ash Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) This is a lovely old UK made Dan Armstrong 'London' bass from the early 70s hand made in the UK. It has had a soapbar pickup added a new bridge and custom scratchplate (still have the original aluminium one). When i bought it it was in a poor state having been converted to fretless with polyfilla (!!!!) by the previous owner who had then put it in a wardrobe as a lost cause having cracked the back of the headstock! One machinehead is a replacement Schaller. I took this to my local luthier who did his usual miracle and made it into a superb playing vintage bass adding a new bridge and giving it a great refret. It reminds me of an early pre SG shaped Gibson EBO or a Gordon Smith. It has unusual features such as aluminium markers and fascia, there is info on the net about these as they are quite rare one sold on here recently in virtually mint condition. I'm now looking for 245 for it. [url="http://www.danarmstrong.org/londonbass.html"]http://www.danarmstrong.org/londonbass.html[/url] [attachment=76423:IMGP1941.JPG] [attachment=77182:__KGrHqI...r4Q___12.jpg] [attachment=77183:__KGrHqQ...cCg___12.jpg] Edited April 17, 2011 by ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 Price dropped with more pics, recorded with this bass at the weekend as its nice and small and light but the sound is really punchy and BIG thanks to the soapbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 [quote name='ash' post='1195502' date='Apr 11 2011, 10:43 AM']Price dropped with more pics, recorded with this bass at the weekend as its nice and small and light but the sound is really punchy and BIG thanks to the soapbar.[/quote] Bump down to 190 for a quick sale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbes Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 is this the short or long scale version ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 [quote name='hobbes' post='1201863' date='Apr 16 2011, 03:07 PM']is this the short or long scale version ?[/quote] Hiya this is the long scale version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 [quote name='ash' post='1201979' date='Apr 16 2011, 05:37 PM']Hiya this is the long scale version[/quote] bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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