Gibson guitars have long been the favourite of Rock legends and regarded as the Rolls Royce of the guitar world. Today Vintage Gibson guitars are sought after not only by musicians and also by investors. The quality of the Vintage Gibson guitars is well known and if they are in first class, original condition they are increasing in value year by year.
What is not always recognized is that not all Vintage Gibsons are as valuable as people think. Your Gibson guitar may have been built between 1930 and 1970 but its condition, its history and the market that will determine the value and the price.
With that in mind I have prepared a short list of some of the more sought after models. This is by no means an extensive list but it will give you an idea in which direction to look if you are a collector of Vintage Gibson guitars.
Perhaps the most famous of all is the Gibson Les Paul and the Les Paul series of guitars.
Les Paul (standard) Model Electric Solidbody 1957-1958 Goldtop and the 1958-1960 Sunburst with Humbucking pickups.
Flying V Electric Solidbody from 1958 to 1963,
Explorer Electric Solidbody from 1958 to 1963
Gibson Thinline Semi-Hollow Electric Archtops, ES-335, ES-345, ES-355 from 1958-1960
Vintage Electric Archtop Gibson ES-150 and ES-250 from 1938 to 1940
L-00 Flattop from 1932 to 1945
L-5, L-5P, L-5C Acoustic Archtop from1922 to 1970 Cutaway models are more valuable than the Non-cutaway models.
The most collectible Gibson Archtops are the larger models made from the early 1930’s to 1959.
Advanced Jumbo Flattop from 1935 to 1940
L-5CES (cutaway) Electric Archtop from 1950’s
Gibson guitars are truly handcrafted works of art made from the finest materials as well as being marvelous instruments which are sought after the world over. The rarer models are not always the most valuable. It is condition, history and actual demand that will govern their worth.
If you prefer the old style but wish to play a new instrument then the Vintage Original Spec range is what you should look at.
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1) When changing a set of strings do them one at a time. This way you will prevent taking all the tension of the neck and avoid possible warping.
2) Never practice at high volume when your mother has a screaming headache. It might result in a brief career.
3) Practicing scales will improve speed. E seems to be the easiest.
4) Take it slow; if you don’t start off slow you might get off on the wrong foot. In the long run it helps make your performance cleaner and a lot less embarrasing.
5) Follow your guitar idol never become your guitar idol. Instead of that surpass them, try to be better then them. It sounds rude and disrespectful but without progress the guitar would would cease as we know it.
6) If your a looking for a guitar but can’t play well enough to figure out which one to get, ask a friend that can play or ask the dealer if he/she can test it out for you. Ask questions, lots of questions.
7) Never ever put duct tape on your guitar. Doing so will result in at least an hour of scraping off all that goo!
Live to play together. Get yourself aqquinted with other guitarist, it doens’t matter if you aren’t very good yet just ask to jam. Stop being so shy and get yourself in front of people.
9) God put a pinky and a thumb on you for a reason and no it’s not for sucking. Using to use both will help you to reach across the fretboard for easier access. The pink can help by extending chords (Dsus4 for ex.) and your thumb can add bass lines to the chord, a la Jimi Hendrix Chords. To master your pinky practice on A minor pentatonic (You can find one, actually a couple, in August 2004 GW featuring Randy Rhoads). Remember to practice slowly.
10) Attending a concert no matter what genre or size of stadium is highly recommended. You haven’t lived if you haven’t been to a concert. Pay close attention to the guitarist, see what he/she is doing. You can be like, “Oh, I’ve never seen anything like that.” and then try to figure out how they did it.
Curtesy, in part, of http://www.sputnikmusic.com
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