Dan Armstrong - Man & Guitars

Another prototype that Ampeg made is the AMG24 guitar that belongs to Mr. Scotty Sandwich. This is one of six such instruments from a US factory that never went into production as they were going to be too expensive. As seen upper left this guitar sports an all black finish and is equipped with two humbucking pickups and 24 frets. At upper right the AMG24 model number can clearly be seen on the truss rod cover. Photos are courtesy of Mr. Scotty Sandwich.

As seen upper left, the AMG24 features two Kent Armstrong 'Rocker' type humbucking pickups with a dual set of screw poles and black covers. Like the AMB prototypes the neck pickup is mounted under the scratchplate while the bridge pickup is surrounded by a pickup ring. Notice too, like other prototypes (though not all) that this prototype has the Dan Armstrong · Ampeg name emblazed onto the scratchplate. In this case, a rather unique looking scratchplate.

At upper right, the guitar features a combination bridge/tailpiece fashioned after the Leo Quan Badass bridge. It would appear that someone was a little rough on the treble side judging by the messy screw slot. More interesting, and only seen in the enlarged view, most of the strings do not lie in the center of the saddlepieces. Most are seen to the right of the 'cut-in' slots. But it must be remembered that this is a prototype. Below that, the bottom side of the Kent Armstrong Rocker pickup can be seen which has the 'Rocker' name written in on the bottom, followed by the letter 'A'.

Another AMG prototype has surfaced that's similar to the AMG24 model above but with an all-through neck, body AND wings construction. Lacking an actual identifying number it's one of three made and features a high gloss black finish.

At upper left & right, and like the former prototypes the front pickup is mounted in place inderneath the scratchplate while the rear pickup features a pickup ring to support it. Also, this model features two Kent Armstrong humbucking pickups which utilize a dual set of screw poles and have black covers on them. Notice how the pickup covers feature the Ampeg 'a' emblem in white.

At left, a brushed black scratchplate gives it a somewhat satin look, while at right, a Gotoh bridge/tailpiece is used. From what I can make out at their web site - the use of the nylon string saddle pieces have since been discontinued on these units. Oddly, the rear pickup now shows no Ampeg 'a' emblem on it like that seen above, yet it does have the double row of screws.

At left another photo with the bridge pickup lacking the emblem. At right, is yet another photo showing the pickup with the emblem on. The Kent Armstrong humbuckers are pretty hot, both reading in at 14.65k

Above left & right, the high gloss finish of the instrument can be seen. Unfortunately, like the other prototypes of this line, it's impossible to know exactly what kind of wood was used but must be a lighter wood as it reportedly weighs in at only 6 lb. 1 oz.

At left, the rosewood fingerboard with dot position markers is adorned with 22 frets. At right the matching black headstock sports the Ampeg 'a' emblem.