tegs07

The whole of the moon - the waterboys

I think there is a cultural context as well in terms of vintage clothing and vintage instruments being seen as desirable, whereas simply being “old” is just outdated.

Vintage is is subjective. To my kids anything from the 80’s is vintage. Edit: maybe a broad definition is anything from your parents era is vintage. Anything from their parents era is just history.

Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies

Jesus gonna be here - Tom Waits

I agree with this and about Creamery pickups. Despite the mockery there is a sound associated with those 50s and 60s recordings that is very enduring. Some of this will be down to recording techniques, including the often rushed nature of the recording and lo-fi production but some is down to the instruments. Less aggressive pickups combined with valve amps do sound pleasing to my ears. This is all subjective but I understand why people seek to reproduce it. I don’t think you will achieve it with a hi-mass bridge though!

Little red corvette - Prince

Probably back in the day with no internet and the nearest music shop was in a city a few hundred miles away so if you wanted something you had to make it. Sadly not everyone is good at woodwork!

Whenever I look up vintage pickups the words scatterwound and heavy Formvar wire seem to crop up so my conclusion would be pickups made in this way combined with a valve amp would give more of a vintage sound than a high mass bridge. So I would lean towards marketing guff TBH.

Possibly because the original instruments were string through body and high mass bridge development made this unnecessary? There must have been a perceived improvement for all the R&D to have gone into the development of high mass bridges. I’m not sure I can find a huge difference though other than they look nice and are generally less likely to have sharp edges.

Walkin’ Blues - Robert Johnson

All of the above could also apply to VW/Audi/Skoda. The main difference will be (perceived) prestige, trim and resale

I’m not knocking it or the cash just comparing guitars as art to a piece of art. Personally I wouldn’t pay for either the primal scream guitar or the painting but If I had just spent a million quid on a loft apartment either may appeal.

Would it look worse or be less value than this: https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/alain-cugnenc-sans-titre-1269889 Note chosen at random I know nothing of the artist nor do I have an opinion on the merit or value of their work.

Other than food I rarely buy anything from physical shops anymore. The last time I tried my experience was the same as yours. Queues, indifference, no stock. I ordered the item (spray paint) in store on the Amazon app and it was with me that evening.

Closer - Screaming Trees

AWS is the Netflix backbone. (Amazon Web Services) Just one of many companies we use daily others include the Financial Times, Formula 1, Moderna, Astra Zenica and on and on.

Amazon also handle the logistics, distribution and technology that allows a massive amount of small businesses and start up companies to operate and scale. I think a lot of people forget this in the same way as they forget at the heart of most franchise models like McDonalds etc are just small business owners relying on a global brand to make ends meet. Not endorsing these businesses or Amazon but it’s not as simple as people make out. Oh and BTW anytime you watch Netflix you are using Amazon just one of many many examples.

Death threat - Death in Vegas

Diamonds and pearls - mighty diamonds

I see a darkness - Bonnie Prince Billy

Isn’t that the 5th day 22/01/68 maybe? Always tricky: https://www.vintageandrare.com/blog/serial-number-identification-and-decoding/

Nowhere man - yep them again

Moonchild - Fields of the nephilim

Snake - PJ Harvey