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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My 1931 Martin OM-28 finally arrived!! I was on pins and needles as I tracked it as it moved slowly westward from Nashville. Eric Newell did an awesome job packing it. I must now sell two guitars (for every one that comes in, two must go out). If you read my latest book, the one featured on the cover is one I will likely sell. Not sure what the other one will be yet. It’s actually heartbreaking to even think about.
Today in the Tone Tomb… This early production DR was my stage amp for years. She was basically side-lined when the PR arrived. Both get some much-needed love today. You can hear both these amps on the Naked and Dimed album/book/website.
All these amps are 100% functional and are in as close to original condition as possible. They are written about in the book Naked and Dimed and can be heard on the Naked and Dimed album. All amps can also be heard isolated on Nakedanddimed.com.
Today in the Tone Tomb… both mid-size black panel amps get a workout. Is the Vibrolux Reverb better sounding than the Pro Reverb? Yes. But the Pro Reverb gets to the sweat spot at a much lower volume. All in all, the Vibrolux Reverb is one of my favorite Fender amps of all time.
Nashville Day 2 (Part 2). After Rumble Seat, Torey and I did lunch at Hattie B’s and then Torey gave me a tour of Starstruck Studios! The best part of the day was we just talked Telecasters all day!! I got to meet and play 3 of his incredible Black Guards!
Nashville Day 2 (Part 1). Spent an incredible day with Torey Harding. Our first stop, Rumble Seat Music! It was great to finally meet Eliot Michael in person!
Today was awesome. My son and I spent the afternoon with George Gruhn. I fell in love with a 1931 OM-28. I guess she’ll be coming home with me.
Every amp in my collection must be played once a month for at least an hour. This 6G9 is now going on its second week. I Guess I’m not ready to move on yet.
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.
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