Recommend me a year of birth guitar.....

StanleyAccrington · October 2019

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

ICBM · October 2019

Höfner President

Fuengi · October 2019

Hold out for the new 'Fender Fandango' line in 39 years time.

Kittyfrisk · October 2019

Not a piss take,but maybe an Epiphone 1958 Explorer Korina reissue?
Keeping it within the price range while still referencing the year

Skipped · October 2019

https://www.gbase.com/gear/stewart-oriphonic-1958

https://gbmedia.azureedge.net/aza/user/gear/1958-stewart-oriphonic.jpg?maxheight=500&maxwidth=500

meltedbuzzbox · October 2019

StanleyAccrington said:

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

Seems a pointless exercise if it's just to tick a box

Jimbro66 · October 2019

1958 is an interesting year because the ban on imported American guitars was still in force (until June '59) so there were very few in the UK during your birth year. British guitarists had to make do with British, European and Japanese made guitars. As ICBM said, Hofner were very popular. Probably the ones considered most cool then were the Grimshaw SS Deluxe played by Joe Moretti, Joe Brown, Bruce Welch and many others and the Futurama played by Tony Sheridan, which was about the closest to a Strat at a time when blatant copies were not around.

Probably most guitars from the major Americans are well over budget but Harmony might be a possibility. Grimshaw might also just be in budget but asking prices are getting silly lately. Hofner if you are aware of the issues they can have.

No doubt there are others I've missed, not having my Tony Bacon book handy, so it will be interesting to see what other suggestions are made.

Sassafras · October 2019

I've never understood this year of birth guitar ownership, is it a sort of bucket list thing. Supposing it was like wine where some years are rubbish?

guitargeek62 · October 2019

Sassafras said:

I've never understood this year of birth guitar ownership, is it a sort of bucket list thing. Supposing it was like wine where some years are rubbish?

Just for the novelty really! I got my first one last week, mostly because I love the model but the fact that it's a "birth-year" was a neat bit of kudos to add to it.

*edit* @Skipped that Stewart thing is gorgeous, nice find!

StanleyAccrington · October 2019

Kittyfrisk said:

Not a piss take,but maybe an Epiphone 1958 Explorer Korina reissue?
Keeping it within the price range while still referencing the year

No piss take taken fellow board member. I'll check out all suggestions made on this thread. I should have stipulated that condition and playability aren't top of the criteria. The year of manufacture is though.

StanleyAccrington · October 2019

Sassafras said:

I've never understood this year of birth guitar ownership, is it a sort of bucket list thing. Supposing it was like wine where some years are rubbish?

I was born in 1958....I reckon my time left on this earth is somewhat limited....so yeah, maybe it is a bucket list kinda thing!!

Sassafras · October 2019

StanleyAccrington said:

Sassafras said:

I've never understood this year of birth guitar ownership, is it a sort of bucket list thing. Supposing it was like wine where some years are rubbish?

I was born in 1958....I reckon my time left on this earth is somewhat limited....so yeah, maybe it is a bucket list kinda thing!!

In that case I wouldn't want a constant reminder that I'm not for long on this Earth.

StanleyAccrington · October 2019

meltedbuzzbox said:

StanleyAccrington said:

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

Seems a pointless exercise if it's just to tick a box

It might be something to bequeath to my son.

diap · October 2019

StanleyAccrington said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

StanleyAccrington said:

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

Seems a pointless exercise if it's just to tick a box

It might be something to bequeath to my son.

In that case would it not be better to buy a guitar from his birth year?

Might mean more to him and you get to play it till you croak! Even better if it means you get a better guitar for the same money!

TheMarlin · October 2019

diap said:

StanleyAccrington said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

StanleyAccrington said:

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

Seems a pointless exercise if it's just to tick a box

It might be something to bequeath to my son.

In that case would it not be better to buy a guitar from his birth year?

Might mean more to him and you get to play it till you croak! Even better if it means you get a better guitar for the same money!

If my father left me a guitar, I’d treasure it, as would be about the memories he created.

Alas, my father has only left me a knackered accordion. Which is fine by me. Who wants a working one! Yuk!

Hes still alive by the way, stubborn old mule!

meltedbuzzbox · October 2019

StanleyAccrington said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

StanleyAccrington said:

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

Seems a pointless exercise if it's just to tick a box

It might be something to bequeath to my son.

1k invested with a financial body would yield a better return

Kittyfrisk · October 2019

meltedbuzzbox said:

StanleyAccrington said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

StanleyAccrington said:

.....1958...no Les Pauls though. The cheaper the better but £1 grand max if one takes my fancy. Thank you.

Seems a pointless exercise if it's just to tick a box

It might be something to bequeath to my son.

1k invested with a financial body would yield a better return

Spoken with the voice of a computer & soul of an accountant

Although, you're not wrong

GuyR · October 2019

You can get quite an interesting 1958 acoustic - Guild, Levin or similar sub £1k. Year of birth guitar to pass on is a nice idea. My son will enjoy my '65 jazz bass, I hope, when the time comes.