A "Vintage Guitar" is an old guitar, usually collected and maintained by avid collectors. Musicians and dealers argue generally that older, hand-made guitars, much better than the instruments of today's mass production. On the one hand they prodzieren beautiful tones, on the other hand, they are a good investment.

In the late eighties, vintage guitars were very popular with musicians. Musicians discovered that some old instruments sound better than the new ones. Production of many old guitars, especially electric guitars, was set in the past. Then these objects collectibles. Some of these guitars are better than the new one because the old production methods guarantee better quality.

Examples of vintage guitars are pre-CBS Fender guitars. Fender Telecaster, Fender Mustang, Fender Jazz Masters were Jaguar and Vintage Guitars, which later became known and popular as Nirvana and Sonic Youth began to play on second-hand guitars. CBS bought Fender in 1965 and 1970 "Pre-CBS" was a slogan for the Fender quality. In this era of product quality at Gibson, Gretsch, CF Martin & Co. and other U.S. brands has suffered.

"Vintage Guitar" as an investment

For bands, it is financially safer to buy vintage guitars rather than new, because the price will not diminish very quickly after purchase. The Gittler guitar and Fender Swinger exapmles are known. Like vintage cars and other objects of applied art, vintage guitars are more stable in relation to the price as art or shares. Since there is no fashion in instruments are the guitar 50 years old are just as good or better than the new ones. In the nineties, a Japanese investor bought large stocks of 60's guitars, and regarded them as a safe investment. European retailers is also compared American import guitars since the value of the euro has risen with the dollar.

Sonic Youth is known for buying hundreds of expensive guitars for a very low price years. Later they were sold for many times. Their bus was in 1999, stole a large part of their stock. The Stratocaster # 0001, currently owned by David Gilmour is now one of the most expensive collectibles. This guitar was originally sold by Leo Fender. David Gilmour had bought the guitar in the late 70s, for an undisclosed sum. However we know that Taylor is from the sum could buy a house.

Despite the many advantages that favor a number of instrument players for financial reasons, new and tend to buy cheaper guitars.