Re: Collectors???
Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 11:27
Alain,
Although I started this thread, I don't want to 'bash' the Aussie guys with their huge collections of guitars, nor do I wish to 'bash' you!(I live in Australia too- a long way from France!)
I still think that if there were no or fewer collectors, a lot more fine old guitars might be available to a lot of players who would dream of owning just ONE..
These old fine guitars are never going to be around and available to purchase if they stay securely locked up in a few large collections..so they might have just as well have nearly all disappeared or been junked over the years.
If a player wanted, say a 1957 sunburst Strat, unless he has lots of money to try and buy on the current vintage guitar market, a new or modern re-issue is about his only alternative...
Good luck to you- but be careful- that recent flood in Nashville USA destroyed the presumed safely stored collections of a number of famous players...
Although I started this thread, I don't want to 'bash' the Aussie guys with their huge collections of guitars, nor do I wish to 'bash' you!(I live in Australia too- a long way from France!)
I still think that if there were no or fewer collectors, a lot more fine old guitars might be available to a lot of players who would dream of owning just ONE..
These old fine guitars are never going to be around and available to purchase if they stay securely locked up in a few large collections..so they might have just as well have nearly all disappeared or been junked over the years.
If a player wanted, say a 1957 sunburst Strat, unless he has lots of money to try and buy on the current vintage guitar market, a new or modern re-issue is about his only alternative...
Good luck to you- but be careful- that recent flood in Nashville USA destroyed the presumed safely stored collections of a number of famous players...