Overview
Brand name:
Product:
- bass guitars
Series name:
Dates of manufacture:
1967 to 1968
Production of the ASB-1 DEVIL BASS began in 1967 and ended in 1968. t was nicknamed the Devil Bass because its two long wicked looking horns - said to have been inspired by the Danelectro longhorn design. The body has two triangular cut-out holes going right though it. Relatively few of these were made (around 100 according to Bruce Johnson) and they were not a commercial success being rather heavy and clumsy to play.
Specifications (8)
Body
| Body shape features | double cutaway |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
Neck
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | scroll headstock, slotted (open) headstock |
| Tuner layout | two-each-side |
General
| Number of strings | 4 strings |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | mysterious hidden pickup |