What discontinued product should not have been discontinued?

[Robert]

If there was a Squier '51 still, I would probably buy one again!

That was an awesome deal. I sold mine, and I definitely regret doing that.

The Crate Powerblock comes to mind too - I wanted one of those, but they weren't in production for very long.

[Spudman]

Gibson L6. Those were pretty cool.

http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/graphics/L6S-1974.jpg

[Spudman]

The old Fender Fuzz Wah. I had one of these. Never knew why I sold it.

http://www.studio1525.com/catalog/images/e0516_1.jpg

[marnold]

If there was a Squier '51 still, I would probably buy one again!

That was an awesome deal. I sold mine, and I definitely regret doing that.
Shame! Shame, I tell you!

If the rumo(u)rs are true, I'd add my DK2M to the list. Although I've already got one . . .

[sunvalleylaw]

KPZ8HHRR1A0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPZ8HHRR1A0

That, or this stuff:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwh3nQP5Uo&feature=related


Oh, you meant guitar stuff. I guess the original configuration of the late 50's Bassman. :AOK

[oldguy]

lawn darts.............

[Tibernius]

Ashdown Fallen Angel series amphs and cabinets: Took me ages to find one but definitely worth it. MESA+Marshall+even more Bass. Problem is I now can't find the cabs... :thwap

Schecter Hellraiser Tempest guitars: one of my favourite body designs, in this case with pre-installed EMGs and flame maple cap with trans red paint....:drool

And the two they only released a few of...

Schecter Hellraiser Tempest 24 fret: fixes one of the two "problems" I've found with the Tempest. Shame they only made one run of them, ~20 most/all of which were sold by one company.

Schecter Hellraiser Avenger FR: It's a Schecter, it's in trans red with flame maple cap, it's the Avenger body shape with 24 frets, it's got EMGs as standard and it's got a Floyd Rose Trem. Couldn't get any better for me. But they only made 18 and they were all sold by one company in the USA...maybe one day. :(

[markb]

British Hai Karate ad. Ooo, Matron!

FWn9EmbFTRo

I'd gladly bring back Valerie Leon but I don't know about guitars :cool:

[Ch0jin]

Maybe the 5F1 champ?

Right now I'm cursing the discontinuation of pseudoephedrine in over the counter cold and flu medication.

I have a stinking head cold and the new chemical just doesn't cut it for me.

[ZMAN]

lawn darts.............

Lawn Darts are alive and well in Maine. I went to a BBQ there and there were 50 people in a Lawn Dart Tournament. They have played every year for 25 years +. I hadn't played since the 70s. They were banned in Canada because some little kid put one in the top of his sister's head by accident.

I would say the Gibsn Les Paul Classic is one that would probably still sell well.

[Blaze]

2zlxVC-1kAs

[Tig]

Hands down, it would be Mr. Microphone.
I mean, what's a professional entertainer to do without one?
"professional entertainers use MR. MICROPHONE for rehearsing"

CYEXBTlWf_4

[deeaa]

tech-21 TM-10

[Algonquin]

lawn darts.............
Sure they were fun to play, but I would have lost an eye years ago if I didn't have glasses on when a kid lost one on the backswing... the sunglasses were the only thing that kept me from losing an eye. There were many, many related injuries... but ya, I guess they were a lot of fun.

[SuperSwede]

http://www.davidszondy.com/future/atomic/Ford%20Nucleon.jpg

Ah! Here we have that wonderful fusion (no pun intended) of atomic energy and the symbol of the modern lifestyle. The Ford Motor Company got as caught up as anyone in the atomic mania of the postwar years, and in the 1950s trotted out this concept car called the Ford Nucleon. This baby had it all: style, sleekness, comfort, and mileage unheard of in any other make or model. That's because Ford did away with the polluting, old-fashioned internal combustion engine and replaced it with a nuclear reactor.

Well, that sounds like a good... WHAT? Yes, that protuberance in the back is no car boot. It is a genuine automotive atomic pile. This chic little plant was a self-contained unit that could power the Nucleon for 5000 miles, then be detached and replaced with a fresh one. It says something about the times that Ford could trundle out the concept of personal motorcars filled with uranium running about the countryside without having the public go into fits of the screaming meemies at the prospect of rear-ending one of these things.

