Ken_Coles Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 Here's some archaeology for you: Beer Ad on Ebay Looks like a Bastari? with the same metal ends we see now. And bellows papers, too. Carling Red Cap must be pretty good beer, the poor fellow appears to be holding it upside down. Let's get it for the next Squeeze-In! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 The ad or the beer? Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted October 11, 2003 Author Share Posted October 11, 2003 The _beer_ of course. You're too commenting too fast for me! I was trying to edit my post to make it clear I meant the beer, and my old computer was hanging up on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 (edited) Hmm. I was thinking of bidding on it, to go with the Pepsi ad I got a while back. But I'd rather not get into a bidding war. I'm very curious about the instrument, though, since I didn't think Bastari was making instruments like that until some time in the 1970's, yet the seller claims the ad is from 1957, and since it appears to be in a magazine the date should be certain. I wondered briefly if it might be a "Mayfair" (by Wheatstone in the 1950's), but the only picture I have of a Mayfair (in a Wheatstone brochure) is of an English, and the fretwork is *very* different. Yeah, the guy is holding the instrument with the hands reversed. Maybe he's left-handed? At least he -- or the photographer -- had enough sense to get his fingers on the buttons in a way that looks like he *might* be playing it. Edited October 11, 2003 by JimLucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipcmo Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 It is obviously a Bastari. But I have never seen one like it! Not with those "leather" ellows with papers, and the "traditional" handstraps. It has to be one of the first, since I didn't think Bastari started until ca 1960. Cheers, Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 S_o_r_r_y Ken, I"ll w_r_i_t_e s_l_o_w_e_r. Gee, Jim, you ought to bid. The rest of us are kidding about the beer, the heck with the ad. It would go nicely with your pepsi ad. Well, both the beer and the ad would. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 careful about mentioning 'holding', 'straps' this post might get hijacked into a debate on ergonomics! PS all my tankards have handles and not thumbstraps, but fingers have been known to slide Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Ahhh! New wallpaper for my computer desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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