Andertons advertisement August 1975

midlifecrisis

apparently the guitars in that Andertons ad are still on order....they should be in next week. 

prlgmnr

NelsonP said:

Is that the new Kemper?

57Deluxe

those Bargain Buys are mostly used prices.When I bought my Strat new in 1975 they were around £235. A Les Paul was about £260 and a Tele was about £225.

Strat54

NelsonP said:

Funny reading these old ads - Les Pauls, SGs. ES335s, Firebirds, ES330s, Teles, Strats.

Can anyone think of another industry that is still churning out bestselling models that are pretty much identical to those from the mid 70s?

No, but like old guitars with one particular example above people are daft enough to pay a hundred times what they cost new....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCORT-MK1-RS1600/323609458779?hash=item4b58a0785b:g:1cUAAOSwOnJbsnME:rk:18:pf:0

Skipped

The classified ads in the back of Melody Maker were the market place for gear in the mid 70s.

Thursday mornings were very exciting.....

I bought my 1968 Les Paul Goldtop (very early model) for £235 from the second owner, who got it from the (famous) first owner.

horse

NelsonP said:

Can anyone think of another industry that is still churning out bestselling models that are pretty much identical to those from the mid 70s?

The synth industry is

For clarification - Moog model D / beringher and other clones of it

DrBob

NelsonP said:

Funny reading these old ads - Les Pauls, SGs. ES335s, Firebirds, ES330s, Teles, Strats.

Can anyone think of another industry that is still churning out bestselling models that are pretty much identical to those from the mid 70s?

Harley Davidson ?

ICBM

horse said:

The synth industry is

Not really, it's turning out new-technology models which are meant to emulate the sounds of the 70s originals. No-one is building discrete-component analogue synths now I don't think.

The clothing industry is, at least in part, though - you can buy a brand-new pair of Levi's 501s that apart from now being made in any of about a dozen different countries from many different specifications of denim, is almost identical in design to ones you could buy in the *18*70s, let alone the 1970s...

horse

ICBM said:

horse said:

The synth industry is

Not really, it's turning out new-technology models which are meant to emulate the sounds of the 70s originals. No-one is building discrete-component analogue synths now I don't think.

I thought that's what Behringer were doing in some cases, but I admit the technicalities may be beyond me.

ICBM

horse said:

I thought that's what Behringer were doing in some cases, but I admit the technicalities may be beyond me.

I'm not really a synth expert although I have occasionally serviced old ones - when they don't need too much work! - from what I understand they are analogue, but use modern surface-mount ICs rather than discrete through-hole components. It simply wouldn't be possible to build them the old way, even in China, without them costing thousands of pounds. It also won't be possible to repair them in the same way if they fail in twenty or thirty years' time, unfortunately.

horse

ICBM said:

horse said:

I thought that's what Behringer were doing in some cases, but I admit the technicalities may be beyond me.

I'm not really a synth expert although I have occasionally serviced old ones - when they don't need too much work! - from what I understand they are analogue, but use modern surface-mount ICs rather than discrete through-hole components. It simply wouldn't be possible to build them the old way, even in China, without them costing thousands of pounds. It also won't be possible to repair them in the same way if they fail in twenty or thirty years' time, unfortunately.

Fair point, but I think it still represents a retro demand and supply in recent years, with even DCOs seen by some as not warm enough. Not a million miles away from sticking a PCB in a Gibson either maybe.

ICBM

horse said:

Fair point, but I think it still represents a retro demand and supply in recent years, with even DCOs seen by some as not warm enough. Not a million miles away from sticking a PCB in a Gibson either maybe.

A bit more different than that - as well as the PCB, it would be like making something that looked roughly like a Gibson and sounded roughly like a Gibson, but was actually made entirely from MDF and composites .

(I know, I probably shouldn't give Gibson ideas .)

mudslide73

Great thread.. thanks for posting.

horse

ICBM said:

horse said:

Fair point, but I think it still represents a retro demand and supply in recent years, with even DCOs seen by some as not warm enough. Not a million miles away from sticking a PCB in a Gibson either maybe.

A bit more different than that - as well as the PCB, it would be like making something that looked roughly like a Gibson and sounded roughly like a Gibson, but was actually made entirely from MDF and composites .

(I know, I probably shouldn't give Gibson ideas .)

That's no way to talk about baked maple!

guitars4you

Skipped said:

The classified ads in the back of Melody Maker were the market place for gear in the mid 70s.

Thursday mornings were very exciting.....

I bought my 1968 Les Paul Goldtop (very early model) for £235 from the second owner, who got it from the (famous) first owner.

also the 'wanted' place for band members - Thin Lizzy recruited Scott this way I believe

PolarityMan

fake....priced in wrong currency (not imerial credits of the realm)

DavidRees

I bought my first amplifier from Andertons in 1975, a s/h Impact 60 valve head - fabulous piece of kit ...

DavidRees

I bought my first amplifier from Andertons in 1975, a s/h Impact 60 valve head - fabulous piece of kit ...