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lpdeluxe
The Precision Bass Guy
If I don't play it, I get rid of it. Ain't no room around here for slugabeds.
So I play my '63 Chet Atkins Country Gent, but I didn't the '67 Ric 366/12, so the Ric's gone.
And I play the '70 Les Paul Deluxe, but not the black Strat...where's the Strat?
So I play my '63 Chet Atkins Country Gent, but I didn't the '67 Ric 366/12, so the Ric's gone.
And I play the '70 Les Paul Deluxe, but not the black Strat...where's the Strat?
Track Rat
Just Your Average Sized Member
.......63 Country Gentlemannnnn..........sigh..................
I play my 1941 Gibson mandolin all the time. And the 74 Rick 4001, and the 55 Martin 000-18, and the 63 Gibson Melody Maker, and the 71 Telecaster, and the ...............
I play my 1941 Gibson mandolin all the time. And the 74 Rick 4001, and the 55 Martin 000-18, and the 63 Gibson Melody Maker, and the 71 Telecaster, and the ...............
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dvon1981
New member
Track Rat said:
Nice to see another Rick 4001 owner!
guitar junkie
Guitar User.
i play all my stuff
i have a 20's Vega banjo that i play and i have a pre war thought to be Martin mandolin as well as a pre Fender Guild and a few other odds and ends as well
if i can't play it i get rid of it as well
i have a 20's Vega banjo that i play and i have a pre war thought to be Martin mandolin as well as a pre Fender Guild and a few other odds and ends as well
if i can't play it i get rid of it as well
lesterpaul
New member
Es-330...
yeah i play it but not out it doesn't stay in tune enough and it doesn't really fit our music, but it has the sweetest neck of any guitar i own ....here's a link couldn't get it to post
http://www.eye85.com/home/gallery/1_es-330.JPG
yeah i play it but not out it doesn't stay in tune enough and it doesn't really fit our music, but it has the sweetest neck of any guitar i own ....here's a link couldn't get it to post
http://www.eye85.com/home/gallery/1_es-330.JPG
mixmkr
we don't need rest!!
punkin
Univalve & Avatar Speaks
I love and play each and every one of my babys but, I don't care if they out last me...just last as long as I can enjoy them.
Light
New member
Look, if you have a 1930's Martin D-45, then you don't want to take it out much (at all). I mean, that thing is your retirement. Anything else, they are guitars man, and they are ment to be played. If they are not being played, they are a waste of time and money (even that 1930's D-45), because the fact is, they are not all that great of an investment, unless you are going to play them. Sure, a guitar that sold in the thirties for like $500 is now worth over $100,000. But it took more than sixty years for it to happen, and most of the high end guitars of that period are not going for anywhere near that much.
My point is, guitars are crappy investments. They are high risk, and usually low profit. If you are not going to play them, why bother. Invest in Microsoft, or someone like that.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
My point is, guitars are crappy investments. They are high risk, and usually low profit. If you are not going to play them, why bother. Invest in Microsoft, or someone like that.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
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dvon1981
New member
mixmkr said:here's a pic of my oldie 4001...
looks to be the same finish as mine. very nice
jimistone
long standing member
I use my '66 strat to gig with. I had it refretted a couple of years ago. Its been my main guitar since 1976.
lpdeluxe
The Precision Bass Guy
All this is good news to me. I subscribed to Vintage Guitar mag for a year one time and it was sooooooo depressing to see all those fine instruments disappearing into "collections." Those guys would ask astronomical prices for factory made canoe paddles that were "pristine" and "mint"...why were they pristine and mint? Because they didn't sound good, or had a poorly shaped neck, or some other flaw that bothers a player but is meaningless to a collector. But it drove up the prices of the players just the same. And another thing that turned me off of the whole "collectible" schtick: at one point the sellers started getting premium prices for p&m guitars with the original hang tags...all of a sudden, EVERY guitar listed came with its ORIGINAL hang tags!!!
Guess they figured how to work that scam real quick.
This is not to say that, if you have a 1941 herringbone D28 you have to sell it for $500. If you can get a price, it's fair, and they ain't making no more of 'em. Priced a Stradivarius lately?
Guess they figured how to work that scam real quick.
This is not to say that, if you have a 1941 herringbone D28 you have to sell it for $500. If you can get a price, it's fair, and they ain't making no more of 'em. Priced a Stradivarius lately?
dragonworks
Banned
no, i put them on pedastals and pray to them 
punkin
Univalve & Avatar Speaks
I spank them like the bad little girls they are then I make 'em squeal. 
lpdeluxe
The Precision Bass Guy
I spank them like the bad little girls they are then I make 'em squeal.
LOL
Ya know, there's a whole movement in GB of middle-aged guys who take priceless, vintage, irreplaceable motorcycles...
...and race the snot out of 'em. Go Brits!!
LOL
Ya know, there's a whole movement in GB of middle-aged guys who take priceless, vintage, irreplaceable motorcycles...
...and race the snot out of 'em. Go Brits!!
foo
Active member
Light said:
Sorry Light, but I have to disagree. My guitars have been a great investment. I paid $400 for my '64 Strat. I traded three guitars that I paid a total of $1,350 for my '56 Gold Top. I paid $1,650 for my '61 ES345.
The Strat was worn (not abused, tho') and has a replacement bridge block and tuners and sounds like the one God made for himself - and somehow I ended up with it. The other two are in great condition, play great and sound great, too.
In fact, every one of the vintage guitars I own (nine altogether) is worht at least 3 times what I paid for it, and some a lot more. I suppose the investment thing is weird, 'cos they only become a good investment when you sell them, and unless something goes really wrong, that ain't going to happen any time soon.
. . . and yes, I play them.
What's really cool is I have a friend who has a real '59 burst. It is in such great condition that when we go out to jams etc, I take the goldtop and he takes his burst - people are cooing over my goldtop but barely give the 'burst a second glance - they all assume it's a re-issue I guess. and yes, he occassionally takes a real 'burst to bars to jam with.
The whole point of having great guitars is to play them.
lpdeluxe is right about the 'mint, collector condition' guitars too. Before I got my goldtop, I found one that was near mint with the hang tags and etc. But it sounded like a dawg! Just nasty, and the paint was really funky looking - almost a greenish colour.
Would it be worth a lot more than mine is today - sure. But not to me.
jimistone
long standing member
foo said:
Man foo, you have some nice axes. I agree with you by the way, the guitars I bought (and sold) have been exellent investments.
I bought the '66 strat that i've been playing all these years for $150, I bought a blond early 60's gretch country gent (with the original hardshell case) for $200, and I also bought a 72 les paul custom for $100 (it had a broken nut and one pickup didn't work..cost me $35 to fix it)
I sold the les paul and the gretch and made a substantial profit to say the least. I'll never get rid of the '66 strat though.
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Frank Story
New member
What a shame that EVERYTHING has to be a "collector's item" today. Folks around here buy vintage grand pianos for the parlor (they can't play a note) ditto for guitars. It keeps good instruments out of the hands of deserving players who'd use them to make a whole new generation of good music. I play the heck out of my 1964 Country Gentleman - when I can't anymore, some deserving young person, maybe my son?, will get his chance with it.
Light
New member
foo said:
My point is simply that there are much bettter investments from a monetary point of view.
Real Estate, for example. Hell, even stocks, if you buy the right ones.
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
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dvon1981
New member
well i think you guys have made me rethink my choice. I think it's time to pull the old rick out and start putting it to use. I'd never sell it anyways so why not play it right?