We Antique

To the general public, owning the’genuine article’ is the single thing that will suffice. As a vintage guitar player, and one who appreciates classic’vintage’ instruments, I’m able to fully understand this viewpoint. I cannot think about a single guitar strummer who would not totally love playing a real fifty’s Les Paul or Stratocaster.

first of all, there’s the price of admission. The increasingly robust demand for vintage guitars has driven their costs through the roof and out of reach for many of us. High spec, well looked after original instruments from the 50′s and sixty’s can approach the price of a new automobile, or in some cases a little house!

Another problem facing vintage guitars is their questionable reliability. Although they were built to stand the test of time, a vintage guitar will almost always prove to be more delicate and fragile than a later, more modern version. This won’t be of great importance to a guitar collector, but if you’re meaning to gig with a 50 year old, highly valued piece of guitar history, you may want to think again.

luckily there is an alternative for those among us who love vintage guitars, but find them either too expensive or too unrealistic for our purposes. I am referencing the most recent crop of vintage guitar duplicates, or as they’re better known,’reissues’.

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