Reviewer	Andrew Strauber
Manufacturer	Bruce Johnson's Extremely Strange Musical Instruments
Model	Ampeg AUB-2 Prototype
Price	1800

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Neck Type	Eastern Maple, Bolt-on
Fingerboard	Ebony,Fretless
Body Type	Western White Ash
Finish	Red Sunburst,Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Pickup(s)	passive,Rick Turner Custom Magnetic
Controls	3 controls, Pickup select,Volume,Tone

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I have been searching for an Ampeg bass for 30years. When I saw that they were going to be re-issued, I knew I had to have one. This bass was shipped to me in March '98, and as soon as I picked it up, I felt like I had been playing it for all those wasted years. A beautiful instrument in red sunburst, it has the classic Ampeg scroll head stock and the f-hole style cutaways all the way through the body. A very long scale bass, it has a very tight low end. The Rick Turner pickup is very smooth and even. I think that this instrument is a huge improvement over the original construction from the '60s. This is my primary bass. I use it 75% of the time with the rest of the time spent on a '69 Fender Precision.

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Construction	100%
Playability	100%
Appearance	100%
Sound	100%
Value	100%
Cust. Service	100%
Overall	100%

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