Has the gear craze finally gone over the edge?

wenley · Post by **wenley** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:40 pm

This makes me laugh,

http://newyork.craigslist.org/stn/msg/567777122.html

but I'm not sure I shouldn't be crying.

Maybe it's a joke. I hope so. If so it's hysterical.

Not that people don't make cool music with the thing, but it just strikes me really damn funny. It's your intention and your creativity that's important I know?I mean Augustus Pablo does amazing things with the melodica which I thought was supposed to be a cheap kid's instrument.

I can't wait to see what's next.

Vintage batteries? Mike cables? Broken guitar strings and drum heads that are acid washed to look broken in or "reliced"?which is my favorite gear verb next to "warm" being used to describe audio. It's funny, but it really makes you think.

I mean, is somebody out there hoarding Speak and Spells trying to drive the price up? Yeah that's the way to get rich!

I think it's calling it "vintage" that really seems odd. But I don't know, maybe there's some early models of Speak and Spells that are just magic like pre-CBS Fenders. What a world!

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:46 pm

actually...

they've been pricey for a long time now.

apart from 30somethings trying to buy the toys their parents couldn't/wouldn't buy them back in the 70s, there's also collectors and the circuit-bending crowd.

i've seen them go for more than that, believe me.

wenley · Post by **wenley** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:48 pm

Wow. I had no idea. And I thought guitars and audio gear was stupid expensive. I guess I need to get out more...or even at all!

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:57 pm

wenley wrote:Wow. I had no idea. And I thought guitars and audio gear was stupid expensive. I guess I need to get out more...or even at all!

i've got a SPACE: 1999 playset (with an Eagle and 3 action figures from the first season cast) my folks gave me for xmas 1975 that goes for stupid money now.

it might eventually help defray the costs of putting my daughters through school!

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:23 am

I saw a Silvertone 1484 on eBay today with a buy it now of $1200.

I paid $150 for one about six years ago.

Fucking Jack White.

Meriphew · Post by **Meriphew** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:51 am

I'm wonder if Telefunken USA will ever offer "reliced" versions of their mics.

Kindly Killer · Post by **Kindly Killer** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:49 am

The way I look at it is, the more that casual researchers focus on a few famous pieces of gear, the more variety of stuff stays cheap for people who just want gear. E.g. the Canadian company Yorkville made a 1:1 knockoff - a clone - of the Fender Deluxe back in the early 1970s. It was still going for peanuts on eBay long after Silverface Fenders went through the roof. Haven't looked for one in a while, but it might still be a sleeper.

That and the fact that all famous gear has been RE'd to death and you get schematics for the originals plus community improvements all over the 'net. This is especially true with guitar stompboxes. Probably not gonna build my own Speak and Spell to save $50 tho.

centurymantra · Post by **centurymantra** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:17 am

I saw a guy on ebay prominently pitching his "vintage cables" (just regular stuff even..not some obscure old tube mic cable) and I thought that was pretty funny.

wenley · Post by **wenley** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:30 am

Vintage cables. That rocks!

I wonder if they were "reliced" and patched with electrical tape or something.

Marc Alan Goodman · Post by **Marc Alan Goodman** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 12:07 pm

dwlb wrote:I saw a Silvertone 1484 on eBay today with a buy it now of $1200.

I paid $150 for one about six years ago.

Fucking Jack White. :evil:

Why Fucking? God bless the man! I picked mine up for $35. I'm goin straight to the bank!

-marc alan

lefuquaire · Post by **lefuquaire** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:06 pm

i always thought they were essential

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e389/ ... 0_0804.jpg

RodC · Post by **RodC** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:41 pm

RefD wrote: i've got a SPACE: 1999 playset (with an Eagle and 3 action figures from the first season cast) my folks gave me for xmas 1975 that goes for stupid money now.

I had that, it was huge. I think I still have the figures. Awsome toy! I wish someone would run the reruns. Got to buy the dvds.

A.David.MacKinnon · Post by **A.David.MacKinnon** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:03 pm

Try buying an Omnichord.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:03 pm

junkshop wrote:Try buying an Omnichord.

the analog one is way overpriced now.

you can still get the digital one with MIDI and a "styles" cartridge slot brand new, tho.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:08 pm

RodC wrote:
RefD wrote: i've got a SPACE: 1999 playset (with an Eagle and 3 action figures from the first season cast) my folks gave me for xmas 1975 that goes for stupid money now.
I had that, it was huge. I think I still have the figures. Awsome toy! I wish someone would run the reruns. Got to buy the dvds.

yah, 1975 was a great xmas for me.

i also got a LEGO fire station set that year!

i have some of season 1 of SPACE: 1999 (season 2 was a travesty) and it's great in a cheeseball way, but still quite entertaining.

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