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I might stick with the '62 CW?
I love the old vibrating back, lightly built Gibsons. My '59 is a fine guitar. I also went through a J 45 TV cycle. I had a fantastic 2013 and one weak day I sold it after it sat dormant in my closet for a few months. The buyer was happy with it and did not want to resell it back, even for a few hundred more. I then bought 2 others. They weren't close. One had some strange overuse summer festival wear that was not disclosed with pictures. Another that just didn't have the originals large dynamic range. But the fourth has all the magic of the one I had to begin with. They sound and feel are different. That's the fun of the hunt for the one that moves you. |
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Playing a nice old guitar like my 1937 Gibson L-0 is like taking it easy when you realise the weather is really getting hot and up until now you have been running around like a mad thing - you have to slow down a bit on the old Gibson, maybe, but the extra tone from the old wood takes up the space.
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I feel more confident in a “modern” guitar as a do-it-all workhorse. Also a factor.
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I'm not equipped to fix old things, whether it's in my house, my car, or my guitars. I think the newer guitars are built extremely well and sound great too. I look forward to experiencing their changes, as they age over time.
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Turns out I have a login here and haven't visited since 2013. ????????????. The weather sucks this Summer and I plan a number of guitar projects when it turns better. Hopefully soon. Anyway, I have been working on a small collection and my tastes are getting more refined. A rescued a number of bargain guitars and worked extensively on a number of them. Skills, tools, and techniques have improved. I will be going through the CIT-9000 soon. Got her off the Goodwill auction. What do you guys know about her? Years? Model numbers? Construction? I think this is a MIJ solid top dreadnaught from the early 70s. Finish is almost certainly nitrocellulose. I have finished a couple of Telecasters in nitro and know the stuff well. The pinned bridge screams late 60s / early 70s Asian construction to me. Great condition, I think she sported a hard case all her life. Came to me in a nice one. Here she is... Oh well... I guess I need to host images on URL somewhere. Working on that. |
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I will be going through the CIT-9000 soon.
I have two CIT-9000s... one nice one and the one with the problem at the binding... Looking at it now, it seems also to have a soon-to-be-lifting bridge... I should send it to you to fix ... Here's the nice one. It is nice because the luthier set the neck and shimmed the nut and I don't remember what else. Silly thing to do to a guitar that cost $100.00 in 1975 or so... it has sentimental value... I looked at the edge of the soundhole, and it does look solid... ida know... -Mike |
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I practice on new guitars and play fingerstyle and slack key on new guitars as the rich overtones and lushness really help those pursuits. But for blues, rags, and flat picking the dryness of a vintage cannot be beat. And by vintage, I mean pre-1945. The 1950s to be ok for price considerations. I don’t consider much past 1960 as something I would buy. My guitars range 1933-1937 (6), from 1979-1989 (3) and ”modern”. The 1979, 1980, and 1989 are all Franklins which were very lightly built during the horribly overbuilt 1970s. The rest are from the 2005-2018. |
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I own vintage and new (newer), acoustic and electric. There is no better for me, they are all great guitars and I love 'em.
My all time favorite acoustic is my 2013 Gibson OJ. I also own two all original 56's Fender Stratocasters,but my number 1 is my Fender Custom Shop Strat made by Chris Fleming to late '56 specs.
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I buy and play what sounds good. Some new; some not so new. My favorite player right now is the '94 Yairi. It just hits all of the checkboxes for me.
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Forty or older year wood just sounds better to me. But guitars are more consistent now. But I'll always take a good old guitar. Nostalgia, aesthetics, and tone all figure in.
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Well, what is true is that every guitar is individual and has to be judged on its individual merits. I have played pre-war dogs and really excellent newer guitars.
I think it is a matter of individual taste. Many players like the idea that new guitars are going to be trouble free (they are not going to break trouble free). Many who like older guitars love the idea that others have played them and loved them for many decades (which actually has no impact on whether or not they are any good). I happen to like older guitars but my main go-to guitar is a 17 year old Martin that was new when I bought it. As an aside, that Martin has had the bridge off twice, has had binding issues, and the intonation was off. Nothing trouble free about it. My older guitars have had all their weaknesses fixed. To be completely honest, I really like the way they look, the old Gibson sunburst and scratch-plate pattern, the Hawaiian designs on the Style O National, the faded California orange of the Gretsch. I like the play wear, I like the weather checking, I like the fingerboard pits. But I hate the original tuners…
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vintage guitars are a love hate thing for sure, but it's hard to beat the tone of a pre war guitar, if it plays and that is the catch
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