Guitar of the Day: Ampeg Baby Bass | Norman's Rare Guitars

[@royosborne3115]

They are great together. I need more of them together. 70 year old fellow in Knoxville Tennessee. I appreciate the videos from Norm. Thank you. Roy in Knoxville

[@rzh3443]

Worth the clicks just to see Jack and Angela 's smiles let alone the fine music!

[@catfishmudflap]

Nice duo and Jack is fun. Great addition to the family.

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

1st YEAR OF PRODUCTION WAS 1962 ONLY 800 WERE MADE IN THE 1st YEAR I OWN BABY BASS #637 OF 800 (1962) MEXICAN BANDS RARELY USED THEM THE 1st SUCCESSFUL YEAR OF THE LATIN JAZZ LABEL, FANIA RECORDS WAS 62 THE GREAT FANIA ALL-STARS USED THEM ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON THE 1st LPs THE FULL WONDERFUL TONES AND GREAT PLAYABILITY JUST CAN'T BE BEAT! WHAT A SUPRISE TODAY ON BOTD CARLOS GUITARLOS 90042 USA

[@bgmckddy]

I *LOVE* GOTD!! OMG!! She sings as well as she plays!! Killer harmonies, thank you for sharing this little gem!!

[@ktrn2b]

thanks Jack Ryan Sullivan! you did us proud. we're from West Virginia :-)

[@davidgillespie7954]

I love it! Usually don't watch Thumping' Thursday but glad I did!

[@Guardducks]

Love when Angela plays, Jack a very good addition to the family. Welcome sir. 👍🏼

[@rickstorm1044]

A little pickin with a little singin... beautiful guys, just beautiful.

[@mathiasnilo6855]

Well...Jack popped out of the screen! Such a nice fella and neat playing along with AP

[@TheViewmaster1971]

What a real treat! Thanks Jack and Angela!!!

[@w13rdguy]

Loved it! The harmonizing, the playing and cuttin' up....Encore! ☘️🇺🇦

[@TTT-1961.]

Really terrific! Jack looks like a bad ass biker and sings a song John Denver made famous. Great choice.

[@lucascelticsfan1323]

Native of West Virginia, country roads is a favorite here, it’s actually one of our state songs, absolutely loved hearing you guys jam. I wear a size small and would absolutely love a T from you guys. Love from good ol’ WV❤️❤️🎸🙌

[@jaumenolla7928]

Country Roads, beautiful song an anthem in WV by John Denver, Cheers!

[@3cardmonty602]

I love West Virginia. Traveled out to Parkersburg once. Loved it there. Went out to Blennerhassett Island. Even took my Pitty on the Ferry Boat ride out to it. Musicians sitting around jamming when we got there. Playing acoustic guitars, fiddle, and singing John Prine songs. Don’t get any better than that.

[@kevinhixson117]

Great duo! Havin fun and makin music Thats what it's all about! Thank you!

[@larryburrough3024]

We are seeing a New Dynasty growing! I was in on the ground floor!

[@larryburrough3024]

Big Man is Killin It!

[@davidlong9921]

Thanks Jack and Angela, a great session

[@stuartglover1221]

Absolutely fantastic Jack and Angela are a dream x Country Roads is a legendary song thank you so much x 🎸🇬🇧🎸

[@thommeyer6356]

OK…this was just flat out fun! Thanks, you two, for putting a smile on my face, when the rest of the world seems to be falling apart. ❤️

[@bambus_ross]

Always had a fascination with the stand up bass. I wear an XL 😂 love from Canada ✌️🫀🇨🇦. Y'all killed that Country Roads cover

[@leebraly3904]

Cool bass and guitar. Angela and Jack sound fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[@3cardmonty602]

It’s the Willie & Angie show. Great stuff. 😉👍🏼

[@johnbohland]

I really enjoyed this. Norma's Rare guitars is a magical place.

[@stephensepan291]

the " contraption" is used to extend the with of the base for people who are used to playing a full base. (worked for Ampeg)

[@michael61985]

That bass is so cool and the vintage Martin is sweet as well

[@GVike]

This is the clearest I've ever heard a Baby Bass sound. Usually I've heard it on salsa bands but it would sound muddy and barely audible.

[@rickjason215]

Great job. Nice change from the usual.

[@DNeil5]

Great job you two.. Sounded really good. Nice job Jen ..

[@scottbelongie9051]

FreakinA love the singing and sing selection and bad ass bass and love the guitar. Loved it 👍😁🥃

[@woopa66]

A FRIGGIN AWESOME way to start my Friday. Thank you guys! So when is Norm's opening up without appointments? I can sure use some guitfiddle fondling to go with a new t-shirt.

[@scottyvalero3691]

They have one of those at the house of guitars here in Rochester New York. Cool shop. Definitely worth a visit if you can

[@gezor20]

awesome!

[@francesnieznay6623]

Thanks this is a real demo!

[@vfigueroa62]

That’s awesome I have a baby base that was re-customize by Sal Cuevas, a salsa, jazz player.

[@jasonbrooks633]

Man this is so good!

[@nickbruni8041]

Some J. D. ! WoooHoo ! 🤘🏼

[@darrellthornton8671]

sounding good!

