I thought it had to be 30 to be "vintage"? At a hundred it becomes an antique. Gotta be some sort of value in that - just have to wait around long enough...


I take that with exactly the due amount of seriousness.

- C

That's the figure that I'm using. 1980. Or earlier. A good stopping point.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Yeah 30 years would be more ideal. I took a risk putting 20 years down, but that's what I saw for a definition on the internet so it must be true hahaha!

I found this interesting quote regarding if modern guitars will ever be worth the price of 50's and 60's guitars:
"Many people ask me if I think their new guitar will be valuable in the future. Frankly, I just don't know. But my off-the-cuff response would be, "no". The materials, environment and society of pre-1970 was much different, thus producing different instruments which I feel can not be duplicated today. For Example, Brazilian Rosewood (used on even cheap department store guitars till the late 1960's) can not be legally imported into the U.S. Also today most guitars are made with CNC (computer controlled) routers and cutters. Thirty years ago guitars were much more of a hand-made item then they are today. Yes a CNC-made instrument can be more consistent and excellent quality. But it just doesn't have the same "personality" of a "old school" made guitar."

from: http://home.provide.net/~cfh/vintage.html more vintage Fender info than you can shake a stick at.

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Obligatory gear list: Fender, Rickenbacker, Gibson, Gretsch, Vox, Martin, and more Fender.

A great site ... but don't be shakin' no stick near my vintage guitars ...

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My other guitar is a Strat.