GuitarPoint - Vintage and Custom Shop Guitars (2024)

FAQs

What is the most sought after vintage guitar? ›

Generally speaking, guitars from 1950 to the early 80s are considered “vintage” instruments. Among the most expensive guitars are vintage Gibson Les Pauls, Explorers, and Flying Vs, with 1958 to 1960 models fetching the highest prices.

completely Custom-spec, made-to-measure builds, every Custom Shop guitar is carefully handmade from the finest materials and components, reflecting over 100 years of tradition, innovation, and uncompromising craftsmanship.

When you commission a custom shop guitar, you start with a base production model then configure it to suit the player's needs. You can typically choose hardware, pickups and color choice, but can sometimes get to choose woods and other materials.

What is a vintage guitar? While an antique is defined as an object over 100 years old, there's no strict chronological definition of what makes something vintage. Typically, though, guitars around 30 years old or older fall into that category, and even newer instruments will often be labeled as such by sellers.

In other words, the older wood becomes more stable and reaches equilibrium. These changes cause the guitar top to become dryer, and lighter and more stiff as it ages… the perfect recipe for an improving top. The lighter and stiffer a top is, the better it will sound if everything else is equal.

Overview. Established in 1986, the Gibson Custom Shop is based in Nashville alongside the Gibson USA factory. The workshop produces three main lines of guitars.

After confirmation of an order, your instrument will be worked into the Custom Shop production schedule, and construction will begin as soon as that schedule permits. Delivery of a custom "one off" instrument will usually take between six and ten months.

For years, serial numbers have been used in various locations on Fender instruments, such as the top of the neck plate, the front or back of the headstock and the back of the neck near the junction with the body.

one of the biggest differences between an off-the-shelf Fender and a Custom Shop Fender is that the lower end Fender models are usually built in a factory. Machine precision cuts and all the same pickups and materials, these are the bread and butter of the Fender line of guitars.

The Fender Custom Shop began in 1987, under the supervision of then-CEO Schultz.

How much is a custom shop build Fender? ›

How much does a Fender Custom Shop guitar cost? The price for a new or used Fender Custom Shop guitar can vary from around $2,000 to more than $10,000. Generally speaking, the more limited, ornate, or complicated the build, the more expensive the guitar will be.

1 - Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged Guitar

One year on from the world-record sale of David Gilmour's Black Strat, Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar sold for a massive $6,010,000 (£4,960,000) at auction in June 2020 and became the World's Most Expensive Guitar in the process.

But what does matter — and what may surprise you — is that rare vintage guitars can sell for anything from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars! And while not every vintage guitar will fetch you a price that makes you a millionaire, there is no doubt that they are solid investments that carry high value.

A quick Google or Ebay search of your make and model will show you what others are selling guitars like yours for. You can also consult the Blue Book of Guitar Values to see what it is worth. Another great resource is Vintage Guitar Magazine's Price Guide, which is regularly updated and available at Amazon.