NGD: Back to the '70's!

usedtobe

Oh, man.. Bell’s catalogue.. Happy days!

scrumhalf

I don't know how old the catalogue shown is, but if it's the same age as the guitar then consider this:

£56.85 in 1974 would, after inflation, be £654.45 now. That's a hell of a shift in buiying power.

boogieman

scrumhalf said:

I don't know how old the catalogue shown is, but if it's the same age as the guitar then consider this:

£56.85 in 1974 would, after inflation, be £654.45 now. That's a hell of a shift in buiying power.

Yup, even shit guitars were shockingly expensive in the 70s. I paid £18 for my s/h Top Twenty. That was a week’s wages, before tax. 

Funkfingers

boogieman said:
I paid £18 for my s/h Top Twenty. That was a week’s wages, before tax. 

Luxury!

JerkMoans

usedtobe said:

Oh, man.. Bell’s catalogue.. Happy days!

Was that what the Darkness were on about, when they sang ‘Christmas time, don’t let the Bell’s end’?

boogieman

Funkfingers said:

boogieman said:
I paid £18 for my s/h Top Twenty. That was a week’s wages, before tax. 

Luxury!

More like stupidity. It looked cool, but it was a truly terrible guitar. The Columbus Les Paul that replaced it was so much better: that tells you all you need to know. 

blueskunk

I love Harry’s posts/adventures. 

slacker

Sporky said:

I would like to point out that plywood is an excellent engineering material for a wide variety of applications.

the best ones involve combustion