A Sad Day -- Fender closes New Hartford

Started by mc2NY, April 22, 2014, 10:47:14 AM

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gearHed289

Quote from: 4stringer77 on May 07, 2014, 02:53:44 PM
I look at Fender basses the way a Hell's Angel looks at Harley Davidson motorcycles. Why buy a new one? Let the yuppies do that, there's plenty of old ones to go around.

That's my general rule for all my bass gear. Especially Ampeg stuff.  8) I rarely buy anything new.

chromium

I'm the same way.  I made an exception for the BaCH NR.
The last new bass I bought prior to that was my '86 Dynabass  :)

Denis

My trend is that my newest bass is older than the previous one. 1990s Danelectro Longhorn, then a '70s Don R. Miller, and then most recently the '60s NR.
Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

gearHed289

I guess I did buy a new Bach, didn't I?  ;D And a new Explorer. And I've sold both. Nothing against the Bach - it actually smoked the Gibson, I just wasn't into the length and neck dive. That Explorer didn't have the "teeth" I was expecting.

Quote from: Denis on May 08, 2014, 09:48:00 AM
My trend is that my newest bass is older than the previous one. 1990s Danelectro Longhorn, then a '70s Don R. Miller, and then most recently the '60s NR.

I like that trend!

Highlander

My jazz was 12 years old at purchase... bought the fretless neck new, mind you...

Last new instruments I bought was the Jack in '87, the Ibanez acoustic 12 in '80, and the RD in '79... nothing else has ever been new...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Denis

Quote from: gearHed289 on May 09, 2014, 08:19:57 AM
I like that trend!

Me too! It's mostly the same with motorcycles I still own. In order of purchase and build date it goes like this: 1987, 1974, 1985, 1941, 1971, 1940.
I skewed the average quite a bit when I bought the 1925 Henderson four pile and sold it. Wish I hadn't, but then I would have had no choice but get a project from the teens.
Why did Salvador Dali cross the road?
Clocks.

4stringer77

I have only bought used or vintage for the last 20 years but did make an exception for a custom build which is nearing completion.
Contrary to what James Bond says, a good Gibson should be stirred, not shaken.

rahock

Hell, I bought a lot of stuff new that has become vintage.  Just like me , I guess :o
Rick

Pilgrim

Quote from: rahock on May 13, 2014, 05:00:59 AM
Hell, I bought a lot of stuff new that has become vintage.  Just like me , I guess :o
Rick

As Rick and I have discovered, if you buy new stuff and hold onto it long enough, it transforms into vintage stuff.  (And so do you.)
"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila."

4stringer77

Ugh, you and the grey hairs showing up don't have to remind me  :P
Contrary to what James Bond says, a good Gibson should be stirred, not shaken.

mc2NY

Here is a pretty cool magazine column article by Jol Dantzig, regarding the closing of Hamer in a cryptic sort of way. He makes a good point.

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/20797-esoterica-electrica-an-axe-to-grind

Dave W

That was very thought-provoking. Then again, Jol is one who sold to Kaman which eventually led to the closing of his Chicago-area shop.

gearHed289


dadagoboi

He'll have more work than he can handle (looks like he already has).

Screw the corporations.  The new economy works fine for someone with talent, a good work ethic and a quality product.

Dave W

I hope he makes it. More power to him. Not an easy road but he won't have the overhead and payroll that the New Hartford plant had.

Uwe should contact him about having his dream doubleneck made.