Starter vintage guitar ideas?

Milk

After my recent ''show of real road work guitars'' thread and seeing many guitars i feel a need for. what are some good starter vintage guitars that dont attract mega dollars. sadly i wont afford a old les paul in the near future but looking for ideas.

no idea of budget as of yet just i like to have a nosy and probably buy something

Milk

gringopig

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ten77guitar

Difficult one without a budget. I would decide on that first. Why dollars - are you in the US?

Also what kind of guitars do you like? If you like oddballs you can find bargains out there. If you like what everyone else likes then it’s a different story. 

maltingsaudio

Vintage guitars worth worrying about amount to strats,  teles,les Paul’s,les Paul juniors, and 335’s all of which have out grown their values 

Milk

anything up to mid 80s would be my top limit. i have no idea what brand id want but i know that i would never afford a old gibson or fender anyway. i see loads of obscure japanese stuff on reverb that looks like it could be fun.

I wouldnt be looking for something in immaculate original condition because it usually generated a higher price and i like to mess around with guitars too. so solid, never owned nitro finish on a guitar so that would be nice and not impossibe to replace parts is useful too. the whole purpose is to see if i can live with a old guitar and possible a gateway to future expensive needs for more.

meltedbuzzbox

Cheapest way is to not buy into the bullshit.

Not all that is old is gold. In fact an awful lot of it is a right bag of shite.  
You can generally buy better modern guitars with all the historical appointments if you want them.

soma1975

60s 345 can be had for around £6k right? Swap out the wiring and you basically have a 60s 335

Milk

there is enough strats, teles, les pauls ect out there that they can be boring. dont get me wrong id love such a guitar but oddball stuff interests me nowdays.

wrinkleygit

Buy stuff with “Made in the UK” stamped on the back of the headstock e.g. JJ Hucke or 90’s Eggles, one day the world will wake up to how good some of these are & perhaps in 25 years time you will make your fortune.

Milk

@wrinkleygit i like your thinking. i tend to lose money on compulsive buys and sales than make any money. searching them now see if anything looks good to me.

Iamnobody

The £1350 63 Melody Maker in the classifieds here seems a non bank breaking way of getting into vintage. Then if you like the vibe you could look at others. 

Milk

i loved it and was eying that up.

Bennyboy-UK

If I was going to get a portfolio of up and coming vintage guitars, I guess I’d be learning more about 70s and 80s US Dean and BC Rich guitars (Hamers are my thing - so you can leave those alone ) get pro knowledge of Japanese 70s and early 80s guitars and buy some of the top stuff that was produced by those makers.

Something like that anyway.

wrinkleygit

Project Music, have this,  https://www.projectmusic.net/jj-jewel-hh-cherry-red-guitar-pre-owned-26806-p.asp
Under £600 , ridiculous value!!!

Milk

any good places to search other than ebay and reverb?

gringopig

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gringopig

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Milk

@Bennyboy-UK the Hamer ones in the style of a les paul junior look nice.

il look there @gringopig thankyou

wrinkleygit

wrinkleygit said:

Buy stuff with “Made in the UK” stamped on the back of the headstock e.g. JJ Hucke or 90’s Eggles, one day the world will wake up to how good some of these are & perhaps in 25 years time you will make your fortune.

gringopig said:

wrinkleygit said:

Project Music, have this,  https://www.projectmusic.net/jj-jewel-hh-cherry-red-guitar-pre-owned-26806-p.asp
Under £600 , ridiculous value!!!

True but not vintage at all really.

It will be in another 25 years, also I’ve just searched “Eggle “ in Facebook Market Place & found a non standard LA at £350 in Somerset.

Kittyfrisk

Don't forget that Gibson ceased production of the Les Paul between 1961 to 1968, as sales of the now 'Holy Grail' guitars were so poor due to people not liking them.  Fickle thing fashion 
Buy something that you really like & hope that is something you will continue to enjoy.
Also, don't flip it immediately if you get bored or you think the next purchase will be 'the one'.
Why even attempt to second guess the future, or use guitars as investment speculations 

greggreg66

+1 for a melody maker. I never particularly liked the look of them until I tried one this year and it was so good. Think the similar Epiphone Olympics look cool too.