EssentialTension

At auction I suspect McCartney's Hofner would attract the highest bids. Estimates vary from £3,000,000 to £6,000,000. After all, Ringo's Ludwig drum kit fetched £2,000,000.

... and then there were two.

Other upside-downers include surf guitar man Richard Dale ...

I think bassist in OMD plays right-handed but upside down, having learned on a lefty flipped over. As here ...

It's quite normal for classically trained players to play right-handed - even if they are left-handed in everyday life.

Lovely

I had a Hofner 185 Artist, for which I paid £30 in 1973, and played it until I got a Hayman 4040 in 1974 and a Fender P in 1975. I gave it to a friend. Looking back, it was a much better bass than I realised at the time. I wish I still had it.

The little 'moderator' bubbles have lost their colour.

I'd be interested to hear what you think about how much and what dfference there is with the P reversed compared with 'normal'.

Does it switch from 'P pickup' to 'Reverse P pickup'?

Did the lollipops drop right in or did you need new screw holes?

That looks great.

Some basses look better in the dark.

Much better on the eyes, thank you.

I had an Epiphone Embassy in ivory finish, which I liked a lot but I had to give up long scales due to health issue. ..... but I can't find a picture of it.

Interesting, thanks for posting.

In Birmingham, as a teenager in the late sixties, I too recollect it as 'heavy rock' which in effect meant 'serious rock' as opposed to 'popular rock'. 'Heavy' as opposed to 'light' in seriousness. And 'heavy' was not limited to rock. You could be a singer-songwriter and be 'heavy', if you were serious enough e.g. Dylan. So to call something 'heavy' was to call it serious, with the implication that it was 'better'. There was no mention of metal. There was a Birmingham record shop called Heavyhead; a 'head' being someone who was into 'heavy' i.e. serious music. Owned if I recall correctly by Bev Bevan. 'Man, that's really serious man'. Your mileage may vary.

I had a Bass VI tuned in fourths - EADGCF - for a while, but soon went back to B and E on the high strings.

Were The Heavy Metal Kids .. er ... heavy metal kids? Just asking for a friend, obvs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music#Etymology

Why Black Sabbath hated being a 'heavy metal band'

What about the halfway house of the beat group, or, daringly, the beat combo?

I had no idea of the death, due to I never heard of the band before.

It is great but it's also indebted to the history of rock and roll ...