Not to mention LTG's own FS/FT marketplace.If you decide to go the vintage route, in the future, Dave's Guitar seem to be offering nice used Guilds at reasonable prices, from time to time. Their used acoustic page is updated frequently.
Not to mention LTG's own FS/FT marketplace.If you decide to go the vintage route, in the future, Dave's Guitar seem to be offering nice used Guilds at reasonable prices, from time to time. Their used acoustic page is updated frequently.
Beautiful post, @Br1ck I couldn't agree more.A new guitar will never replicate an old one. There is certainly no reason to buy an old guitar if you don't like what they bring to the table. Old wood can not be reproduced. Patina can be beautiful. Wood quality can be better, and nostalgia can play a part. If none of this floats your boat, buy a guitar less than ten years old.
I can't make anyone appreciate my hundred and ten year old bungalow if they would rather live in a modern condo. But every so often someone comes to my house and is agog like a five year old at Disneyland. Yes those light fixtures are period correct from scouring antique stores. Many don't notice. I focus on the fine finish checking a guitar has acquired in its life, and the natural wear patterns. But I'm like that with everything. We had a power outage recently and had to use my wife's great grandmother's coffee grinder. What a machine!
Suffice to say, if you have the bug, money is secondary.
Never say never again.If I never get my F50, it will be from the 70s.