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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:12 pm
by beatlefreak
Looks like it should be right at home in Gene Simmons hands.
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:20 pm
by charlyg
No, no, no. Here is the real thing...
The Real Thing
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:57 pm
by jingle_jangle
Not often that you can get a real anything for $53.71...
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:44 am
by bassassin
The bass sold for $330 eventually - I've never seen one of those before, presumably only the guitar version made it to Britain. Shame - I want one!
So anyway, Paul M - value is probably around what that bass went for, in UK quids about £150-£180, maybe. Not a fortune, but not too shabby considering these cost £108 new back in '83.
I've done a bit of research about the brands, too - Austin was a brand owned by Targ & Dinner, a distributor from Chicago. It would seem likely that they also owned the Targa brand, which appears on the same range of guitars.
Paul W - A book? I'd love to, if I could find the time - but there are probably only about 7 people in the world who'd read it! I do plan to do do a website, though.
J.
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 1:22 pm
by bassassin
These things are turning up everywhere all of a sudden - I really like this bass:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190150130309
Note the giveaway brass inlays...
I think many of these Corts owe quite a bit to these guys:
http://brochures.yokochou.com/guitar-and-amp/kasuga/198x/index.html
J.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:43 am
by scala
my workmate got a bargain then, he paid £25.00 at a car boot sale.it has the bag also.