Vintage or Bust!

Jonathan and Baxter dive into the cruel mistress that is Vintage Gear! Are you vintage gear crazy or only into new gear?

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[wammons]

First honest show I’ve seen regarding vintage great show guys

[mileswatkinson]

I've never cared about vintage gear except as far as being curious and respectful of its history. To each their own, but I'd rather have new gear.

[ryangunwitch-black]

3:45 One of my friends, who plays Strats, thought my 60s Road Worn in Olympic White was an actual vintage ‘61 because I’ve played it so much and it already had 12 years of play wear when I got it. I was immediately like “No no no! It’s a Mexican Road Worn. It’s only like 14 years old.” But I could have really shined him on for a while. lol

[georgeminhinnick-vuiz]

This is why ‘boutique’ brands are so good (like Fano, Novo, etc) vintage look with modern build quality and playability, and the best part, 0% risk!

[ryangunwitch-black]

I love vintage gear and have some. A ‘60s Supro Spectator, a ‘70 non master volume Twin Reverb, a clutch of Harmony archtops, a Teisco T-style, Gibson E2 Explorer from ‘82. But I know I can do what I need to do with easily accessible gear. Now, that doesn’t mean I’m not still lusting after a legit ‘61 Strat!!!

[zackmano]

"When he was a woman..."

Ill tell you, that doctor needs a damn award for that job! 🤣🤣🤣☠️

[scottweiss]

Do Jaguars require pretty small hands and thin fingertips due to the insanely short scale length?

[hod]

Vintage is cool and I have a few but if Im getting a 5-10k
guitar, its going to be custom shop quality...js
My wildwood R0 Lester is the best guitar ive played.

[danieljaymeshansel]

I just sold my first vintage guitar after owning for a year. Vintage guitars are truly exist on a different planet where asking prices are different from selling prices. Also emotions rule and logic goes out the window sometimes in the vintage world. I sold it because, like an old car, it needed work to make it a daily driver so I’d rather sell and get out of the vintage market. Bought an AVII57 after selling a 1978 Strat all original.

[tomperkins]

I have some vintage - which I love - and some new. Among my newer stuff is a Silver Sky, an Epiphone Jack Casady bass, couple of other PRS, and a Tele style from Michael Kelly, some acoustic basses, some cheap acoustics. And others. If buying new I try to get the best quality for an affordable price that sounds great. I simply can't afford the vintage stuff I'd like to have on the one hand and I'm pretty well stocked on the other hand in terms of variety.

[ashleyspeake]

I've never been able to afford to buy vintage. The one exception was a 60's Fender Mustang. I wish I still had it. I loved that guitar!

[jonathoncoward]

Vintage is where you can find some cool old things that might have been otherwise lost to time (like all the early digital pianos, like the pt-1)

[ToddTheJoker]

hehe love you guys' conversations!

[jobiazgarza]

same for cars as guitars. vintage is awesome if you can maintain it and get parts.

[randaldavis]

I like modern builds to vintage spec. I want a Dusenberg, 4cyl - Ferrari Monza, a 1936 Crocker, 1966 Ford Fairlane red 289 auto/restomod, etc.... Need a big lottery win. I have a 2022 59 spec Epiphone Les Paul and a good/great tube amp plus some very decent pedals.

[buddylobos]

Ok. So you mentioned something that I played. It was a 1959 Strat that got left out in the rain on a picnic table on a 4th of July weekend. Looked like hell but what a sound and feel. A friend found it out at a country yard sale in Wisc. He paid $200 bucks. And guess what? You guys have heard it on the radio. It's on the Soul Asylum '90's hit song "Runaway Train". They played it on the White House lawn during Bill Clinton's Pres.

[jjulch]

Only had a couple “vintage” guitars, but didn’t pay much for them. 1976 Stratocaster that needed to be completely reworked (frets, tuners, nut, electronics, etc). I knew it needed work but paid an appropriate price for it. Spent probably $600-$700 to get it right, but at the end of the day I had a gig ready vintage guitar although only the husk was vintage.

[umrmech]

Glad I bought my vintage stuff back when it was (at least somewhat) affordable. I couldn't afford to re-buy my collection today.

[IPLAYLOUD]

As a lover and follower of vintage guitars since the mid-70's, I have sold a couple of vintage guitars and may just get rid of 3 more to leave me with 1.
I appreciate the new guitars out there, so a RI Roundup into a Magnatone Twilighter (or a G5228FM, or even my Reverend Guitars) will keep me happy in my gigging world. I will still follow the Vintage trends and drool over them, but never wanting to own one.

[petersouthwell]

Love you guys, man. Yeah, these stories... that's what keeps me away from the vintage market. Strats are just bags of parts. It's either good or it's not.

Buy an Ultra Luxe or one of the top-of-the-line Fender "production" guitars. You won't be sorry. I may get dislikes or bad comments, man, but come on with these vintage guitars... A guitar that's set up well wasn't deliberately skimped on to make it "cheap." You know, an honest guitar, that's all anybody needs.