notnat
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Vintage Guitar collectors ?
Are there any vintage guitar/amp collectors here ? I've been collecting old guitars and amps for years, some of which I have pictures of on MySpace I've done some "horse trading" over the years... (figuratively speaking) Anyone else ? 1959 Les Paul Jr 3/4 & 1960 EB-0 
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/20 11:16:33
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I have a collection of 45 or so guitars. There are a few old ones. 56 strat sunburst hard tail (and it is sweet) 52 ES 295 (big gold and rockabilly) 64 Firebird VII (Red - like God intended) 73 Les Paul I dont know if you would call this vintage, but in 1980 or so, Gibson re-issued the V, Explorer and Moderne (hardly a reissue) in what they called the Heritage Series. These were pretty close replicas of the original Korina guitars. I own A series (the first batches) of each of them. Those are the older things I own. I also have some odd balls like American Standard (Cool and limited) Gittler (fishbones with strings) Stick Roswell Rhoads - one of the original 130 or so made from old aircraft wing. Charvel Surfcaster DOUBLE NECK (who thought of that???). Guitar synths - Roland G707 - the one with the bar or whatever that is. I actually prefer my Ibanez IMG 2010 Both of those are vintage 80s and I guess they are approaching 30 years - not nearly vintage like the 295, F VII or Strat, but getting up there. A couple of Fenders from when they were first coming out from under CBS and didnt have manufacturing. The Performer is awesome - a strat on steroids. So is my Paisley Tele. I have one of the Katanas solely for the historical significance. But again, these were from a very specific period where Fender was not CBS but had no US manufacturing. And other cool things. I have the Historic 59 LP and Dot Neck 335. Custom Shops - can't remember them all right now, but I have a custom shop LP that is candy apple red with a translucent finish over highly flamed maple top, with gold and cream hardware. I have a Mary Kaye Closet Classic strat - the one I turn to the most. Again, not really old, but somewhat limited and definately an awesome guitar. On the amp front I have 52-ish Tweed Princeton 68 princeton reverb 67 blackface Deluxe 69 Super Six (twin reverb with 6 10" speakers) 60 Gretsch 6120 Some vox stuff, some marshall stuff... and 3 Kendricks (my favorites) I also have vintage synths, but that is another story.
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/20 13:47:25
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I've been collecting old guitars and amps for years, some of which I have pictures of, on MySpace... I have a collection of 45 or so guitars. There are a few old ones. Hello, This is as good a place for me to start. I wish to sell my 1937 D'Angelico Style A, in excellent condition with original case. I will use the proceeds to buy my 20 year old daughter, who is physically handicapped in that she needs forearm crutches to walk, a new car. To her a vehicle is not a luxury, it is an enabling necessity. This instrument has had two owners, the original owner and me and I have owned it since 1975. It is not in any published books on DA's where they've tried to reconcile the known instruments to the shop records because it has never been in the marketplace. The instrument's peghead is my avatar. I'm not sure the best way to advertise this instrument. I don't think the 7-10 day E-bay auction is the right place and Craigslist is by city, there is no way to place a national advert. Any suggestions on better musician's classifieds? There are no worthy photos available but I could take quick digital photos and e-mail, but I am having the instrument professional photographed (a photographer who does museum catalogs). I am dead serious about selling this instrument so please keep it real. No low-ball offers. You asked. Right? :-) GK
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/20 16:39:26
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Nat, I've seen some of your spectacular collection. I pale in comparison. My only vintage guitar is a Limited Edition Les Paul, circa 1975, reissued of a '55 model, my first electric guitar, which I still have.
On the other hand I have made a couple of actual horse trades: a quarter horse for a sweet little Appaloosa mare, and one time for a 17 hand bay quarter horse
A few guitars, a couple of basses, a MIDI controller, a mandolin, a banjo, a mic, PodFarm2 Unbridled Enthusiasm My music: www.Soundclick.com/markcourter
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/20 20:31:38
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/20 20:32:41
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I never saw myself as a collector as I accumulated shred axes but I guess I am. Kramer Freak here, have had 70-80 nof them, still sitting on about 50. Sweet axes.
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 08:30:15
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Geokauf, I would think... even if it's counter intuitive, that you would get best return on your DA with the help of a reputable broker... someone who knows the top one hundred prospects with regards to buyers for your very special guitar. Mandolin Bro or George Gruhn perhaps? I have a stash of players guitars... some are nearly new... all of them are classic guitar voices and have been selected for the quality of construction and parts selection as well as the subtle variety they provide. best, mike
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 14:22:18
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I do have many guitars, probably to many for my needs but I don't feel I'm a collector. One that is special to me that I thought I'd share. My dad wanted me to learn guitar as he was a steel player. Aroung 1964 my second teacher retired and gave him this lap steel. Many years later he gave it to me. It has the original price tag hanging on it as it's never been played. The value I imagine is to me but how often do we get to see a 45+ year old instrument that's never been played? It's a 1963 model. 
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notnat
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 15:14:53
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That's a cool lap steel... Looks a little like a Valco but I don't recognize the logo... I can't make it out... What does the logo read?
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notnat
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 15:26:03
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ORIGINAL: Crg
1956 Les Paul Junior.
Very clean single cut JR's really appreciated just a few years ago (7-10k)... I don't know what they're bringing now though... I sold a minty '57 JR for $1800 about 10 years ago... Who knew???
