My claim to vintage is a 1965 SG Special that was bought new by my Dad for my brother.
Naturally, I made the bonehead move of having it modded for a tune-o-matic in 1971, so it has no value whatsoever, except to my family. I learned to play guitar on it.
I rarely play it, and, in fact, for a little while, it’s lived at my brother’s house. Sort of a return home, since I pretty much stopped playing it in 1991, when I got my first PRS. My son learned to play on it, too. So it’s made the rounds!
My 594 Soapbar sounds every bit as vintage, only (I think) better, and plays SO much better. No reason to have the SG here, except for nostalgia. I’m not into nostalgia.