Regrets

[keavin]

In 1984 i saw seriesI long scale in the pawnshop in san francisco for only $500.00 bucks!,,,and i did not put any thing down on it, so the next day i came back to get it and as im walking in, the new owner is walking out with it!  

[gare]

Geez, reading all these sad stories makes me think we should all get together for a group hug..I miss my Hofner,Steinberger,early Jazz bass w/concentric controls,Series I,Spoiler,Hamer 8 string,the Sunn Coliseums,the JBL's,the Bag End's,the Vox amps,Tarus pedals..I'm getting misty again..remember, we're all in this together.  

[hankster]

My first bass was a Hagstrom - a bright red plastic one with a golden foil grill between the pickups and a ton of switches.  I bought it for $30.00 in 1973;  two years later I traded it and $20.00 for a Hofner verythin (double cutaway, trapeze tailpiece).  The Hofner got stolen from my car;  about fifteen years later Hagstrom made a big deal of buying back any of the old plastic basses for about $1000.00 U.S., and Hofners like the one I had only appear in collections.  Sigh...