78jotadave
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Cool.... These two always seemed to be on the television screen back in the `sixties , but not necessarily at the same time ....... and no , it`s not Helen Shapiro and Rowan Atkinson ........
Cool.... These two always seemed to be on the television screen back in the `sixties , but not necessarily at the same time ....... and no , it`s not Helen Shapiro and Rowan Atkinson ........
My Yamaha 9000 series I bought in 1978 was THE beginning of what became the Recording Custom. Absolutely the factory's flasgship kit. Badged 'Made in Taiwan, Peoples Republic of China'! Punters didn't like that, when the lower models were 'Made in Japan'. The factory set up the hi-tech plant in Taiwan and the quality was incredible. Once they had received the high acclaim and endorsements, they returned production of the Recording Custom to Japan - to remove the neg stereotyping no doubt. I sold my kit a few years back as it was too big for me (13, 14, 18, 24). It was on Gumtree for about 5 minutes before it sold. I use a 1968 Yamaha Red Thunder kit now (13, 16, 20).Love a good Rick' guitar and or bass.... given a nice Sonor Kit Quentin, 3003 Chinese though a good Chinese... wine red. j
The old '69 Yamaha just sounds great - recorded many times and loads of live gigs, nothing tricky, just set 'em up, quick sound check and away.oh nice kit BTW Q, main gig kit here is a Pearl Rhythm Traveller, first GEN, quick to setup, light and mics up well.