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Nice! We had the same thing! NE Florida?
There’s actually a couple huge vinyl record stores here in town. Well one huge one and one regular size one.
Yeah, this was before vinyl had its resurgence, or at least right around the time the resurgence began (knowing full well it takes trends forever to trickle into very small towns). They didn’t care to know what they had; it was just new stuff to line the shelves with that were probably parts of huge auction lots. Was in Arkansas, actually.
Yup, I was a teenager during the weird “records and tapes” era starting around 1980 when all the record stores became “record and tape” stores and everyone thought that the new “digital tape” or HD tape was going to be the future. Everyone ran out and invested into hi end tape decks only to be blindsided by what happened just a few short years later. IIRC, it was 1985. Compact Discs!
I was accustomed to buying vinyl records, but though this new cassette tape thing awesome because it meant my music collection could now be portable. Sony Walkman, Boom boxes with auto reverse cassette player recorders and car audio cassette decks were all the rage with Dolby and all kinds of advancements in tape technology coming, why would anyone think any of this would be going away? Remember we didn’t have the internet back then, reminding us of the latest iPhone that’s coming out. Only a handful of people that might have read tech publications at the time knew that CDs were coming. The general public did not see them coming.
It’s crazy how times have changed. And now, I feel old.
This is an actual picture of Ozzys aura the day he bit the head off of that dove...
I love Ozzy! It’s going to be a sad day when he goes...
Yes sir...
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This was one of two guitars I acquired for FREE. The second one still needs work, but I made a video to celebrate the restoration of this one:
Woah thats nice! Excellent video presentation, and your playing is fantastic!
Found this MIDI keyboard at a yard sale for $5.
I needed to get change for a 20-dollar-bill, so I went down the street and into at a stationary store to see if I could get change for a 20. Typical NYC: “We can’t give change,” was the response.
So I had to buy some index cards for 15 cents just so I could get change! I walked out grumbling under my breath about “we don’t give change, hmmpf...%$#@!&..”
I go back to pick up the keyboard and there is something rattling around inside. The seller says, “Oh, probably it’s just my son dropped some coins in there.” I was like: “Mmmm, I don’t know. It could be a piece of the device. I’m not sure.” So he gave it to me for FREE!
As I’m leaving, I fumble and drop the keyboard in the street and a quarter falls out!
So not only did I get it for FREE, but I got even with the stationary store assholes, AND made a 10-cent profit!
The Wheel Of Gear Karma.
I > @Lady_App_titude said:
Hahaha nice!
Woah, had that Beethoven in the house when I was a kid.
Thanks! It was so much work! One of the little saddles on the Tune-o-matic bridge was missing, and I couldn't find any place to buy just that part, so I had to buy a whole new bridge, where I eventually learned that there is little standardization for such bridges, and it took 3 different tries on Ebay to find a bridge that would fit this guitar. And even then it was slightly off be a mm or two, which meant that the holes had to be bored out with a drill ever-so-slightly to make the posts fit. Then the new bridge was too high, even adjusted to the lowest position, so I had to shim the neck, which took about 20 attempts of bolting it off, adjusting, bolting back on, until I got something that would work. On top of that, it came with flatwound strings, which was a first for me, so I decided to retain that vintage jazzy/early Rock vibe, but they were expensive strings and I broke quite a few strings taking the neck on and off.
Then there were all the electrical issues. Some hobbyist had done all kinds of mods to both guitars, but screwed things all up, such as this "push/pull pickup system, which was cool in theory, supposed to let you split coils and such, but he wired it all wrong so that pickups would cut out in certain settings, etc. I tried in vain to keep that system, before eventually realzing the only solution was to just rip out all the wiring and redo it with a conventional toggle switch/pickup system.
Nearly all of which were entirely new experiences for me. But I learned a lot!
So FREE, yeah, if you don't count weeks of labor!
Here's another one of these stories...
