onewilyfool Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I must admit that there is something interesting in buying a guitar built in the year of one's birth...........for some of us, that is REALLY a vintage guitar....lol......Any of you out there have one? Is it nostalgic???? Did it just happen.....OR.....did you go out and buy one on purpose???? Interested in your comments.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 1946 Gibson. Sounds good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I don't have a guitar built the year I was born. But my car was (1960). Strictly an accident. You wouldn't believe how may people ask me if I bought it new. Damn, I must look old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I don't have a guitar built the year I was born. But my car was (1960). Strictly an accident. You wouldn't believe how may people ask me if I bought it new. Damn, I must look old. GB, what kind of car do you have? I have a couple of old cars but not that old. (1983 and 1984 Mazda RX7) If anyone wants to give me their 1958 guitar, I can offer it an excellent home \:D/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Yes, I have a birth year guitar, totally by accident. I was just buying a USED guitar (because that's all I could afford) before the "vintage" craze hit, and no one knew, or cared, what year it was made. A few years later it was brought to my attention that I might have something "collectible". Paid $195.00 and had to borrow some of it from my sister AND a friend. You might say I started playing vintage and collectible guitars by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 If anyone wants to give me their 1958 guitar, I can offer it an excellent home \:D/ Me too, Karen!!! How 'bout a '58 SJ or J-45?!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuff Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I've been thinking about getting one recently, it depends on if once I get my fund good to go for the guitar I want I am willing to wait for one from 92 to come up. Not exactly vintage but I think it would add to the magic of the guitar some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I had a 1960 ES-125TDC. Bored me to tears. Swapped it for a '62 Gretsch Tennesseean. Bought a 1960 J45 for $175. Nice box but sold it off with a bunch of stuff in the Great Unsuccessful Attempted Abandoned Grange Hall Purchase of 1989. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentw Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 a '71 LP Custom would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 My issue is that I was born too late: 1955. Nearly all of my instruments pre-date me (by a decade, or, for some examples,5). Very few post WWII guitars interest me. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Any of you out there have one? I guess I have four -- a 00-17, two J-45s and an SJ (1943). My wife has only one (1944), but she wins -- a D-28. Is it nostalgic???? At my age, nostalgic is all there is. Did it just happen.....OR.....did you go out and buy one on purpose???? I had to check to see what we had, so until this question, I had never even considered it. Seems kind of silly. Let's pick. -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 '58 was a very good year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Yes, I have a birth year guitar, totally by accident. I was just buying a USED guitar (because that's all I could afford) before the "vintage" craze hit, and no one knew, or cared, what year it was made. A few years later it was brought to my attention that I might have something "collectible". Paid $195.00 and had to borrow some of it from my sister AND a friend. You might say I started playing vintage and collectible guitars by accident. Well L5Larry.....what year is it? Looks pretty clean. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I've been thinking about getting one recently, it depends on if once I get my fund good to go for the guitar I want I am willing to wait for one from 92 to come up. Not exactly vintage but I think it would add to the magic of the guitar some. Doggone Bluesbreather! Just like your avatar.....You ARE a pup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Well L5Larry.....what year is it? Looks pretty clean. Rod 1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 =NICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 '58 was a very good year..... Yes, it was!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 No significance to it, really. Just a concept. And, as JT points out, it kind of looses its cachet as we move past the good vintage years (cant see going out of one's way to pick a 77 sq shoulder J50, just because). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 I have T-shirts older than some of you guys.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I have no interest in that idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbasher Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 GB, what kind of car do you have? I have a couple of old cars but not that old. (1983 and 1984 Mazda RX7) If anyone wants to give me their 1958 guitar, I can offer it an excellent home \:D/ It's a Volvo PV544. It turns heads. And the way I drive, it's turned a few stomachs also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDuff Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Doggone Bluesbreather! Just like your avatar.....You ARE a pup yea most people on these forums have been playing the guitar longer than I have been walking. But what can I say? I am older now than I have ever been before, I suppose. Still though youth severely cuts into my experience it lets me keep the secret dream of becoming Bob Dylan alive for a little bit ;}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 yea most people on these forums have been playing the guitar longer than I have been walking. But what can I say? I am older now than I have ever been before, I suppose. Still though youth severely cuts into my experience it lets me keep the secret dream of becoming Bob Dylan alive for a little bit ;}. Age ain,t nothing but a number! Life experience DOES count for a lot. I also realize that there are many young people that can play rings around me, in spite of my 40+ years of playing guitar. If anything,age has allowed me to listen to and experience a lot of great music as it was being released 'new and fresh' into the world. As far as 'secret dreams'.....ahhhh....Hold on the them, but keep your feet firmly planted in reality and you'll be alright ;) You could potentially make BLUESBREATHER the next name as popular and synonomous to BOB DYLAN To the point of the post. I think '53 was a great year for Gibson and wished I had a wall-full of every model. (Damn! My secret dream is out of the bag) I do have a '53 ES-125 that holds some meaning to me....mostly because its such an awesome playing and sounding instrument! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchie 63 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I recently owned what I thought was a birth year guitar (1963 LM-26 Levin Goliath), only to find out later that it was actually a 62! It was a nice guitar though. If someone would like to send a 63 Epiphone Texan my way, I would very graciously accept! P.S. Or a 63 J-45/50 might fit the bill too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 It's a Volvo PV544. My favourite car since a kid. My grandparents had a dark blue 444 - the one with the ice-cream shaped upper back-lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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