[mainestratman]

OMG.. I had something VERY similar to the "Mr. Microphone"... lol I bet it's still in my dad's attic somewhere.. lol

[Jimi75]

Although there's the Nighthawk09, it's no comparison to the REAL THING! I wish I had bought one of these back then. A shop around the corner had one and it was on of the best playing and sounding guitars I have ever played.

http://www.rockin-chair.ch/Pics/aarc/origs/Showcase/Gibson_Nighthawk_Y.jpg

[Tig]

2zlxVC-1kAs

Hey, it worked for Carrot Top!
(no plastic surgery, just the mouth exerciser)
http://news.makemeheal.com/images/carrot-top-plastic-surgery.jpg

[Eric]

tech-21 TM-10
Oh no...seller's remorse??

[Eric]

Hey, it worked for Carrot Top!
(no plastic surgery, just the mouth exerciser)
http://news.makemeheal.com/images/carrot-top-plastic-surgery.jpg
Carrot Top is one freaky looking dude these days. I knew he looked odd, but didn't realize the contrast until you posted that.

[oldguy]

Carrot Top is one freaky looking dude these days. I knew he looked odd, but didn't realize the contrast until you posted that.

I've read that he started pumping iron and perhaps using growth enhancement substances that contributed to his facial thickening.
May or may not be true.

BTW, the "lawn darts" comment was a tongue-in-cheek reference to product ideas that looked good on paper, but not so much in the real world.
Just like the miniature carpenter tools that looked great for teaching tykes how to actually build something.......until they started sawing the legs off tables, chairs, etc.:pancake

[Eric]

I've read that he started pumping iron and perhaps using growth enhancement substances that contributed to his facial thickening.
May or may not be true.
I found this in my googling for an answer:

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I love that he says "Mr. Top."

[Bloozcat]

Carrot Top has that classic balloon stretched over a face mold, marionette look...like Kenny Rogers. Only Carrot Top has a little of that Attack of the Killer Clowns thing going on as well...

[Bloozcat]

Schecter PT Custom and The Banshee. Guess they just didn't sell well...
http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/4/6/0/0/460003/pics/_c156315_image_0.jpg
http://thefabulouseggs.co.uk/images/Banshee-Marine-Metallic-lg.jpg

[Tig]

I've read that he started pumping iron and perhaps using growth enhancement substances that contributed to his facial thickening.
May or may not be true.


I'd vote for the pumping iron plus 'roids, etc...

http://hotcelebrity.name/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/carrot_top_muscles.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Whoa, that second picture of Carrot top makes him look like Chucky

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/punkbutterfly789/chucky.jpg

[tjcurtin1]

http://www.davidszondy.com/future/atomic/Ford%20Nucleon.jpg



Oh, yeah! My college roommate always complained of having been ripped off, as he remembered that future promise of having an atom car by the time he grew up..... "Where is my atom car!?" was a common refrain of his.

[Tig]

Oh, yeah! My college roommate always complained of having been ripped off, as he remembered that future promise of having an atom car by the time he grew up..... "Where is my atom car!?" was a common refrain of his.

Hey, I'm still waiting for my Jetson's car that folds up into a briefcase.

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/2009/06/18/car1.jpg
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/2009/06/18/car2.jpg

[deeaa]

Oh no...seller's remorse??

Well, not really...but it'd be nice if they were easily available still, if I want one again some day. But it's good to change things around every now and zen. I tend to have way too much stuff around usually, so I don't want to keep amassing gear but rather recycle it. Like now I have this Warp Factor and a 10" Marshall cab and two 12" Jensens cluttering up my workspace...I should probably sell the lot...get some loose change to buy some used pedals maybe, to later move forward...:dude

[sumitomo]

Although there's the Nighthawk09, it's no comparison to the REAL THING! I wish I had bought one of these back then. A shop around the corner had one and it was on of the best playing and sounding guitars I have ever played.

http://www.rockin-chair.ch/Pics/aarc/origs/Showcase/Gibson_Nighthawk_Y.jpg

I have always had a JONES for one of these,I never played one,but now I have some gas for one.Sumi:D:thwap

[wingsdad]

In the same family as the NightHawk, the Gibson BluesHawk. Came out in '96, disco'd in '06, this oddball semi-solid, string-thru body Fender-scale (25.5") features a pair of 'Blues90' variants of the P90, a Varitone circuit and 3-position toggle giving it 18 pickup combos.

