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The way in which Gibson (and now Fender) stratified their product lines in increasingly more expensive categories has been pretty brilliant.
It isn't for me- I stick to my modern, and in some circles bereft-of-mojo, Anderson/Suhr/PRS/Forshage instruments and they do me fine.
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Something that drives me mad with people who own old guitars is that they won't have knackered parts replaced "because they're original". I certainly don't replace original parts unless there's no alternative - it's often possible to restore an old pot or switch with a bit of care, and make it work perfectly well again - but if that fails then it needs to be replaced without worrying about "loss of value".
I don't even really agree with keeping the old parts, unless they have dating information which is not present anywhere else on the instrument - if they've been taken out it's because they're knackered, so why would you ever want to refit them? Or worse than that, people paying good money for second hand parts to "re-originalise" an old guitar... which is only one step away from fakery if you think about it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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I don't mean you have to turn a clean original old guitar into a players grade example - But when you find a players grade guitar, then upgrade accordingly and you can be on to something very nice indeed
ICBM said:
I acquired a mid 60's Epi Sheraton recently - Knackered 3 way switch - Most hardware original etc, so I wanted to keep it straight if possible - Eventually managed to clean and salvage the switch, but it was on the radar for replacement - Sooner or later owners have to accept that such parts need to be replaced
I was recently offered an early 60's SG Special - Owner said all original inc the frets , but they had been dressed so many times that they were effectively a metal line on the fingerboard - What is the purpose of leaving a guitar like this - The owner said he wanted to keep it with original frets, even though it was unplayable IMO - I asked what is now original abut those frets, when a large part of them has been 'dressed/removed' following such repair work over the years - Totally barmy IMO
I still like old guitars, but they have to be in a working format in one guide or another
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Interested to know why you sold the two Collings. Was it because you wanted models with Throbaks?
When there was a wood debate before, I did google it. I found an academic paper that did show that there were changes in the structure of woods over time. That was mainly looking at timber used in structures, where some of it was very old indeed (hundreds of years).
How quickly these things change, I do not know.
As well as how it ages, the wood may not be the same to start with. The "Honduras" mahogany used by Gibson in the late 50s is a significantly less dense that the stuff used to make the modern factory production - as seen in the weight of the guitars, unless they have weight relief.
At the time I had a completely stock 1979 Yamaha SA700 (it now belongs to TTony) which sounded every bit as good as the Collings Soco - so Collings sort of 'fell' in my eyes.
I have a lot of respect for folk like Ash at Oil City and Marc at Mojo. Some of Monty's research findings re: good PAFs vs bad PAFs make for logical and interesting reading - respect.
But to say that just because someone has bought the old machines that Gibson used to use their pickups are superior and we need to pay crazy money for them quite frankly just irritated me. And the fact that Collings was endorsing these pickups made me lose respect for Collings...
By that time, I had also myself put together a couple of partcasters - which really both sounded and played incredible (they were set up very nicely by a rather good guitar tech). So when I understood that there really is no magic to the recipe of a good electric guitar, the 'mystique' was sort of broken a bit for me...
The second Collings was an acoustic OM1, rather beautifully made, but really didn't sound that great. Also I remember an interview with Chris Martin IV who said 'if you buy a dreadnought / 000 / OM and it's not a Martin, I don't care how much you paid, you bought a copy'. And I thought he was right.
When I bought this one (below) which blows out of the water every other acoustic guitar I have ever played (and has its own individual design that isn't a copy of anything else), it was time for the OM1 to go.
[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/BNMVMbw.jpg)
[Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/2l8Vm4E.jpg)
it probably needs new machine heads and a new scratch plate at some point in the not to distant future too.
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