website, his passion for this instrument is apparent, and this Scroll Bass features a carved ash body paired with a maple neck and ebony fingerboard for an articulate, clear, and authoritative natural acoustic voice. Meant to replicate the tonal properties of an upright, as Bruce Johnson describes it, the Scroll Bass offers a “rich, warm, percussive tone. Plugged directly into the mixing console, with no amp at all, the tone is very close to a good upright bass or a cello, except with longer sustain and a clearer high end. It’s a real jazz/blues type of sound. This bass likes to be plucked hard with lots of right-hand technique.” This Scroll Bass weighs 9 lbs 12 oz, dialed in for optimal action and intonation here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 45-100 D’Addario Chrome flatwound strings.