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The problem with the Dan Smiths is people call loads of stuff Dan Smith strat when it's not.
I'd reccommend a Tokai, MIJ or Squier from that time as they were really at the top of their game then.
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so that's the house plus my soul.
I do have a 69 Custom,its as close as I'll get.
I sometimes have dreams where I customise the saddles on the freeflyte and it suddenly becomes an awesome guitar. The knife-edge is an amazing surface for tone transfer and really hard steel - so it has potential. I was wondering about some kind of Floyd style string locking..
Dan Smith strats are awesome, though.
FOr a more traditional Strat, I think Fender might have started to get their act together by then. I think the management buyout from CBS was 1985?
I don't know if they'd restarted US production by 86, but there could be some nice Japanese ones from this era.
1986 was also the 2nd year of PRS production. Their quantities were quite small at that stage and you'd pay a lot as these are collectable but you'd probably do well on resale if you ever sold it on.
Edit: Scratch the PRS - you're getting into stupid money for an 86. I found one with an advertised price of $9,995.
No joy to date..
Thanks for that - all these youngsters were starting to make me feel old
I'm another '69. Nearest I have at the moment is a Hondo 12 string acoustic... it was made in the 80s, but it's trying to look like a Martin, so has the "Hondo Guitar Co, Est. 1969" on the headstock - half way there!
Actually if I was going to put huge money into a guitar (which I almost certainly never will) I'd be more likely to go for something from the late 50s than the late 60s - probably something like a Gretsch 6120. A '69 ES335 or even a LP would be nice, but I suspect still more money than I'm prepared to spend (my most expensive guitar is about £500-worth - I'm a bit of a miser! - plus it's good enough for my playing IMO).
1986 is a good year for PRS, the low serial numbered ones are going up in value but the slump in the guitar market means there are bargains still to be had.
A pre standard ( it was confusingly just called the PRS Guitar which got renamed to standard in 87, most people refer to the early ones as pre standards) player like mine will still cost a few grand but the prices have dropped considerably.
Mine is all mahogany, brazillian rosewood fingerboard, one piece milcom trem with the birds upgrade (pretty rare on this model) and the infamous winged tuners which were something of a revelation back in 80's a tremmed guitar that could be dive bombed and still stay in tune without a pile of allen keys and a degree in physics just to keep the guitar in tune.
I've owned this one since 1986 and it was my main gigging guitar right up until last year.
Every ding is story and its just a lovely tactile guitar that i can guarantee will be in tune when i take it out of its case.
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My 1955 (my dad's birthyear) Framus archtop cost less than £50. The framus isn't the most exciting guitar I own but its nice enough to get regular play and be worth keeping
I have a regal resonator from 1937, it cost less than £400. its age alone does not make it a valuable example, but its a nice little guitar I am happy to own
Your all getting greedy by expecting a classic design from your birth year.
My birth year is 1980. I don't particularly want a classic design from 1980, there are a few more unusual and rare things i wouldn't mind though and rarity and age don't always equate to value ... so if I ever do get a birth year guitar it will more likely be something very much of its time thats not too expensive
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Mine was started in 85 and finished in january 86 so i have two serial numbers
in the pick up cavity there's a 5 0*** and on the headstock its got a 6 0*** number
It'll never be worth the big bucks as its a proper road warrior, the collectors prefer the blingy custom 24's in mint condition.
If i ever sell it i would want it to go to a player not someone who'll just hang it on a wall like a trophy
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