Bruce Johnson Short Scale SSB

gweimer · April 29, 2010, 03:07:54 PM

Quote from: jumbodbassman on April 29, 2010, 03:01:51 PM
here are some pictures of my baby # 70 due by mid may???

He sent you pictures in progress?!?!? Man, I feel neglected. Of course, I was supposed to be getting #67, but got #66 when an order got cancelled. You realize that I got #66 almost a year ago.

jumbodbassman · April 30, 2010, 12:38:05 PM

he is really slow. i feel sorry for the guys after us like rhythm N bliss. he may wait for 2 years at the rate Bruce is going. i ordered this one in 2007 and my devil bass in March 2003.
g man - is yours fixed yet or still giving you problems.....

"good things come to those who wait" - maybe my parents were right ;-))))

Bruce says i will get the devil bass maybe by year end.... NAH !!!!

gweimer · April 30, 2010, 03:23:24 PM

I haven't really done anything about it for now. I can still use it, but can't blend the pickups. It's pretty dang sweet straight into the amp. I mean, that's where all the real work gets done anyway. Just ask Nikki Sixx.

Chris P. · May 04, 2010, 02:55:11 AM

I missed this thread.. Great basses!!

jumbodbassman · May 04, 2010, 12:04:59 PM

GWEIMER - got some more pics

Rhythm N. Bliss · May 04, 2010, 01:01:26 PM

Quote from: jumbodbassman on May 04, 2010, 12:04:59 PM
GWEIMER - got some more pics

Nice!! Won't be TOO long before I'll be seeing my lefty Scroll get made!

jumbodbassman · May 04, 2010, 01:48:06 PM

hope for a cancellation. he is only making about 6-8 a year. usually only 2 at a time..

gweimer · May 05, 2010, 07:44:22 AM

I took my Scroll with me for recording last night. DAYUM! It's probably the cleanest recording bass I've ever used. I'll post sound links once we get them up. I just knew that the bass would be perfect for doing STP songs.

jumbodbassman · May 13, 2010, 03:20:33 PM

send him the balance of the money and got another picture just now. kind of like a family album ))))

Rhythm N. Bliss · May 15, 2010, 03:14:25 PM

YEAH! Mighty purty

jumbodbassman · June 22, 2010, 12:20:33 PM

FINALLY!!!! my AEB-2 is finished and was shipped out last night. Should show up maybe friday. A Bachbird last friday and this bass this friday. My 11 year old graduated elementary school today and my middle kid graduates HS on friday. Not a bad week....I think i will buy a lottery ticket on the way home. Actually with 2 soon to be in college and my GAS i need to buy lottery tickets every week.
So here are some pics Bruce sent me last night.

and some shoots of bass without the pickguard and his version of the mystery pickup..

gweimer · June 22, 2010, 01:54:59 PM

WOW! That is so cool. What number did you get? Yours is exactly like my #66. Of course, I never asked for progress pics. Maybe I should have, although when I learned the whole story behind mine, I'm sure that Bruce is happy I didn't. I need to get mine fixed. Right now, I'm just running the M pickup direct, because I can't blend the 2 pickups.

jumbodbassman · June 22, 2010, 02:12:25 PM

# 70. If you look closely at the plates around the p pup it is actually stamped. Can't wait to get her in my hands. the action looks really low in the pictures. I actually prefer it on the higher side but with this radius and the tension from the flats this may be what the doctor ordered... Bruce is the extreme in the Extremely Strange......

jumbodbassman · July 01, 2010, 01:25:11 PM

the eagle has landed. few small issues i need to work out. sounds like nothing else in the world. very cool. thinking i should have gone fretless but.....

love the paint on the inside.....

Pilgrim · July 04, 2010, 10:04:30 AM

The FIRST words that come to mind when I see those pix are: "...lust in my heart..."