Phil and Mitch,
Just like with classic bikes, there is no substitute for the vintage instruments. Sure, there are modern features just like on modern bikes, but there is that MOJO thing that the classics have that can't be replicated. The last time I bought a new drumset was 1983, just within our timeline. I still have it, but everything I've bought since then is vintage. My "daily rider" drumkit is a 1965 Rogers in White Marine Pearl with the (rere) matching wood snare drum. You just don't get that look from modern kits. I like it so much that I have two kits exactly alike, it's like having a spare of your favorite bike. Vintage drums began loseing their soul about the same time that bikes did.
Time to get ready for the JB Sunday ride. Time for big fun and lots of coffee!
Brian Baylis
La Mesa, CA
>
> In a message dated 6/14/03 3:46:19 PM, mitch_harris789@msn.com writes:
>
> >Tell me to knock it off if this is too OT, but I've noticed with a smile and
> >with some jealously that, in the guitar world, classics rule--classic
> >guitars are the mainstream. Not only is Vintage Guitar a mainstream rag on
> >every stand, but every builder out there is trying to do justice to th
> >D-28, the OM-28, the Gibson SG, or Fender Teles and Strats.
>
> I was a rock 'n' roll road manager in the 60s for Michael Bloomfield, The
> Electric Flag, BS&T and others and when i think how we treated those "classic"
> guitars (and drums, Brian). Michael never used a hard case for his Les Paul
> (Sunburst, humbucking pickups, probably worth $20k today). Eventually it started
> spliting down the tuning machines but he wouldn't let me get it fixed. Finally
> when the splits hit the second fret I just didn't give it back to him after a
> gig and a true artist named Minor Wilson repaired it. You couldn't even tell
> unless you knew that it had been fixed. Classic bike content? I wish I could
> repair classic bikes as well as Minor could repair a classic guitar. That's a
> reach, huh?
> Phil Brown
> Still got a cold in San Rafael, Ca