So you got 5k to spend on a vintage...

spark240

What you going to do?

Purely as a potential future investment, being able to look at it and play it is a bonus, stocks & shares just aint doing it lately.

Birth year stuff is always nice, in my case 1965..

I like the idea of...

Gibson SG, 76 Explorer, some sort of tele...

Whats the view? 

underdog

50s junior for me.

jd0272

^^^^

Sambostar

If I had that much money, it would probably go on an '80's Charvel, which is utterly ridiculous, but then £5k on a guitar is kind of.

dogload

A really nice, clean, custom colour Fender Electric XII

Sassafras

Tele. But that's my answer to everything.

Gassage

5k...

2 minty 65 Twin Reverbs or one minty 57 Twin.

Chalky

A Tele or 335 is never wrong and I'd guess they have the most buoyant secondhand market as they will always appeal to the grey pound.

Sporky

Probably one of those lemon drop ones. But £5k sounds steep; weren't they £300ish new?

Heartfeltdawn

I'd buy a shitload of pedals rather than amps or guitars. Easier to store, more fun to play with, and I think you'd end up making more if you were buying as an investment if you bought the right things. 

axisus

No interest in vintage or a guitar that isn't for playing.

Gassage

Heartfeltdawn said:

I'd buy a shitload of pedals rather than amps or guitars. Easier to store, more fun to play with, and I think you'd end up making more if you were buying as an investment if you bought the right things. 

you could buy as many as two second hand TES's.

Stevepage

Probably a PRS Custom 24 from the first year of production. I can see them doing well as an investment

octatonic

2 x Gretsch Broadkaster drum kits and some Zildjian cymbals, all from the 1950's.

Phil_aka_Pip

ES-175 and depending on how much change there is out of the £5k and what I might add to it, ES-330.

For playing, and sod the "investment"

ESBlonde

3x5 semi from birth year is possible. They will never go big money like a Lester but steady and sensible.

Phil_aka_Pip

ESBlonde said:

3x5 semi from birth year is possible.

Not for me. The 335 started in 1959.

richardhomer

ESBlonde;956707" said:

3x5 semi from birth year is possible. They will never go big money like a Lester but steady and sensible.

Exactly.

Gibson made about as many Cherry 335s in my birth year ('64) as the did Les Pauls in '59 - so they are almost as rare - just no where near as desirable.

Once you get to '65 and beyond, they become something of a vintage bargain.

I bought mine in 2003 for little more than reissue money.

quarky

If I was going to spend that much on one guitar, maybe a Jimmy Page reissue LP? He is going to go the way of Bowie etc like the rest of us, and that might push the interest prices.

richh

I'd go for it, if I found the right one!  But for me, it would be a 'player grade' one with original pickups, okay if it is a bit beaten up, but would have to be playable.  I'd be unlikely to get a mint one, as it would be too expensive, and I'd be scared to play it!

rlw

Could I get 1952 anything that was actually playable?