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Guitar Reissues: Everything Old is new Again

Antique Collector | June 3, 2009

I am not sure who made the first reissue guitar. Maybe it was those 1966 Gibson Flying V’s, which were made somewhat like the 1958 models. Of course way back then there were fewer models to reissue. The electric guitar reissue craze seemed to really blossom in the 1990’s. Guitar buyers liked the vintage style reissue guitars and there were a growing number of reissues to choose from.  This happened partly because the real vintage guitars were becoming too expensive for mere mortals to afford.

Guitar Center Legends

Antique Collector | June 3, 2009

Great news for those with a particular interest in vintage guitars. Guitar Center is currently taking their Legend Collection on the road. Guitars that will be featured are Eric Clapton’s Blackie Fender Stratocaster and Gibson ES-335, along with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Lenny Fender Stratocaster, which were purchased from a charity for the neat sum of over 2.4 million dollars! Also the tour will include a vintage road show, featuring hundreds of the rarest and most valuable guitars, amplifiers a