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I think the whole vintage thing has always been a
little out of hand, but it seems like it's getting
even more ridiculous lately. The money that some
things are fetching now is absolutely ridiculous. I
was looking at a Jag on eBay a while back that was
totally wrecked. It was a '65, it had most of it's
original hardware and pickups (which all looked a bit
worse for the wear, rusted, etc), but the thing was
beaten to death; it had several nicks and gouges in
the body and had a pretty ameteur looking refinish in
some oddball color. The neck finish on it was pretty
much gone and the headstock looked like it might have
some burns on it. I bid $500 and the reserve wasn't
met. It went all the way up to $650 and it still
wasn't met by the auction's end. By the time you've
paid more than that for the guitar and then spent the
money to get it fixed up cherry, you could easily go
buy a new reissue. When it comes to vintage stuff,
people tend to cheat a little on the grading by saying
"for it's age" or "but it's a vintage instrument." If
you tried to pass off a newer guitar in the same shape
that way people would laugh you right out. I gave up
on the idea of ever owning a real vintage instrument a
long time ago.
Richard
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