Guitar Collecting Resource
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I came across this interesting clip today..I had no idea he was into guitars. Then again, being English, I don’t get to see his show very often anyway and I guess I won’t be seeing it in the future either!
Being a big rockabilly fan he has his focus on Gretsch guitars…enjoy!
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I found this interesting video on sale whilst browsing on Amazon yesterday.
How to Buy a Vintage Guitar [VHS]
This buyer’s guide teaches how to appraise, critique, determine originality and playability, recognize counterfeits and predict future investment values. Using both electric and acoustic guitars as teaching tools, George examines finish, hardware, fret type, inlays, bindings, peg [...]
As guitarists, most of us would love to have the financial means to acquire a dream collection of our favourite instruments.
Real world pressures usually get in the way though, and most of us restrict ourselves to having one or two guitars at most.
Our collecting urges can now be satisfied though, as well as solving the [...]
California Auctioneers will be auctioning one of the rarest rock guitars in the world; The 1958 Gibson Les Paul Standard.
An amazing collection of over 70 Autographed guitars of the who’s who in rock n roll, contemporary art, and a rare collection of Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson Memorabilia.
On Sunday Oct 11th, 10 am California Auctioneers [...]
We have put together a free ebook for all our visitors as a thankyou for your support over the last few months.
“25 Cool Signature Guitars” is almost 50 pages long and is available for free download by filling in your name and email address on the right.
We are also giving you permission to copy, give [...]
A number of websites have cropped up that claim to be able to provide visitors with information about their guitar via its serial number.
This has misled some guitar owners into believing that their counterfeit guitar is an authentic one. In fact, some counterfeiters or sellers of these fakes now even refer potential buyers [...]
Doc Pittillo described the Saturday morning crash that has left him physically unharmed but financially devastated as something akin to a psychedelic experience.
“I turned around and actually saw the van come through the window of the store,” Pittillo said. “It was slow motion.”
Pittillo, owner of The Guitar Doctor, 18171 Euclid St., said he was plucking [...]
Rob Szupak is a semi-retired contractor itching to become a fully retired contractor. For the past three years, the 62-year-old Fairfax resident has been restoring vintage lap steel guitars and tube amplifiers and reselling them, hoping to earn enough of a living to make that his primary source of income.
Szupak’s entry into the guitar market [...]
I found an interesting new website today, which may be useful for all of us at some point.
The Parts Drawer is a vintage guitar parts service, dealing primarily with Gibson and Fender (about 80% of their stock) but also catering for other makes too.
In their own words;
With over 20 years of experience in the business [...]
Guitar Aficionado magazine and GuitarAficionado.com from Future U.S., the publishers of Guitar World, is a new upscale men’s, niche lifestyle publication for music enthusiasts who collect, play and invest in new and vintage guitars.
According to Guitar Aficionado, readers know that guitars are among some of the best-performing, tangible asset investments available today. Traditionally, the value of [...]
Guitar Center will take its iconic “Legends Collection” on the road beginning May 23 for a 4-city tour that will make weekend stops in Fountain Valley, La Mesa, San Francisco and Hollywood.
I’ve just set up a group on facebook which will relate to this website, and will hopefully grow the content more quickly with posts from other readers. Please feel free to join the group, it is open membership, and add your comments, suggestions, photos or anything else you know about old and collectable guitars.
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Just a quickie..I found Curtis Novak’s great site with a wonderful pictorial view of vintage Fender colours.
Even if you aren’t interested in the colours, it’s worth having a look for the lovely photography.
In Curtis’ own words…
These are pictures of my sample blocks of Fender 60’s colors. I attempted to create as accurate as possible a [...]
Vintage Guitar Gems, an established Vintage/Used Guitar & Amp store in the Conejo Valley was contacted by Yvonne Elliman (EC’s backup singer for many years as well as a songwriter, recording artist and actor) to sell the guitar that was used to record ‘Let it Grow’ during the famous 461 Ocean Blvd recording sessions at [...]
The Hamer Phantom is a very rare and collectable guitar, built in limited numbers in the 1980s. It started out as a prototype, called simply the Hamer Prototype. It was special in that it had a very unusual three-coil pickup at the bridge. Some also had one single-coil at the neck.
