RickP
Established 1960, Still Not Dead
I can’t wait to buy that 58/59 Les Paul for $500. And I owe it all to YouTubers. Oh, happy day…
The cola wars were real, I don’t think it’s appropriate to make light of them.Ice cream.
I’d go $600 if it was a 59 just saying.I can’t wait to buy that 58/59 Les Paul for $500. And I owe it all to YouTubers. Oh, happy day…
The cola wars were real, I don’t think it’s appropriate to make light of them.
That’s the first thing that I said when I saw title. But there are actually quite a few videos and discussions on this subject. They did a pretty good job of describing what a lot of the younger guitarists think of the older guitars, at least that’s what I picked up from watching a few of the different videos.What, pray tell, is a “boomer guitar?” These guys live off $hit stirring.
I don’t think it has anything to do with singers and their voices, autotune has enabled them to pretty much make anyone sound good. Its all about finding entertainers and not so much musicians. They look for someone with a story they can push or some freak that can shock the audience.My feeling, though, is not focused so much on guitarists these days as it is on vocalists, and why having a great singing voice can be your ticket to celebrity. That being said, I can't personally sing and play worth beans yet, and am hoping to put more practice time in with my guitar so my skill level can hang with the house band at open-mics. There may be a time where I can learn to sing and play, but realistically, you gotta learn how to do one before you can learn how to do both at the same time.
But you're going on the assumption that the younger generation wants the older “boomer guitars”. An item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. So if you try to sell a guitar for $10k and nobody ever buys it, is it really worth $10k??Yup. As the supply dwindles, the prices increase. Simple economics.
Dr.Pepper FTW!The cola wars were real, I don’t think it’s appropriate to make light of them.
Plus there were Cola War crimes.The cola wars were real, I don’t think it’s appropriate to make light of them.
My mommy bought me a LPC in 89 for $660 at GC.When I moved to florida in late ‘89 the pawn shops around Tampa, Clearwater, etc were littered with Marshall heads, like older non master volume stuff and JCM800’s. They were giving them away at around 350 apiece. Of course I was dead broke but I wanted a trailer full, not because they would be valuable, but because they killed and sounded amazing. I remember being in Brattleboro, VT a little while later and seeing a shop demo Les Paul Custom for $1350 and I passed, was a lot of money for me then. if Only……
That sounds like a great mom. Lucky man you are.My mommy bought me a LPC in 89 for $660 at GC.
I miss that woman.
pops, ibanez artist hollowbody, ’86, $400, harris music and sound.My mommy bought me a LPC in 89 for $660 at GC.
I miss that woman.
Dr.Pepper FTW!
All other colas are trash.
Cricket Cola is the only one, baby.That ain’t no cola, that’s some kind of fancy Sarsaparilla dude.
Ever since Wolf Cola folded.Cricket Cola is the only one, baby.