The most in-depth book ever written about vintage guitars and how their values changed over time.
This book examines over 20 years of vintage guitar price trends and shows what factors affect the vintage guitar market both during good times and bad. Guitars made by the “Big Five” (Fender, Gibson, Gretsch, Martin, and Rickenbacker) represent the bulk of this work. However, a limited sampling of other significant brands (Ampeg, B.C. Rich, Bigsby, Charvel, Danelectro, D’Angelico, Dean, Dobro, Epiphone, Guild, Hamer, Ibanez, Jackson, Kay, Kramer, Mosrite, National, PRS, Stella, Travis Bean and Vox) are also included.
Ram W. Tuli loves to share his passion for vintage guitars and amps with other collectors. This is his third “vintage instrument” book and is broader in scope than his previous books. His first book, Naked and Dimed, My Lifelong Quest for Awesome Tone (2019) examines the tone and textures of vintage Fender amps. His second book, Stratocasters and Telecasters, A Love Story (2020) examines his love for Fender’s two most iconic guitars.
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This is a show I’ll never forget. My son, Will, filled in on drums. He was only 16 at the time. He did quite a few shows with us in those days.
Is it possible that one Fender amp model is better than all the others? It is my humble opinion that nothing can beat the ‘59 Bandmaster. The narrow panel Bassman and Pro do come mightily close, though.
As most of you know, I am a lifelong seeker of near perfect tone. The 52 Tele will always rule supreme… but a 63 SG Special (without the darn wiggle comb) will come mighty close.
Trying to find my “early” sound. All my pedals have dead batteries. I guess I haven’t used them in a while.
In a room full of guitars and amps, I seem to love this 1959 Bassman and 1960 Strat best (today). This Strat used to belong to Tom Guerra and this amp used to belong to Tommie James. They are the Crown Jewels of my collection!
Today in the Tone Tomb… (dare I say it, but I love this polyurethane finished ‘69 maple cap neck more than most of the others)
My first Les Paul. I took out a loan at the Navy Orlando Federal Credit Union to buy her. It took me almost 4 years to pay her off, right before I got out of the navy. She was the most important and expensive thing I bought when I was a young man. I rarely play her these days, but did so today. She sounded great through the ‘59 Bassman.
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