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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 10/24/2006 : 08:02:13
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Originally posted by bossarea
I've never tried any 60s Strats but I remember an interview I read with Blackmore where he said he couldn't understand the vintage hysteria. He said that the Strats made today are 10 times better than what they had back then.
I have owned a couple of vintage (!) Fenders long ago and have played/tested on 20-30 more or less. They are very nice to hold and look at, but most of them aren�t nearly as good as guitars from Fenders Custom Shop. I have to agree with Blackmore, but the new ones aren�t really ten times better but generally speaking, better.
And the prices are far to high for playing on them, they are for collecting/investments just like stamps or old cars.
I saw a totally screwed 1962 strat last week, badly refinished, new fretboard, destroyed bridge, just an ugly piece of guitar. They wanted about $3000 for it! And a guitar like this isn�t collectible, just a bad looking player....
In conclusion; if you want a really good Fender to make noice on buy a Custom Shop, the pre CBS aren�t worth the money as guitars.
Even the regular production vintage-styled Fenders are in the majority of cases of better quality than the naturally relicted vintage ones.
The feeling of a vintage piece is a different and subjective question, some people just like the vibe and mojo of the old ones. But that habit costs a large amount of money, and I suspect snobbery in many cases.
By the way, when I owned vintage Fenders the alternative was 70�s Fenders and the quality of them was not any good as most of you know. And I paid about the same or a little less for them against what a new Fender would cost. And I didn�t care if they were refinished or not.
A couple of years later the craze began�� |
Edited by - Goran on 10/24/2006 08:21:28 |
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Vintage Boss??????
