hixmix
Halibut, North Dakota
How many years must pass before a guitar can officially be deemed "vintage"? Yesterday I saw an ad for a "vintage 1988 Rickenbacker 4003". That's only 18 years old.
MadAudio
Damned if I do
Posted on an eBay forum------
"The correct usage of the word vintage is when identifying the year when a wine was made.
Since the term has been hijacked and abused for the sole purpose of describing and hocking other non-wine related items; it's rather meaningless and can pretty much be used the way anyone wishes to continue abusing it."
"The correct usage of the word vintage is when identifying the year when a wine was made.
Since the term has been hijacked and abused for the sole purpose of describing and hocking other non-wine related items; it's rather meaningless and can pretty much be used the way anyone wishes to continue abusing it."
Slowrider
STOP Voting!
I have heard 25; but I'm not sure if that's correct, though.
MadAudio
Damned if I do
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notCardio
I walk the line
I believe with cars it's 20 years
and that's generally what I always thought was the normally accepted meaning. Of course, what I consider vintage seems to get older all the time.
and that's generally what I always thought was the normally accepted meaning. Of course, what I consider vintage seems to get older all the time.
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faderbug
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vintage as in 'vintage guitar' means a qualility product from the past.
OhSh1rt
Who needs a 57 anyway?
notCardio said:and that's generally what I always thought was the normally accepted meaning. Of course, what I consider vintage seems to get older all the time.
You can get classic plates (at least in ohio) at 25 I belive
-jeffrey
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RandyW
New member
I know 25 years is what most car insurance companies consider vintage. But for musical instruments I would think about 30 years as just starting to get ripe.
philboyd studge
New member
For guitars it's the day before the first Taylor was made.
MadAudio
Damned if I do
Ooooh, that's cold!philboyd studge said:
whyseye
Well-known member
I'm goin' with "timeless".....
ez_willis
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hixmix said:
You are vintage. I am not. You do the math.
Light
New member
As far as I'm concerned, any Fender made after CBS bought them out, and and any Gibson after Norlin bought out THEM out, is NOT vintage.
Oh, and no Martin's after they switched to Indian Rosewood (1968).
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
Oh, and no Martin's after they switched to Indian Rosewood (1968).
Light
"Cowards can never be moral."
M.K. Gandhi
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Dani Pace
New member
I've discovered that on E Bay vintage often means...Looks good. It may not be playable but it will look good in YOUR display cabinate. Some guitars are more collectable than others, limited production, first year production etc... others are a pure rip off so all I can say is "BUYER BEWARE," it's hard to tell much about a guitar from a picture on E Bay.
