[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1278667947' post='890209']
I remember 1978 very well (I was 21) but not for the basses. It was going to be a long time before I started playing bass, but occasionally I'd pick up my flatmate's bass to plonk around on.
It was pale blue and said "Mustang" on the headstock, which I thought was a bit cheesy. He said "It's a shortscale" and I said "Yeah, like, whatever".
I was hanging round with a wannabee band at the time. They were strange. The drummer was crazy, played too loud, and kept speeding up. The lead guitarist was an incompetent egotist. The vocalist had an enormous schlong and wore very tight jeans to prove it. The bass player was a quiet, steady type.
How very, very different from modern times, eh?
But catalogues? You want catalogues? And crazy prices?
[url="http://tinypic.com/a/r5s6/3"]http://tinypic.com/a/r5s6/3[/url]
Sorted.
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1978-a mere 17yo I had just bought my first bass of a friend for a fiver-It was a Hofner Artist,in bits too-I built it all up-didnt know anything then about set up's intonation etc,
and i still have it,although it doesnt get played much as it's a righty,but it plays alright but doesnt stay in tune very well.
nostalgia eh-is it really only available in b+w
It's shown in Happy Jack 's catalogue.