Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
I used to be ridiculously dorky about "tenon length" or "mold marks" or "binding depth" and all that other silly ****.
I got into bikes and got ridiculously dorky about "chain stay lengths" and "cantilever cable angles" and "Reynolds decals." You know, the stuff that REALLY matters.
Brick and mortar music stores pretty much stay in business selling the Squiers and Epiphones along with consumables. I guess that's probably changing due to the nature of e-commerce.
Yep! I have a '63 Telecaster with a period Gibson Humbucker at the neck. Needs re-fret work now, but it was my first electric guitar that I purchased already well-used and modded with a psychedelic paint job, with paper route tips. My refretting project hit a bump when the local luthier went out of business, so I went to the local guitar store and bought an Epiphone LP (should have just bought a MIM tele, as the transition has been hard.) The '63 It is now wall art for the time, along with my '73 Peugeot UO-8.
Would I like a new Rene Herse? Yes for its craftmanship, but no, it would be wasted on me. But it is beautiful. But I found a replacement for the 1973 Peugeot, and the 1973 Fuji that I rode for 40+ years, that kept the spirit of the 2 vintage bikes I had (that went from new to vintage during my ownership), while giving me a cantilever brakes, a 10 speed cassette and SIS shifting, and was not fitted with matte black components. I am just glad to see that the traditional and vintage bikes are still influencing riders and being made.
Yes, I do subscribe to Bicycling Quarterly. It is the only bike magazine with bikes I would like to ride.