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Andy Baxter, Showroom, Vintage Amplification, Vintage and Rare, Vintage Bass, Vintage Guitar - April 25, 2017

Showroom Tour for Vintage and Rare (.com)

Here's a little showroom tour video we shot for fans and customers of Vintage and Rare. Vintage and Rare is a network of retailers of vintage and rare musical instruments - like us! Video Transcript Hi everybody at Vintage and Rare (.com) this is Andy Baxter at my showroom here in London and I'd like to give you a little tour. We start of with Gibson basses. We've usually got in stock EB2s, EB3s, EBOs. Also the larger scale Gibson RD Artist. In-between we have Guild basses, followed up by Pre-Ernie Ball Music Man Stingrays, which are becoming much harder to find...

Ampeg B-15 Portaflex - Amp Town Funk

As a vintage bass specialist, Andy's showroom is host to some of the most incredible and highly collectable basses ever made, including Pre-Ernie Ball Music Man basses, Pre-CBS Fenders and 60s Hofners. It's safe to say that Andy knows a thing or two about vintage basses, but if there's one thing that Andy truly specialises in; it’s vintage Ampeg Portaflex tube bass amps, he stocks many in his London Showroom - more than anyone in Europe! When Ampeg introduced the B-15 Portaflex in 1960, it set the standard for all future bass amplification, quickly becoming the most popular bass amp...

Harmony H22 Bass

Accurately described in Harmony’s 1966 catalogue as a “comfortable auditorium size ultra-thin hollow tone chamber body”, the Harmony H22 feels adorable to play and sounds great – instantly taking you back to the sound of the 60s.

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500/1, Bass, Hofner, Paul McCartney, The Beatles - February 27, 2017

60 years of the Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass

The Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass is undoubtedly one of the most distinguishable and significant instruments in bass guitar history. Designed by Walter Höfner in 1955, its public debut was at the Frankfurt Musikmesse in 1956. 2016 marked the bass’ 60-year anniversary.

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Bass, Fender, Tele, Telecaster - February 21, 2017

Fender Tele Bass

Introduced in 1968, the Fender Telecaster (or Tele) Bass was largely a reissue of the original 1951 Precision Bass before it took on its more recognised, contemporary design in 1957.

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