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You can't just label vintage as rare - or indeed collectible - yet these factors come into play - It is linked to an era both regarding archive and ownership at the time - it is linked to desirable - Certainly with guitars it is linked to a history of use by artists on certain recordings and live performances - I dare say someone with a better use of words might be able to define it far better than I can - But I can certainly state that age alone is not vintage - 100% fact
I don't think we ever thought of "Vintage gear" .It was just considered old,out of fashion and normally knackered!Perhaps some more learned members like Guitars4you can correct me if I am wrong.
Today the term Vintage can mean so many things - It is not just about the finer qualities that a 59 LP can offer, as a 'budget' guitar from the Sears catalogue like Silvertone and Dan Electro are now both desirable, fairly rare and collectible - certainly vintage when talking about an era - But not particularly great guitars with regard to build quality and playing performance, yet equally weird and wonderful and right up @HarrySeven 's street
I'm not sure I can define vintage in an easy term, phrase or sentence - I can certainly state that 20 or 30 years alone doesn't make it vintage IMO, yet certain guitars from this 'non vintage era' are still collectible and desirable and represent many qualities that suit today's players - I think I can help to define what isn't vintage
Does anyone want some vintage rubber? They don't make 'em like they used to.
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To me "vintage" still means 1950s and 1960s and (according to received wisdom) any guitar made in the 1970s is shit.
And I'd have said exactly the same in 1983.