Hehe. We'll see how things go....
In the meantime, for your entertainment pleasure here are some interesting, not-so-well-known, unique, vintage, and not-so-vintage things that have been lying around for some years... for your academic interests...
'61 Epiphone Zephyr 312NT
70's Hagström Swede
'89 Pedulla MVP4
The last two ones here are interesting. Don't know if you guys are familiar with the old Ampeg Scroll Basses. There were several models from the 60's, the most well known of which is probably the one Rick Danko played in The Band's farewell concert dubbed "The Last Waltz", which was made into a terrific film by Martin Scorcese -- probably one of the best concert films ever. Here's a reference pic (not mine) of those rare scroll basses in their various production forms:
See that funky one in the middle with the nasty horns? That was called the ASB-1 Ampeg Devil Bass. It was designed by a guy named Mike Roman who worked with Ampeg through the mid-60's. Well, as it turned out, Ampeg ended production on the Devil Bass around '66-'67 or so, but Mike Roman never totally gave up on the idea of possible variations on the theme. Here are two one-of-a-kind experimental instruments made by the guy in 1968 that never saw the light of day but ended up here in Manila somehow -- hopeful designs that never went into production on account of quirkiness, lack of interest, and of course, general weirdness:
'68 Michael Roman "One-Off" Bass...
...and its matching Guitar counterpart also from '68
Truly only "one in the world" of both instruments.
