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Title: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: drbassman on November 15, 2011, 03:24:28 PM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Hayman-40-40-Bass-/180756552159?pt=Guitar&hash=item2a15ee19df#ht_500wt_966

Reminds me of a certain Lakland model!  Hey Al, I could see you doing the surf thing with this baby!
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Pilgrim on November 15, 2011, 05:34:53 PM
It's kind of neat in a rather repellent too-many-pickups way.  But definitely a nice period piece.  Absolutely would fit visually as a surf bass!
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: hieronymous on November 15, 2011, 06:30:41 PM
Reminds me of the Shergold 8-string that was on the 'bay for a while.

(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/592/shergoldmod89.jpg)
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Dave W on November 15, 2011, 09:04:47 PM
We've discussed this before, Hayman preceded Shergold and IIRC the ownership of the companies was somehow connected.

When I think of the Hayman 40/40, I think of Mike Lutz of Brownsville Station.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rWmbqdmcnM

Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: nofi on November 16, 2011, 06:39:48 AM
i had a 40/40 in black. all i remember is that it was very uncomfortable to play and had  really sharp fretboard edges. r.i.p. cub.
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: drbassman on November 16, 2011, 07:16:40 AM
Wow, someone played one of those things professionally???  Amazing.
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Dave W on November 16, 2011, 08:02:06 AM
Wow, someone played one of those things professionally???  Amazing.

Yes, and if you buy this one, you'll have to wear an outfit like Mike's.
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: gearHed289 on November 16, 2011, 10:33:16 AM
When I think of the Hayman 40/40, I think of Mike Lutz of Brownsville Station.

Where else but the LBO are you likely to hear a statement like that?  ;)
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Dave W on November 16, 2011, 10:54:22 AM
Where else but the LBO are you likely to hear a statement like that?  ;)

Well, it's not like he went on to anything else.  ;)  But seriously, I never paid attention to Ted Nugent so I really can't comment on that body of work.
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: drbassman on November 16, 2011, 10:56:02 AM
Where else but the LBO are you likely to hear a statement like that?  ;)

Ain't that the truth!  To be sure, I'd never seen them perform, so the video was entertaining.  Interesting fashion statements, too!   :P
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Dave W on November 16, 2011, 11:02:57 AM
Hey! You can take lessons from Mike if you're in Ann Arbor http://www.ozmusic.com/mike_lutz.html
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: godofthunder on November 16, 2011, 03:11:25 PM
 Ditto first thing I thought of!
We've discussed this before, Hayman preceded Shergold and IIRC the ownership of the companies was somehow connected.

When I think of the Hayman 40/40, I think of Mike Lutz of Brownsville Station.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rWmbqdmcnM


Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Dave W on November 16, 2011, 09:35:31 PM
Cub Koda was underrated.
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: gearHed289 on November 17, 2011, 09:51:17 AM
Wow, they sound damn good! Good energy too. The nearsighted referee look never caught on, but oh well!
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: dadagoboi on November 17, 2011, 02:21:46 PM
Saw them around '73.  They were GOOD!
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: jumbodbassman on November 18, 2011, 12:11:22 PM
+1. 
remember seeing them on the midnight special the night it was aired.  one of the first cover tunes i learned to play and sing lead on.  nice range
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: hieronymous on November 18, 2011, 11:27:20 PM
Never heard of 'em! *ducks*
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: Dave W on November 19, 2011, 08:31:34 AM
Never heard of 'em! *ducks*

No reason to duck. I've never heard of most of the prog bands posted here, and I'd be surprised if most here had heard of much of what I listen to.

OTOH it does sort of irk me when people think that Smokin' In The Boys room was a Motley Crue original.
Title: Re: Check this guy out! Really cool vintage vibe!
Post by: patman on November 19, 2011, 08:37:30 AM
We played it in my first band in high school...when my kids had their high school orientation years ago, it really surprised me to find that smoking in the boys room gets you expelled nowadays...back then it was commonplace.  I did it occasionally.