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Project Vista Sonic (rut row, JIO's at it again!)

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In 1970/71 I bought a red Hagstrom HBII that was probably from 1966. Sold it long ago, but I had great nostalgia for that bass... then I had the opportunity to play one a few years ago and I remembered why I sold it. It was OK -- looked great, but it had so-so tuners, balky switches, and a very narrow neck - which was "Steel Reinforced"! which was good, right?! :)

Speaking of nostalgia - the Sting Ray photo above brought back to mind my 7th grade English teacher. She was a cute, slender, intelligent, demure brunette. Married of course. She had a mid-60's Sting Ray in one of the blue colors, I don't know which; but holy moley, it was quite a thrill for us boys to watch her peel out of the teachers' parking lot after school. Which we made sure to do every day. Impure thoughts...
 
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daveman50 said:
In 1970/71 I bought a red Hagstrom HBII that was probably from 1966. Sold it long ago, but I had great nostalgia for that bass... then I had the opportunity to play one a few years ago and I remembered why I sold it. It was OK -- looked great, but it had so-so tuners, balky switches, and a very narrow neck - which was "Steel Reinforced"! which was good, right?! :)

Speaking of nostalgia - the Sting Ray photo above brought back to mind my 7th grade English teacher. She was a cute, slender, intelligent, demure brunette. Married of course. She had a mid-60's Sting Ray in one of the blue colors, I don't know which; but holy moley, it was quite a thrill for us boys to watch her peel out of the teachers' parking lot after school. Which we made sure to do every day. Impure thoughts...
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Nostalgia is strongest in certain areas of our imagination... er, memory. :rolleyes:
 
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#304
And now, for something completely different -- but red:

Kobe Port Tower, 1963: (ain't it somethin'?)

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In high school and college I drove a 1963 Valiant Signet 200 convertible. (Valiant, for a short time, was supposed to be a separate marque from Plymouth, and nowhere did it say Plymouth on the car.) Mine was dark blue (with horribly rusted rear fender arches), but I found a photo of a red one. Mine didn't have those baby moon hubcaps, of course.

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daveman50 said:
Early model of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car, developed with sculptor Noguchi - explained here:
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as I said, we're going deep into 20th c. design esthetics - very relevant to the kinds of basses you like!
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I knew it was a model of the Dynaxion, just being playful. :) You are correct about the pointy end of design instigating the era's sea-change which results in a sort of trickle-down throughout industrial design, fashion and architecture. Some of it is subliminal, pulling together elements that are in the air, and some is pushing the envelope riffing off of the newly established cutting edge. Because of the burgeoning use of industrial coatings for electric guitars, they have been connected to cars from the time when that was also blooming into a rainbow of choices during post WWII prosperity. Not only finishes, but as was propagated in Japan with a flood of guitars - lots of 'bling'. 3-4 pu's, lots of knobs, pearled & chrome pg’s and swoopy designs. All stops pulled out.
 
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