I picked up this '99 in mid-06, and ended up trading it a year of so later toward a G&L Comanche, which I ultimately sold.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/Gibson%20BluesHawk/BluesHawkcgmodsm-1.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/wingsdad/Gibson%20BluesHawk/BluesHawkcgfrnt-1.jpg

I've made some dumb, impulsive guitar buy/sell/trade moves; moving this one may have been my dumbest, although it felt OK at the time. I'd only seen one other BluesHawk prior to this, and haven't seen another since.

[MichaelE]

TASCAM 58

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k8FpKh5P4JY/SwWqW_4vr1I/AAAAAAAABWg/0l4vndwsUHE/s1600/Picture+26.png

[bigG]

Everyone's diggin' retro these days, so how about:

The original EchoPlex spring-mounted reverb! I first saw one in the mid 1960s, owned by a Hammond B-3/Leslie player I worked with, and as I recall, it was a metal box approx 1' x 6" x 6". Inside was a gizmo suspended in the center of the box by four springs in an x-pattern, anchored in each corner of the box so that center thingy was, literally, spring-mounted. Sounded SO freakin cool! But you had to be careful around it - the slightest touch or bump would send out a howling low-frequency boomy reverb sound that would separate a speaker's voice-coil in the blink of an eye.

And, the original Mellotron! Those were so cool, but a pain in the arse. A keyboard cat I worked with over the years had one of the first commercially available ones (made instantly famous by the first King Krimson album, In the Court of The Crimson King.) It was comprised of a series of tape loops that were forever stretching and going out of tune. I saw KIng Krimson live in about !966 or '67 (Black Oak Arkansas opened for 'em - "Go, Jim Dandy...!"). A GREAT show, with Fripp on his stool and a Mellotron on each side of the stage. Alot of improv, of course, and Frippery was already apparent.

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[Tig]

In the same family as the NightHawk, the Gibson BluesHawk. Came out in '96, disco'd in '06, this oddball semi-solid, string-thru body Fender-scale (25.5") features a pair of 'Blues90' variants of the P90, a Varitone circuit and 3-position toggle giving it 18 pickup combos.

I picked up this '99 in mid-06, and ended up trading it a year of so later toward a G&L Comanche, which I ultimately sold.

I've made some dumb, impulsive guitar buy/sell/trade moves; moving this one may have been my dumbest, although it felt OK at the time. I'd only seen one other BluesHawk prior to this, and haven't seen another since.

Wow, that's really cool! I've never seen one. A quick Google found 2 for sale (http://www.google.com/products?rlz=1T4GGLL_en___US352&q=Gibson%20BluesHawk&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wf), $799 and $1350.
While not the same, it reminds me a little of my Reverend.

[Bloozcat]

The Tascam 246 Porta Studio. The pinnacle of portable analog tape recorders:
http://midiman.com.au/lib/jpg/Tascam_246.jpg
Picked one up in mint condition with original box and manual for $125.00 about 4-years ago. It's a four track that will take four inputs at one time per track.

[NWBasser]

My vote here would be for the Fender MIJ Jazz Bass Special. I think they were around in the late 1980s.

I played one at American Music in Seattle a very long time ago and what a magic machine that one was!

I regret not getting one.

Probably one of the best Fender basses ever.

[Brian Krashpad]

The Rickenbacker 400 series. These were American-made Rics, but more affordable because they used bolt-neck construction. I had a Ric 430 that looked like this:

http://www.rickbeat.com/modelslibrary/430/430-fran-frontfull.jpg
http://www.rickbeat.com/modelslibrary/430/430-fran.jpg

Can be seen to my right (our left) below:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5959/guitarsporchth5.jpg

Extremely hard to find nowadays. I foolishly sold mine. :(

And I agree with Robert's OP re the Crate Power Block.

[FrankenFretter]

The Rickenbacker 400 series. These were American-made Rics, but more affordable because they used bolt-neck construction. I had a Ric 430 that looked like this:

http://www.rickbeat.com/modelslibrary/430/430-fran-frontfull.jpg
http://www.rickbeat.com/modelslibrary/430/430-fran.jpg

Can be seen to my right (our left) below:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5959/guitarsporchth5.jpg

Extremely hard to find nowadays. I foolishly sold mine. :(

And I agree with Robert's OP re the Crate Power Block.

Interesting photo, Brian. You started your collection young. What's the story on the Rick Nielsen guitar behind you?

[Brian Krashpad]

Interesting photo, Brian. You started your collection young. What's the story on the Rick Nielsen guitar behind you?

Ah, yes my little Cheap Trick tribute.

