This is a point that I think most "vintage purists" miss. Those guys back then, even back to Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry, were playing new guitars through new amps with new speakers (and probably mismatched power tubes). That was the vintage sound, not this idea that 40 or 60 year old pickups and speakers make the difference.
I may ruffle a few feathers here when I say this, but I think the whole "vintage" guitar market is a device of guitar stores jacking up prices to create a demand and higher profits. To me they are old used guitars that should be in the hands of musicians to play at used prices, not $50,000 investment instruments that end up in a locked glass case on someone's office wall and untouched due to "how much it's worth".
And someone might say; "Well, George G. says it's worth $50,000". That could be because George G. owns a guitar shop and is in the business of selling guitars.
I was drawn to Guild solid bodies because of the Guild acoustics I owned, curiosity and 20+ years ago they were under the radar and I could pick them up for used prices, usually without anyone bidding against. Almost all my used Guild solid bodies bought then were done with opening bids. No competition... except maybe Hans or Matsickma
. Everyone was fixated with "vintage" Fenders and Gibsons. Now, I see 4-figure prices on Guild solid bodies and scratch my head and don't buy. But I'm glad I bought them when I did.