This afternoon, one of my gifts I had to buy was an instructional guitar book for my 9 year old. My sis in law bought him a guitar last year and he wants to learn to play. I'm such a horrible teacher as I mostly play by ear, so I thought it would be good to get him a book with a lesson plan that he and I can go through together. Anyway, I went to this really large guitar/music store in Albany. I was amazed at the prices of some of the "vintage" guitars. As a wedding gift my wife bought me (i bought me) a 12 string Rickenbacker. I think at the time it was $800. At the guitar shop today, that same guitar was going for $2000-3000 and was worth more than the new ones! wow! Mine is virtually untouched. Another thing that blew me away was the "vintage" amplifiers. They had a room with old amps. They had a '65 Fender single speaker reverb amp for $2000! I have one that I bought when I was a teenager. It's also a early 60's blackface Fender Twin Reverb amp. I bought it back in the 80's for $150! lol! I was telling the guitar shop guys about it and they were going nuts. I need to get it fixed I suppose! lol! Does anyone know of a site where I can get info on old Fender amps?
I was also suprised to see that most of the Fender Guitars were either made overseas or in Mexico. I got mine in '82. It was my first electric. It's pretty bashed up, and as a kid I constantly fiddled with adding pick ups and a Kahler whammy. Too bad I didn't leave it stock.
I was also suprised to see that most of the Fender Guitars were either made overseas or in Mexico. I got mine in '82. It was my first electric. It's pretty bashed up, and as a kid I constantly fiddled with adding pick ups and a Kahler whammy. Too bad I didn't leave it stock.
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Now many of those are worth $200k+ EACH.
