Ampeg AMG100BLD Wood-Bodied Dan Armstrong Electric Guitar Electric Guitar, Blond Finish

by Ampeg

Product Features

• Custom removable pickups
• 3-way tone circuit
• 24-fret hard maple neck
• Grover nickel tuning machines
• Swamp ash (Blonde) body

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 47 x 20 x 8 inches ; 35 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001DNDOU6
• Item model number: AMG100BLD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,614 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

The AMG100 electric guitars are wood-bodied iterations of the Ampeg ADA6 Dan Armstrong “Plexi” guitar. They feature the same specifications as the ADA6, and are crafted from traditional vintage electric guitar tone woods. With 24 frets clear of the unique symmetrical double cutaway body and the same removable pickup system as the original Dan Armstrong design, they distinguish themselves from all other electric guitars.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! Great price!, September 12, 2009

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Marshall B. Kerr "Taking rinky dink to levels... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ampeg AMG100BLD Wood-Bodied Dan Armstrong Electric Guitar Electric Guitar, Blond Finish (Electronics)

First, I need to explain that I really like good guitars with a single pickup. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's less magnetic pull on the string. Maybe it's less wire. Maybe it's just less parts, but there is a bond between a player and a good single pickup guitar that really communicates. I'm the same way about amps and effects. The less knobs the better. Make it sound good at the core and you don't need parametric notch frequency option doodads to even think about. It frees your mind to just play. I have my Strats, Teles, a '335, Les Paul, Brian May, Parker and other good stuff which I do enjoy and I am not remotely criticizing them for having more than one pickup. I am in fact a pickup switcher when the option is there (different selector positions, not pickup replacement) and that is useful too. But in my head, a good single pickup guitar frees me and I sound more like me.

These wood bodied versions of the famous plexiglass guitar is absolutely fitting for the design of this guitar. The body and finish are thin enough that the wood gets to party and add its signature to the tone. It plays absolutely great with a good medium fret that is not a honkin' jumbo, but large enough to reduce finger flesh drag on the fretboard wood when bending strings. The guitar is fun to play.

Now where can I get a Rock Treble single coil drop-in replacement pickup? I do like the Sustain Treble humbucker that comes with the guitar very much, but I'd sure like to try the other pickup since swapping is so simple. What is the point of an easy swap system if Ampeg (Armstrong) doesn't make optional pickups available for purchase? I'm having a bit of trouble with that concept. I'm sure that Dan Armstrong has loads of copyright protection for the quick connect system... enough to keep Seymour Duncan, DiMarzio, Lollar, Fralin etc away. Besides, comparatively speaking there really aren't that many of these guitars out there, so it wouldn't be an instantaneous cash cow to design and market pickup options because Armstrong is leaving that door wide open by their inaction.

It's a really good guitar with the included humbucker, so I'm not at any significant level of frustration over lack of pickup options, but the quick swap thing is a big selling feature... can I purchase something to swap to? Soon? Maybe I'll like the original 'bucker better after all, but I sure would like to have an official option or two to actually USE that quick swap feature.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbeatable value, March 29, 2011

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Lisa Washburn "Dave" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ampeg AMG100BLD Wood-Bodied Dan Armstrong Electric Guitar Electric Guitar, Blond Finish (Electronics)

Bottom line, this guitar feels great, sounds great, looks great and is head-and-shoulders above any other guitar in this price range (at the closeout price of 269).

I would hurry, there aren't many left.