Gary Flanigan wrote:

I've always thought that, unless the item for sale was in some
way compromised, it is really no one's business why the seller
is selling it.

Many potential buyers seem to want an item with a "back story" to it--
whether the narrative is true or makes sense or is relevant or not.
Rational choice and the attitude that "if it sounds good, it is good"
aren't quite as prevalent in this business as we may like to pretend.
The power to spin a good myth is still very good for sales, even in a
technical profession such as this one.

It's utterly impossible to predict how something will sound based only
on the knowledge that it uses tube circuitry or FET circuitry, or IC
circuitry, etc., and everybody knows that full well. But then some
people choose to act as if that awareness doesn't matter as much as
the other thing does--the subjective satisfaction of owning the same
mike preamps that the Beatles used, etc.

(David Satz) wrote in message . com...
Gary Flanigan wrote:

I've always thought that, unless the item for sale was in some
way compromised, it is really no one's business why the seller
is selling it.

Many potential buyers seem to want an item with a "back story" to
it--
whether the narrative is true or makes sense or is relevant or not.
Rational choice and the attitude that "if it sounds good, it is good"
aren't quite as prevalent in this business as we may like to pretend.
The power to spin a good myth is still very good for sales, even in a
technical profession such as this one.

It's utterly impossible to predict how something will sound based only
on the knowledge that it uses tube circuitry or FET circuitry, or IC
circuitry, etc., and everybody knows that full well. But then some
people choose to act as if that awareness doesn't matter as much as
the other thing does--the subjective satisfaction of owning the same
mike preamps that the Beatles used, etc.

Gary. Your point is well taken. As a guitarist, I can tell you that
playing the "same guitars" that whoever used is the whole deal with
the "signature" lines. People just want that association no matter how
tenuous. That said, there are times when the sheer weight of
subjective satisfaction pulls you through to a place you never knew.
Hey, maybe if I said it was the "Sinatra Signature Model"? hmmmm....
Thanks everybody for making it fun. OK, $650 shipped if you promise to
send me some of your work. I'll send you my record with the pre. Back
story for days...."Listen to that, would you.
http://www.shiningfarmer.com/Assets/Rescue.mp3 There was a time when
that beautiful woman's voice came right through these very wires ;^)
Mike

(David Satz) wrote in message . com...
Gary Flanigan wrote:

I've always thought that, unless the item for sale was in some
way compromised, it is really no one's business why the seller
is selling it.

Many potential buyers seem to want an item with a "back story" to
it--
whether the narrative is true or makes sense or is relevant or not.
Rational choice and the attitude that "if it sounds good, it is good"
aren't quite as prevalent in this business as we may like to pretend.
The power to spin a good myth is still very good for sales, even in a
technical profession such as this one.

It's utterly impossible to predict how something will sound based only
on the knowledge that it uses tube circuitry or FET circuitry, or IC
circuitry, etc., and everybody knows that full well. But then some
people choose to act as if that awareness doesn't matter as much as
the other thing does--the subjective satisfaction of owning the same
mike preamps that the Beatles used, etc.

Gary. Your point is well taken. As a guitarist, I can tell you that
playing the "same guitars" that whoever used is the whole deal with
the "signature" lines. People just want that association no matter how
tenuous. That said, there are times when the sheer weight of
subjective satisfaction pulls you through to a place you never knew.
Hey, maybe if I said it was the "Sinatra Signature Model"? hmmmm....
Thanks everybody for making it fun. OK, $650 shipped if you promise to
send me some of your work. I'll send you my record with the pre. Back
story for days...."Listen to that, would you.
http://www.shiningfarmer.com/Assets/Rescue.mp3 There was a time when
that beautiful woman's voice came right through these very wires ;^)
Mike