Sep 13 2007
Washburn Acoustic Fretless Bass
At some point I decided that I really needed an acoustic-ish bass. I was going for a more folksy sound at the time. My first act was to visit Jack Waterson who, at that time, was working at a music store called Guitar Guitar in North Hollywood. Jack, if you don’t know, was a founding member of, and bass player in, Green On Red, and by far the most ‘pro’ musician I knew at the time. He was steering me toward a beautiful, full bodied Guild which, without a doubt, was a finer instrument but, unfortunately, it was more expensive and didn’t come with built-in electronics, something I was looking for. They had two versions of the Washburn AB-20, a fretted and a fretless. I opted for the fretless. It has a simple piezo pickup under the bridge, and an on-board preamp/eq that was made by fishman (?).
This was my primary gigging and recording instrument for the early acoustic days of Poor Old Joe.
Hi there, I recently owned this one, I was trying to get the model on internet, and I found your lovely pics, I need the cover where the model appears (AB-20) Do you know where can I get one?, This acoustic was living in Davos, Sweeden and my cousin purchased it there. >Just another question, what is the price about. Thank you have a nice week. We are in Mexico city
I’m sorry I meant Davos, Swiss. I’m really sorry