_____________This year in the vintage guitar market____________________

This is a time to remain poised- every opportunity counts. Any reasonably good example, of a good vintage guitar by Fender, Gibson or other significant maker will most definitely improve in value, over the next decade. Low economic periods are almost always too brief and hindsight always frustrates us afterwards, by  our inability to understand and seize the opportunites, during the period. How many times have you heard after a low period" If I would've bought such and such ...." or " how could I have been so stupid? They were so cheap then" This is the point in history where we must seize the opportunities.

It's important to understand why the vintage market is down, in some areas. It's purely economic and not through lack of interest. Guitars are among the top collectibles in the world, today. And to the wealth-achieving generations that are now and will follow, guitars represent greater collectible interest than oil paintings. Culturally, the second half of the 20th century was dominanted by musical genres, and electric guitars, principally, led most of those; Rock and Roll, Blues, Jazz, R &B et cetera.

 For the time being, there's downward pressure on many higher priced pieces, but theres upward pressure on many lower priced pieces , and disproportionately for some models that are currently at $2,000 USD, or under. That means there are good reasons to buy both in both catagories, and not to ignore either. 

The basic strategy is to buy pieces, from now until the market takes off again then shift more focus on to selling and trading.

With the U.S dollar on the rise, and the principal collector's electric guitars made in the U.S, it's an additional benifit to buy while the Canadian dollar is still above 90 cents US.

.The cleanest vintage models  are always disproportionately appreciating in value. 

T.S Vineberg (40 West customer)