Vintage Acoustic Guitar
Those of us that share a passion for collecting Vintage Guitars, tend to have a preference for either Vintage Electric Guitars or Vintage Acoustic Guitars.
And then of course there are people that like to collect both.
The term Vintage in the guitar category, applies to guitars from the mid 1920’s to 1970. Guitar’s
made before the mid 1920’s are judged as being too primitive in their design and therefore are not
valued by collectors. At the other end of the spectrum, guitars made after 1970 – even though they
are nearly 40 years old in some cases, do not have collectible appeal, mainly because of the state
of the US guitar manufacturing industry during the 1970’s which saw a drop in the quality of finished
products.
The materials used to make guitars pre 1970 were of a higher quality, for example Brazilian
Rosewood which was often used, can no longer be legally imported into the US.
And 30 years ago guitars were more of a hand made item, whereas today most guitar manufacturing is done through
computer controlled routers and cutters.
Many people also think, that because they purchased a 1970’s guitar that was stopped being made
after a small number of units is automatically valuable.Which is not the case at all. As for collectors
of Vintage Electric Guitars or Vintage Acoustic Guitars need to know that any guitar made since 1970 can
easily be replicated with currently available materials.
And that if they are not currently being produced, it’s simply because there is no significant demand
for them.
So you can see that there are quite a few things to know about Vintage Guitar and my focus tends to be on Vintage Acoustic Guitars (though I have a few Vintage Electric Guitars in my collection as well).
One guide that I think every serious collector must have, is the 2008 Official Vintage Guitar
Magazine Price Guide. As it is excellent in giving you a guide on what’s also out there, and also
what other dealers are saying their vintage guitars are worth (remember that an item is only worth
what someone is willing to pay for it).
It covers guitars, amplifiers and related equipment – and has more than 1,400 brands and 1,000
photos, plus the “hows” and “whys” of the collectible instrumental market.
I think this is an absolute must have for someone who really is serious about building their Vintage
Electric Guitar and/or Vintage Acoustic Guitar Collection.if you need full details plz visit my music blog
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Tommy plays “Guitar Boogie” on a vintage Gibson Kalamzoo guitar from the 1930’s. The guitar was amplified with a ribbon microphone, the same type of mic used in the ’30’s.
For all you low frequency aficinados, here’s a short demo of the excellent Vintage V10004DX bass guitar
This is my personal review of the Esteban acoustic guitar model “Legend” year 2008. I bought this guitar for “Kick around” reasons, just wanted a guitar that could play good enough for practice and jamming out with on the porch. It came with a chord chart, strings, picks, cleaner / polishing rag Amplifier and gig case. And if that wasn’t enough it also came with instructional DVDs (10) Pretty good guitar for the beginning guitar player or for a kick around guitar you won’t have to worry about if it should get stolen
This guitar has been customized with Carlos Juan CP-1 High-End Acoustic Pickup and Carlos Floral pg. Same Carlos pickup can be seen inside Eric Clapton’s Black Beauty Martin Guitar, comissioned in 2004 by Eric’s guitar guru Lee Dickson. This guitar is offered for sale. Info: www.carlosjuan.eu
http://GreenMeanieGuitars.com – See My Current Inventory of Guitars, Basses and Musical Instruments This Guitar is from an eBay Auction – I also buy guitars at: http://SellGuitarsOnline.com
Here is Rics Vintage Guitars as featured on the t.v. lifestyle program POSTCARDS W.A. (west australia) showing some of the shop and an interview with Ric about vintage guitars and how were the most isolated vintage guitar shop in the world