Well, the waiting was the hardest part. UPS must have my address as the last stop of the day. So, I'm now the proud owner of Scroll bass #066. I haven't had a chance to run it through paces yet, but I plan on hitting a jam night tomorrow to break it in. Bruce has improved on the originals, especially with the neck. The original Ampegs were pretty beastly in the neck. You really had to work at it. I'm still trying to figure out the knobs and jacks - three output jacks, and each seems to have a distinct flavor to it.
As I said, this particular bass already has a history. Before this one became mine, I was scheduled to get #067, but the person who ordered it cancelled just as Bruce was completing it. The original body on this bass started bubbling on the finish, as Bruce told me. He refinished a couple times, and then discovered that there are certain types of beetles that can lay their eggs in wood, where they can be dormant for several years. The piece of wood he used on the body just happened to have eggs in it. The bubbling was actually the beetles hatching. He ended up having to make an entire new body for the bass.