It was based on a [...]
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The Gibson M-III was one of the company’s rare attempts to muscle in on the popular Superstrat movement of the late 1980s, led by Jackson and Ibanez. It was not as successful as other Gibsons and was withdrawn after only a few years in production.
The guitar featured an updated Stratocaster shape with a reverse [...]
I found this video sampler of Paul Brett’s “Paul Brett – Collecting Vintage Acoustic Guitars” DVD…
You can buy the full length DVD from Pauls website, at Fretdancer.com
The Ovation company is best known for its acoustic guitars, although they had a very good crack at the solid electric market in the early 1970s (1972 to be precise) with the UKII, the Preacher, the Viper, and the subjects of this article, the Deacon and Breadwinner.
While the former three were fairly normal in design, [...]
Interviews with guitar dealers at the 2008 Arlington guitar show…
I found this interesting video, I’ll let the author explain in his own words;
See how years of exposure to light has faded the finish of a Les Paul Junior. The same thing has happened to older Les Paul Standards – where the red fades away and “cherry” sunburst becomes “ice tea” sunburst.
Guitar [...]
The Bich was launched in 1977 alongside the Seagull and Mockingbird in the BC Rich range of the 1970s. It featured the most daring of BC Rich’s “vintage” designs, with a body originally penned by renowned luthier Neal Moser.
It featured two very unusual cutaways on the bottom of the body, a neck-through design, and originally [...]
The Charvel company, which spawned the famous and reputable brand Jackson Guitars, is also well known for their very high-quality superstrat models and for a while was the chief supplier of Eddie Van Halen’s guitars. In 1992 Charvel launched their biggest break from their usual superstrat tradition (the company also dabbles in Telecaster-shaped models and [...]
The Epiphone Coronet was launched in 1958 as an alternative to the popular Gibson Les Paul Junior. It was part of a range of models made from the late 50s to 1970. The range included the Crestwood, Coronet and Olympic models.
The models were designed to compete with the Gibson Les Paul Junior, and so [...]
The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide 2009 (Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide)
This year’s price guide; The bible of the vintage guitar collecting industry.
Gruhn’s Guide to Vintage Guitars: An Identification Guide for American Fretted Instruments
For collectors, dealers and players, this updated guide provides specifications, serial numbers, and more for determining the originality of [...]
Gretsch have made a huge selection of quality electric guitars since the mid-1950s (interestingly, Gretsch have been around since 1883 making other instruments, but started vying for domination in the electric market around 1954-5), of which the 6134 model, better-known as the White Penguin is among the rarest.
The 6136 (also known as the White Falcon [...]
This post concentrates on an ultra-limited edition series of models with a total production run limited to 100 units.
Dean Lost 100 Series
On behalf of several artists and owners, myself included, I will say that Deans are very good guitars.
If you check our histories section, you’ll see that the company was started in 1977 by one [...]
What guitars would make the basis of a dream guitar collection?
In these posts we’ll look at the rarest, most valuable, most collectable or just drop-dead gorgeous guitars – starting with one of the most valuable types of guitar available.
Late 50’s to early 60’s Gibson Les Paul
These are seriously valuable guitars, especially all original models. New Les Pauls cost [...]
This book…
Totally Guitar
Has a wealth of great guitar information. Over 600 pages of guitar history, playing styles, pictures, and some information on rarely seen makes and models of guitars from all eras. As the Amazon reviews quite rightly say:
This book is a real bargain…not only is it excellent value at (rrp £20 – cheaper bought [...]
I guess 2 guitars doesn’t add up to a collection, but maybe 5 does, even if it a small one!
Everyone who plays guitar has their own reasons for doing so..not all players are into their gear, whereas others (like me) take great pleasure from tinkering with instruments, modifying, refurbishing and rooting out new (old) guitars.
Eventually [...]
We’ll be talking about guitar collecting, different guitar models, beginners guitars, expensive guitars, where to find collectable guitars, advising on maintenance, pointing you towards some interesting guitars, online lessons, collating guitar information, guitar news, events, guitarists and interesting albums and gigs and just about anything else we can think of.
Bear with us while we get [...]
