Best vintage guitar, which doesn't cost the same as a car?

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:03 am

Freddy V-C wrote:
stewart wrote:It's very expensive.
What would a decent price be for a Musicmaster? Â£500 seems good to me but my knowledge of vintage guitars is basically zero.

Â£300 - Â£350

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:54 am

Yes, in the US $400-600.

LimpDickCheney · Post by **LimpDickCheney** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:48 am

Magnatone Zephyr

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:51 pm

I guess it depends on what price car, my car cost 1k. in the USA silvertones are cheap, and really cool.

fender wise, i love the fender lead. they are cheaper right now and i think going up in price. and made in the USA.

jumbledupthinking · Post by **jumbledupthinking** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:41 am

Just a quick heads-up to the OP (+ Freddy / any other UKers interested in musicmasters), that there's one on ebay right now with a B.I.N. price of Â£425)
LINK
Not affilliated with this in any way, but as the owner of one I can confirm that 78 musicmasters fucking rule!

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:21 pm

That is pretty damn clean!

Better than some I've recently seen at on ebay for the same kind of price.

The prices of these seem to be rocketing too!

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:38 pm

Saw that the other day, looks spotless.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:39 pm

These guitars are def a safe bet, I've yet to find a bad one (and that's pretty impressive for the 70s). It looks in fantastic condition too. Selling my 70s MM is one of the most stupid things I've ever done.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 2:51 pm

That is very nice

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:39 pm

Nick wrote:I was playing my '65 Vox Tempest at practice last night and felt compelled to mention it in this thread as a suggestion. I paid $700 (well, more like my Gibson LP Studio) for it and it's a nice solid guitar, the pickups are louder and brighter than my Rickenbacker Hi Gains (though they are somewhat microphonic)

Some of the 6 string versions can sell for around $500-600, they're not the prettiest things in the world but they're a solid vintage guitar as opposed to cheapos of that era and something pretty unique.

Here's mine

This one is on sale for $399 at my local store. It's a made at the Dartford factory VOX ACE.

jumbledupthinking · Post by **jumbledupthinking** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 6:01 pm

AddamInsane wrote:The prices of these seem to be rocketing too!

They can still definitely be snagged for a sensible price if you look around. That said, there are always places that'll play the "vintage" card to try & justify charging silly money. There's one in GAK in Brighton right now that they want Â£899 for!!

Agree that these are one of the last lot of affordable pre-80s fenders out there. The necks alone make these a viable proposition for those of us who like the 24" scale (guessing that's most of us!), the simplicity & great sound are the icing on the cake. I can barely put mine down....my other guitars hardly get a look in these days!

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 7:07 pm

That is really nice. I am still looking at vintage guitars, ebay almost every day. Waiting for the right one to jump at.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:26 am

No updat so I guess you haven't found anything yet?

Almost untouched as it not modded much Rapier.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Watkins-Rapie ... 0753092107