Bruce Johnson's Scroll Bass

[Barklessdog]

Wow those are amazing basses. Congrats.

[chromium]

That bass looks absolutely stunning!  I'd have probably done the same thing if I was in your shoes.    Just save "Hey Bulldog" for next years gathering when you're healed up...

[leftybass]

I do love it when I see Hey Bulldog in the setlist.

[Pilgrim]

I do love it when I see Hey Bulldog in the setlist.

For me its Pipeline.

[leftybass]

There's a B.Johnson scroll bass on ebay right now.

[copacetic]

Here are a few pictures of my Bruce Johnson Bass including a diagram of the features:

[copacetic]

Sorry guys here are the others:

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Hey copacetic~
How 'bout a little description of how you like your bass?

Some clips of how you sound would be coool to hear tooo

[copacetic]

All due apologies for not getting back to your question sooner but I had enough of a hard time trying to learn how to post pictures even with Dave's advice. (I think there should be a step by step tutorial for these things and this particular forum has it's own idiosynchracies as well). So no sounds for now. Well I worked with Bruce on what I wanted and needed along with what his perimeters were going to be with his scroll bass. Both of us being lovers and having a number of the various Ampeg scrolls. It absolutly had to have some of the 'modern' tones as well. One of my requests was to have a slim neck/not big C profile which he did very nicely. Originally he had done my bass in a high gloss black (like a piano as he referred to it) but I did not quite like that so I asked him to make it look like an old piano which he did nicely. Mine was completed in early 2003. It has quite the sound spectrum. As you can see from the diagram I supplied, there is that blend switch that sweeps from the Ampeg sound all the way through to an Alembic sound. He developed this w/Rick Turner as I recall him mentioning. Along with the tone control there is almost nothing left un'turned' so to speak. The other requirement I had was to keep it simple as I hate too many switches. It was fun working with Bruce, he's a great guy and totally dedicated (and fanatical but don't we all appreciate that quality here..). One thing with Bruce is you have to have patience. Even back then when I had the 'debuffing' of the Gloss black, that took about 6 months. My only issue at this point is that it weighs about 9 3/4 lbs and I am in my old age finding 8 1/2 lbs about what I will tolerate. After all I did with Bruce on getting this bass made I haven't the heart to tell him I might be considering giving it up. He told me he'll buy it back anytime, but he'll probably deconstruct it. So I am looking at my options...

[Highlander]

A) don't think about an RD (over 9lbs, in my modified state model), or a Victory (even heavier!) if you go down the latter route, and...
B) always read back for typos...

Stephen... Steve... I presume that, "Both of us being lovers", should have ended with an "of Ampeg instruments", but the world is a many splendoured thing... 

In all seriousness, the weight issue is a real shame... 

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

Cool info. Thanks, copacetic!

After all that I'd pump up to handle the weight; lift weights rather than sell it.
Guess I better pump weights more & increase my number of sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups & f-ups!!!!!

Lookin' forward to gettin' mine! Probly anuzza year or so

[gweimer]

I'm not sure what mine weighs, but it's not much of a burden to play or carry for a night.

[Aussie Mark]

Can't afford one of Bruce's scrolls?  Here's an affordable Greco (US$1200 shipped worldwide) .....

http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/ubox.cgi?T=syosai&sline=389&print=1&keys2=tsudanuma%40ishibashi%2Eco%2Ejp&tid=list3

[Basvarken]

Wow! That Greco looks stunning.

(A lot less contrived than the Bruce Johnson scroll bass) 

[gweimer]

Weird - I'm getting a listing for a Zoom503 pedal on that link.