Check out this Line 6 amplifier that I just found ON THE CURB! Was riding by on my bike, and someone had moved out leaving this and a little 15W Fender behind. I screeched to a halt and managed to scoop up this little baby and ride home with one hand, balancing the amp on my handlebars. Tested at home and it was fully functional! Unfortunately, when I went back for the Fender, it was gone.
Amps on bikes...
Aww I hate to say it, but I would’ve grabbed the fender first.
Awesome! All those weeks of labor were totally worth it though, as you gained a ton of experience one, and two, you turned someone else’s discards into something beautiful that is now your own! Win win!
It’s funny how quick we learn things that we're interested in!
I feel ya. But the Line 6 had more options, amp modeling, effects.. Plus, I already owned one of those Fender Champ amps. What I SHOULD have done was hidden the Fender somewhere before coming back for it. But no time for that kind of thinking, just gotta grab and go while the gettin's good. Similarly, when I picked up the two FREE guitars, there was a third, Hammer Bass there too (needed SO much work, neck was all messed up), but I still regret not grabbing it when I had the chance. Hindsight.
One nice thing from the previous owner's mods was it has Gretsch pickups! Between that, the hollow body, and the heavier flat wound strings, it gives me something that is unlike anything else in my current guitar arsenal.
OK, here's one more.. (I got a zillion tales of yard sale adventures..)
I scored this classic Casio RZ-1 drum machine at a yard sale for $10! Vintage 80s 8-bit, and one of the first drum machines to offer primitive sampling! I ended up reselling it on Ebay for hundreds of dollars, but not before I did a couple of projects with it. It helped send me into an 8-Bit/chiptune/SID phase for a couple of projects. I used it for drums on these two projects:
https://ladyapp-titude.bandcamp.com/track/8-bit-is-lit-the-fizzy-edges-of-the-difference
https://ladyapp-titude.bandcamp.com/track/siddy-strut
That’s ok, keep em coming! That’s exactly what this threads for.
Wow, and you made a huge profit? Nice!
I’ve never seen that model Casio. Didn’t even know they made stand-alone drum machines back then.
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That’s how I’m feeling about this fretless bass. I can make some really weird sounds with this thing, unlike anything I’ve experienced, so it’s like uncharted territory. And then, on top of that, the dang thing is fretless!
So to play anything in tune at all, you’ve got to have your fingers on the EXACT spot on the string, or you’ll be terribly out of tune.
I think practicing with this will improve my guitar playing without a doubt.
Very happy to have found this.
Well, we went thrift store shopping again! This time we stopped in an “antiques store” where I stumbled upon this:
A full size “Gracia” classical guitar. The guy was there just putting it out so I was able to haggle on the price a little. $50!
Needs a little TLC, but I think this was a nice guitar. Looks pretty old. Haven’t had a chance to really research it yet, but I think I did pretty good just by talking a quick look on eBay for the “Modelo A” by Gracia
Notice it has zero fret markers anywhere
OK, King @Edward_Alexander the Great, you're gonna love this one..
Just got back from a yard sale where I scored this awesome Grestch archtop for a mere $58.
Missing a string, has a few dings, and needs some setup tweaks, but I've checked and this model is going for over $500 on Ebay and Reverb. Last thing in the world I needed was another guitar, but this was too good to pass up. He was asking $75, and I checked my wallet and said, well, I've got $58, and he was like, "Sold!"
Whaaat? dang you stole that thing!
DAMN!
Great score!
It's a reproduction of a 1940s guitar, manufactured in the late 90s /early 2000s.. And it needs some tweaks (but nothing serious). Still, pretty amazing deal. Your thread must have given me good luck!
Found this video on YT of someone demoing this same model of guitar. Can't wait to get some decent strings on it and try it out. I've already got a tune in mind it would be good for..
I just had a funny thought while I was adjusting the action on my fretless bass this morning:
Don’t have to worry about fret buzz if you don’t have frets!
Looking forward to hearing!