Vintage Guitars

Baby Boomers Best Investment - Vintage Guitars

By Jerry Sacca

Remember what it was like waiting and wishing you could save enough money to buy your first good guitar?

The only way to get the guitar, amp, or drums you wanted was by purely working part time and earning the money for it. Because after all you worked hard to earn the money to pay for it and it was all yours, a teenage musician learns fast of having that feeling of $ money in your pocket to musician broke! Well, my point is that we never dreamed that those Fender guitars, Gibson guitars, bass guitars, keyboards and Gretsch drums would have been the best investment of our life and we could have put our parents to shame today if we held on to all the instruments we owned in our lifetime. 

Ahh the fun of learning to play guitar or drums--- could you imagine today that if your son or daughter wanted to play drums and you bought them a pair of drumsticks for their birthday and said, "here I bought you a pair of drumsticks to learn to play the drums, "just beat these sticks on this wood block and rubber pad and we will see how good a musician you are and maybe next year we will get you a snare drum"... In recent years the consumer interest in vintage guitars and vintage musical instruments and increased and purchases of these items has hit all time highs and keeps on growing. 

The guitar manufacturers have a new customer market to aim their sights on. Guitar manufacturers have realized that this market is totally different than any other in musical instrument history.

The new breed of re-issue vintage guitars and amplifiers are identical replicas in style and color as their 1950's & 1960's versions

Gretsch Vintage Guitars

By Ruby Katz 

Gretsch vintage Guitars are easily some of the most sought after Guitars today. These antique, vintage Guitars have always been known for their sound and quality. They have managed to stand the test of time, with many Gretsch vintage Guitars managing to stick around to this day.

There are multiple aspects to getting your own Gretsch vintage Guitars, but there are a few things that you should always look at. One of the major things to look at before you even consider buying a Gretsch vintage Guitars is the History of the company and Guitars itself.

The History of Gretsch Guitars

The history of Gretsch Guitars goes all the way back to 1883. Fredrich Gretsch, originally from Germany, began his shop that sold banjos, drums, and tambourines. When his son took over the shop, he continued to make the shop grow. He began to ship in, and out, musical instruments, turning the store into a full fledged store with multiple types of instruments.

This led to the realization that Guitars were becoming incredible popular. He started to import these Guitars, but then found that he could make them. Through the Banjos (and other instruments), he decided to take an approach that offered Guitars more tailored to jazz musician and country musicians. The company has continued to grow, but the old, vintage Guitars are still sought after by many.

How to Find Gretsch Vintage Guitars

If you are looking for new Gretsch vintage Guitars, you are going to want to go to the company website. Many people tend to call these Guitars vintage, but still expect to purchase the brand new one (since they are still in production today, by Fender Musical Instruments). Those who want to make sure that they have the actual antique Guitars will have more work to do, however.

If you are looking for Gretsch vintage Guitars, the first place that you want to look is the local vintage shops, especially any which revolve around musical instruments. While most people will look toward the Internet for their vintage needs, an instrument is something you would rather find in person.

Classifieds are also a great place to look when trying to find these antique Guitars, especially classifieds that are created for the specific instrument type or company type. This is a method that few use, but many use with great success.

If you use the Internet to look for these shops and classifieds, only to find that they do not exist, you can use the Internet in your attempts to find Gretsch vintage Guitars. By using the Internet, you manage to bring a worldwide collection of Guitars and other instruments to your door.

What to Look For in Gretsch Vintage Guitars

If you are looking into Gretsch vintage Guitars, there are a few things that you are going to want to look into. If you fail to look for specific things when purchasing a vintage guitar, you may wind up with an instrument that you are not happy with.

The first thing that you are going to want to look for when looking at Gretsch vintage Guitars is the actual body of the guitar itself. You want to make sure that there are no large dents or dings; these could easily affect the quality of the sound.

The next thing that you want to look for is the sound itself; you want to make sure that when played, it sounds as it should sound. While this will require tuning, it is important for those who actually want to play the guitar. If you are unsure as to the sound, you may not be able to play it as you would like.

After all of that, you simply want to look at price; while antique Gretsch vintage Guitars may not be easy to find, you will also want to make sure that you are not paying too much.

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