Why do/did I save this stuff?!

[madjazzbass]

Has anyone else besides me collected magazines, brochures, flyers etc. over the years (before the internet) and never threw them out? Why do I keep ... Why have I kept this stuff? It's useless - and reminds me of a time when ALL of the gear in these brochures was Waaay too expensive for me to afford.

 

[JW56789]

Oh yeah, but a while back I threw out half a dumpster full of that stuff, and it felt great to be free of it.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

An even better question is why do you keep it spread out on the floor in a pile like that…

 

[two fingers]

I used to work in a music store around the turn of the century (late 90 - early 2000s). You were "that guy". We would nudge each other and say "There's that guy again. He never buys anything. He just acts like he's going to buy something and then takes a brochure. I bet he has a pile of those things. Wonder what he'll do with them in 20 years...."

Now we know. You'll spread them out on the floor and post them in the interwebz.

 

[Jeremy Crockett]

I am a, "If I haven't touched or used it in 12 months, away it goes" for most things.


At one time, I had the first 10 or so issues of Bass Player magazine. It doesn't matter what they are worth, I should have kept those.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Brochures, no. But I like reading actual paper, so I have my old Bass Players (from back when it was worth reading).

 

[GoesThump]

I used to work in a music store around the turn of the century (late 90 - early 2000s). You were "that guy". We would nudge each other and say "There's that guy again. He never buys anything. He just acts like he's going to buy something and then takes a brochure. I bet he has a pile of those things. Wonder what he'll do with them in 20 years...."

Now we know. You'll spread them out on the floor and post them in the interwebz.

Thank God you specified 90s-2000s. I was afraid you were a time traveler for a moment there.

GT

 

[two fingers]

Thank God you specified 90s-2000s. I was afraid you were a time traveler for a moment there.

GT

Yeah, get your mind right. Not only will "turn of the century" refer to Y2K soon, but you'll also start to hear the phrase "back in the 1900s" creep into our vernacular in the not-too-distant future.

 

[Jeff Hughes]

The kiss of death for a potential sale was always:"do you have any literature on this?" Then they would walk out never to return.

Some of the old brochures can actually be sold again. Austin on Trogly's show sells vintage Gibson catalogues sometimes.

The old music mags can be fun to look at from a time capsule perspective especially if you remember the products being advertised.

I just feel bad for that sad little remote trying to join the printing press party, but he is such a poser since he is not made of paper. He is all "I have printed numbers...I am cool too."

 

[Ostie]

I wish I had a birth year brochure for Fender P bass.

 

[madjazzbass]

An even better question is why do you keep it spread out on the floor in a pile like that…

 

[madjazzbass]

Yeah, get your mind right. Not only will "turn of the century" refer to Y2K soon, but you'll also start to hear the phrase "back in the 1900s" creep into our vernacular in the not-too-distant future.

Yeah man, like people of my age (60 ... ish) hearing stuff about the 1800's

 

[madjazzbass]

I used to work in a music store around the turn of the century (late 90 - early 2000s). You were "that guy". We would nudge each other and say "There's that guy again. He never buys anything. He just acts like he's going to buy something and then takes a brochure. I bet he has a pile of those things. Wonder what he'll do with them in 20 years...."

Now we know. You'll spread them out on the floor and post them in the interwebz.

No lies told here

 

[FilterFunk]

Ads, brochures, flyers? No.

Magazines? It depends. Some of them feature articles and interviews that are just as relevant and informative as they were decades ago, if not more so.

 

[GoesThump]

Yeah, get your mind right. Not only will "turn of the century" refer to Y2K soon, but you'll also start to hear the phrase "back in the 1900s" creep into our vernacular in the not-too-distant future.

Yeah, when I got hired at the college I teach at I was teaching 20th century music as current stuff. Now it is in the history bin... and so am I.

GT

 

[Londo Molari]

People will pay $$ for that stuff. The older and the more unusual the better.
That's mainly because other people throw it away shortly after they loose interest in the items.
Try to find a Guild amplifier brochure from the 60's. You'll likely have to pay 30 or 40 bucks for one.

 

[murphy]

I love my old brochures, magazines and catalogues....

I did recently ditch a lot of stuff....But am happy to find some of them...reminds me of good, but much poorer times.

I would pour over them dreaming of rigs or basses I wanted.

 

[MichelD]

Some of the really old Guitar Player magazines (before Bass Player mag) had excellent bass lessons in them I still go back to for reference, by people like Herb Mickman and Chuck Rainey for example. Jeff Berlin too- nahh. Not him.

I had the 1975 Fender product list one time too. That was almost at the same erotic level as the first Penthouse rags.

 

[AudioTaper]

I used to have boxes and boxes of literature and brochures. I sold or tossed most of it, but I kept 3.
- The original Peavey Cirrus brochure (because I'm a huge Cirrus fan)
- 1998 Jerzy Drozd brochure and pricing list
- 1998 Petros Bass flyer.

Never hear of a Petros bass? Most people haven't, as theres nothing online about them. I emailed the company and Mr Petros himself responded saying he doesnt build basses. I sent him pictures of the flyer, he responded that it was short lived and he only built 7 or so.

Super cool bass, love the shape and the headstock. Not a fan of that string pull on the G though...

I feel like this info would have been lost if I didn't save the flyer.

 

[MrLenny1]

I tossed mine out about 6 years ago. lol