[@dougbennett7881]

You two are awesome! I thoroughly enjoyed your music!

[@49VinCom]

Way to rock it!

[@joemcgraw5529]

Awsome !!! been many years hearing that song ,you guys should do more songs together really enjoyed it !!!

[@canceltyranny1362]

Nice playing.

[@ricktuttle5393]

That is just too cool. I didn’t even know this cool ass bass existed.

[@derPaul76]

That's lovely - the next level

[@cwilczak8706]

Crazy,,,,,,Great!

[@benjaminifraimov5190]

Not a bad couple.. y’all should look into that 😉

[@butchlauer]

Take it Jack!

[@kevinhill4012]

Any light bulbs shatter at the end there. 💥🙋

[@fostergood191]

Killer duo fr should do more jams together

[@2000colerg]

Great thumpin Thursday!

[@randyr.cedeno3617]

Mariachi’s exclusively use “Guitarrón”. Baby Basses have always been a staple of Salsa Orchestras because of their percussive sound.

[@jackryansullivan6038]

Mariachi’s here in LA and back where I’m from have used these Baby Basses, too.

[@MrSparks54]

Love that Ampeg bass. Played one many years ago. Thanks for sharing

[@ROCKINGMAN]

It featured in Elvis; 1967 film Double Trouble.

[@ziggylayneable]

I'm loving this thing this is awesome!!what a cool jam.

[@davemeshamsr6000]

Does it come with a case?

[@wyattdean5658]

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[@thudor1]

The Ampeg Baby is an absolute essential in Puerto Rican and Colombian salsa bands, but you have to use flat-wound strings to duplicate that thumpy upright sound. Also, it's better to use a wireless transmitter if you're gonna spin that bad boy!!

[@GVike]

It has flatwounds. Look closely. Also, I never vibed with the thumpy-muddy sound that barely cuts through in salsa.

[@EvertAlbers]

Nothing combines better with congas and piano than a babybass for classic salsa. I prefer *playing* the electric bass, but for recording the babybass usually sounds superior.

[@glenkepic3208]

What the heck just happened ?>?>? ok, just a jam. Great ! Heard about the Baby Bass but never saw one. Mentioned probably the Ampeg name was from the Peg used on a bass. Look at The Stones "Get Yer YaYa's Out", amp by Ampeg. They actually had a tech on board. Not enough Ampeg here. Thanx !

[@stephensepan291]

the word AMPEG stood for "amplified peg. the founder of the company, Mr Hull, played a full base needed to make the bass louder. he put a piezo electric microphone on an extended peg and made it electronic.

[@williamknell864]

"Can a Telecaster do that?" LOLOL! {]X^{D } Nice to see a nice left field axe. Shoulda' dimmed the lights and did "Every Breath You Take."

[@rafbass]

You are not allowed to touch the ampeg baby if you do not have an awesome Viking beard and 25 years of experience playing upright bass. This bass is only for the most graded, the best of the best, the unimaginable, the strong.

[@gregbrown4136]

Sounded great

[@billsharp6433]

Finally, Lemmo's Background Dancers get their turn in the spotlight.

[@murattaner7384]

Would the bass amplify gut strings? With metal strings doesnt sound musical to my ear.(Left one is completely deaf) :))

[@xavierandradev]

It would. The pickup is quite unique. It is not a piezo as he says in the video. Is a diaphragm magnetic pickup. The bridge is supported by two thin metallic disks, the diaphragms, that vibrate with the bridge. Those vibrations are picked up by a coil. So any string would work, however part of the percussive sound comes from the diaphragms.

[@murattaner7384]

@@xavierandradev Thank you . You have been very informative :)))

[@nyacoustics8373]

Lemmo with a beard doing country road

[@kevinhill4012]

Love it x

[@GoldtriggerDude]

This is the bass most recorded in Salsa/Latin music. It is THE standard bass.

[@gteefxr3094]

👍👍❤

[@bruceselenka7181]

Now that was entertaining!

[@thorstentrabold8398]

Wahnsinn 😱😱😱

[@davemeshamsr6000]

That’s a really cool upright bass

[@strangetimesstringband5025]

you can get that sound with an import hofner

[@kirkwhitaker6422]

I want that….

[@chri19v4]

🤠👍👍

[@jurgengosch3915]

Cool

[@musicfan8253]

That bass is 🔥. But, I’d rather have the guitar. 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@petenelson6654]

The numbers etched in the headstock were most likely from an inmate in prison. They used to etch the inmate number for personal property identification.

[@xavierandradev]

It is not a piezo pickup. It is a diaphragm pickup.

[@jackryansullivan6038]

It’s a piezo. We took the entire magnet apart. Thanks!

[@mccypr]

😆😎

[@kendallcovell9386]

IS THERE ANYTHING JACK CANT PLAY????

[@paulielentz4337]

That’s awfully weird left hand technique for an upright

[@securethebag1613]

whos the whooty?

[@mortensen1961]

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[@kengibbens5059]

Don't say Thumpin Thursday if you're not Greg Coates.

[@stkbkr1]

Watching Angela play is like having an out of body experience. That base sounds like an out of tune guitar.

[@syfman6]

Too bad she didn't go electric... bass sounds cool.