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 15:27:35
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Mandolin Bro Hi Mike, Thanks. Good call. They're on Staten Island (about a 1:15 hour drive from me). I was just on Staten Island last week for the first time in many years to visit a customer. Dang. I could have stopped there. I'm going to call them. GK
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notnat
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 15:39:31
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Yeah, I'd stay away from George Gruhn... I've known George for years and I won't deal with him.. but I reference his guidebook quite often...
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 15:46:47
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I have a 1929 Fender Stratocaster.
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 15:58:18
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ORIGINAL: pistolpete
I have a 1929 Fender Stratocaster.
No Pete, you have a Fender Strat guitar clock, and it's almost seven-thirty. Time for bed.
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 16:13:06
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As a matter of fact I have a vintage fender guitar clock from the 1890's. It's quite rare. 
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 17:00:02
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ORIGINAL: notnat
That's a cool lap steel... Looks a little like a Valco but I don't recognize the logo... I can't make it out... What does the logo read?
It's a Gretsch. Sorry I didn't include.
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 18:08:28
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Mandolin Bro
Thanks. Good call. They're on Staten Island (about a 1:15 hour drive from me). I was just on Staten Island last week for the first time in many years to visit a customer. Dang. I could have stopped there. I'm going to call them.
I was going to say... what about a place like Christie's? They deal with vintage instruments, and you probably have a good idea of what you're dealing with. Maybe the commissions over the top, who knows... Good luck!
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/21 19:36:09
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notnat wrote Yeah, I'd stay away from George Gruhn... I've known George for years and I won't deal with him.. but I reference his guidebook quite often... i hear ya on that. ive got a banjo that no one has indentifeid yet. it has no name or markings on it. it has this huge decal on the back of the body and rectangle brass frets. originaly a calf skin top but now a plastic one. hum i wonder if antique road show could intendify it? jimmy
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/22 01:01:51
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ORIGINAL: spacey
I do have many guitars, probably to many for my needs but I don't feel I'm a collector.
One that is special to me that I thought I'd share.
My dad wanted me to learn guitar as he was a steel player. Aroung 1964 my second teacher retired and gave him this lap steel.
Many years later he gave it to me. It has the original price tag hanging on it as it's never been played. The value I imagine is to me but how often do we get to see a 45+ year old instrument that's never been played? It's a 1963 model.
Looks just like my Gretsch Electromatic, but probably better quality! You should start playing it now! It's great fun! Sven
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/22 08:20:40
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Well mines certainly not mint condition as it was my first electric guitar and I beat the sh** of it for years. I've seen them go for more than 10K. Mine needs a little fretboard work in the lower register. I once talked to the vintage guitar tech at the Guitar Center down in Hollywood about it. I had a difficult time getting out of the store without giving him my address. I'm actually afraid to leave it anywhere. ORIGINAL: notnat
ORIGINAL: Crg
1956 Les Paul Junior.
Very clean single cut JR's really appreciated just a few years ago (7-10k)... I don't know what they're bringing now though...
I sold a minty '57 JR for $1800 about 10 years ago...
Who knew???
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 00:54:25
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I'm a vintage guitar player, after I have a nice vintage? (a nice box of wine from a good year?) I like to play my guitars?
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notnat
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 08:59:40
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I still have a box from last year... '08 was a very good year... Come to think of it, I have a guitar that was 100 years old last year, a 1908 Gibson L-1 
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 17:35:48
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ORIGINAL: robby
I'm a vintage guitar player, after I have a nice vintage? (a nice box of wine from a good year?) I like to play my guitars?
I didn't think good wine came in a box. Shoes come in a box. 
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 18:40:11
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ORIGINAL: pistolpete
I have a 1929 Fender Stratocaster.
Sounds like a "one-of-a-kind" to me...
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 20:02:07
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It sounds a little eeaarrllyy! Got me wondering though, what is the year of the earliest Strat? I want to say 1949 but that's just fishing. ORIGINAL: notnat
ORIGINAL: pistolpete
I have a 1929 Fender Stratocaster.
Sounds like a "one-of-a-kind" to me...
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notnat
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 22:01:50
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ORIGINAL: Crg
It sounds a little eeaarrllyy! Got me wondering though, what is the year of the earliest Strat? I want to say 1949 but that's just fishing.
ORIGINAL: notnat
ORIGINAL: pistolpete
I have a 1929 Fender Stratocaster.
Sounds like a "one-of-a-kind" to me...
The Stratocaster was first produced in the Spring of 1954...
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/23 22:50:37
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Yea, I'd agree to go with an auction house for that. That might be more than just a collectible guitar valuation you'd get. The right buyer might almost let you retire. 
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/24 12:24:15
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Great pics, Nat. The oldest guitar I ever played was a 1912 Sears and Roebuck
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RE: Vintage Guitar collectors ?
2009/02/24 13:40:49
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ORIGINAL: notnat
Hello again, this is my second post here...
Are there any vintage guitar/amp collectors here ?
I've been collecting old guitars and amps for years, some of which I have pictures of, on MySpace...
I've done a lot of "horse trading" over the years... (figuratively speaking)
Anyone else ?
Hey Frank, That's an awesome collection you have how many years has it taken you to collect them? Cheers Mike
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