That was a POS Sears/Teisco type electric that was virtually unplayable. Once I got a couple decent guitars, it became a wall ornament. I hand-painted the checkerboard. I did the paint job so it could be a wall ornament.

I have no idea what ever became of the thing.

[FrankenFretter]

Ah, yes my little Cheap Trick tribute.

That was a POS Sears/Teisco type electric that was virtually unplayable. Once I got a couple decent guitars, it became a wall ornament. I hand-painted the checkerboard. I did the paint job so it could be a wall ornament.

I have no idea what ever became of the thing.

I blame Rick Nielsen for my guitar collection obsession. When I was a wee teenager just getting into guitar, I saw photos of Rick with his collection, and it stuck with me forever. I was, and still am, in awe of his wonderful collection, although I would bet most of them never get played. Nonetheless, I was scarred. Do you think I have grounds for a lawsuit if I can prove damages?

[Tig]

I did the paint job so it could be a wall ornament.

I have no idea what ever became of the thing.

I think I saw it hanging on the wall in a Chilli's or maybe a TGIF restaurant. (hope that helps) :poke

I wish I had the photo of my old Ibanez pointy 80's guitar, where I applied diamond checkered tape. It was cool in them days.

[Brian Krashpad]

I blame Rick Nielsen for my guitar collection obsession. When I was a wee teenager just getting into guitar, I saw photos of Rick with his collection, and it stuck with me forever. I was, and still am, in awe of his wonderful collection, although I would bet most of them never get played.

I'm the same way.

Don't sue him, he's a nice guy. I've met the whole band, since the drummer in Crash Pad and the Hotheads was Bun E's drum tech back in the day. I did an interview with Bun E back in 2000 and got to hang out backstage all day (literally 10-12 hours) and was one of the last people out of the artist's entrance that night (me and my drummer, the 4 CT members, and Carla, their road manager). In fact, Rick opened my first Heineken of the afternoon (back then he had a bottle opener on his laminate lanyard at shows), which they very graciously let us have from their backstage tub.

Bruce, my drummer, sent Bun E a copy of the Hotheads CD, and when Rick heard our rockingest song, he supposedly said "who's that ripping off all my licks?" about my guitar playing, haha.

I sure hope that's a true story, but I heard it third hand, so who knows. It sounds like Rick though. He's a hoot.

[FrankenFretter]

I'm the same way.

Don't sue him, he's a nice guy. I've met the whole band, since the drummer in Crash Pad and the Hotheads was Bun E's drum tech back in the day. I did an interview with Bun E back in 2000 and got to hang out backstage all day (literally 10-12 hours) and was one of the last people out of the artist's entrance that night (me and my drummer, the 4 CT members, and Carla, their road manager). In fact, Rick opened my first Heineken of the afternoon (back then he had a bottle opener on his laminate lanyard at shows), which they very graciously let us have from their backstage tub.

Bruce, my drummer, sent Bun E a copy of the Hotheads CD, and when Rick heard our rockingest song, he supposedly said "who's that ripping off all my licks?" about my guitar playing, haha.

I sure hope that's a true story, but I heard it third hand, so who knows. It sounds like Rick though. He's a hoot.

That's so cool, Brian. Cheap Trick was my first real concert back in 1979. I still hold Rick to be one of my guitar heroes. In fact, I still have a pick of his that I'm holding on to for posterity. My acoustic has a checkerboard strap purely because of Rick. I think that's quite a compliment he paid you, by the way.

What was this thread about again?

[Duffy]

I just got a NOS goldtop Ibanez SZ320. Super superstrat with Duncan/Ibanez hb's. Great feel, playability, neck, and especially a super great sound that is as good as any guitar I own. The sound is very similar to a really good Les Paul, full, resonant, powerful, more powerful than a typical Les Paul because of the very hot pickups. It has a sweet song that sings a beautiful melodic musical tone in any switch or tone knob position thru either of the amps I've played it thru so far: my new Vox AC15c1 Custom, the new version of the AC15, and my Crate Palomino V32 212 with Celestion 70/80's. The AC15 has the Celestion Greenback.

Ibanez has a new version out now, the SZR and it doesn't have the same pickups as the SZ series. It doesn't sound nearly as good, in my opinion. The SZ is mahogany, body and set neck with a great smoothly integrated neck butt.

Awesome guitar of the past but still available, even online, at deep discounts. Can be found at many stores brand new, marked way down.