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chuck
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when exactly does a guitar go from just being old...to being vintage ?
is it a set number of years ?
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cxo
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I always thought 25 years made something antique, then again that may just be cars. Or it was everything except cars. I got nothin.
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:27 pm |
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chuck
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Ccc56
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chuck wrote:i dont know if the aged wood makes any difference on an electric , but the quality of that old wood matters.
they say the wood quality isnt what it used to be.
i dont know if this is true ...but it sounds good 
Wood quality actually has gone down. Back in the day the trees they cut down had been growing for up to a few hundred years. Nowadays they farm wood and make it grow faster. When trees grow naturally the rings are closer together, giving it more strenght. When it is farmed it is pushed to grow faster, making the rings further apart and making it weaker to some extent.
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Ccc56
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cxo wrote:I always thought 25 years made something antique, then again that may just be cars. Or it was everything except cars. I got nothin.
I believe you are correct.
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:33 pm |
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cxo
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See, turns out I'm right. It WAS a big help.
You're welcome 
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chuck
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cxo wrote:See, turns out I'm right. It WAS a big help.
You're welcome
as always ...you are correct .
thank you so very much
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Ccc56
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Well, wait. I just noticed the word antique. I think an antique is something 50 years or older. 25 years makes something vintage. We all know what was meant though.
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:42 pm |
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chuck
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the whole "vintage" craze gets a bit silly sometimes.
it seems EVERY piece of older gear i see nowadays is "vintage" , and carries the hefty price tag along with it 
that is what i was talking about really ....
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:55 pm |
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cxo
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Yeah. As though nothing new could possibly compare to old stuff. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of new junk, but there was plenty of old junk as well. It really is silly.
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:56 pm |
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straitjacket85
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chuck
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cxo wrote:Yeah. As though nothing new could possibly compare to old stuff. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of new junk, but there was plenty of old junk as well. It really is silly.
indeed ! ....just being old doesnt make it better , it just makes it old.
i understand all the old growth / new growth wood talk....
( ok ,time out ...hey John / GFM..NO jokes about that !!! )....but does it REALLY make that much difference in tone ?
a great sounding new guitar is still a great sounding guitar !
the whole thing gives me a headache
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straitjacket85
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I'll agree that a great sounding guitar is still a great sounding guitar but vintage means more money...lol not that I'll ever sell my Gibson its already got plans to be bury with me....lol
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I would rather say that vintage is better from an investment perspective only.
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