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An Interview With Vintage Guitar Collector and Author George Gruhn PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Dave Margulius, Collectors Weekly Staff   

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In this interview, George Gruhn talks about collecting vintage electric and acoustic guitars. A well known author, dealer, and frequent contributor to Vintage Guitar magazine, George is based in Nashville and can be reached via his website at http://Gibson Style 0 1924www.gruhn.com.

I started out primarily as a collector and the business aspect of it evolved over time, almost by accident. I didn’t start out with the intention of being a vintage guitar dealer. As a college student, Mom and Dad were willing to buy me one good guitar, and a good guitar back then didn’t cost near as much as a good guitar today. Even if you wanted a vintage one, it was hard to spend over $300. There wasn’t much out there that would cost more.

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The Fender Stratocaster Guitar: Young At 50 PDF Print E-mail
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The Fender Stratocaster Guitar: Young At 50

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The Fender Stratocaster guitar is probably the source of more excellent tones (and perhaps more lousy ones) than any other. It turned 50 years old in 2004.

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Non-Vintage Collectible Fender Stratocasters PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Tom Watson   

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While vintage Strats have been the focus of most guitar collectors, there's a growing interest in non-vintage collectible Stratocasters from some seasoned collectors and from many people new to guitar collecting. There are three good reasons for this.


1. Risk

Collecting Strats from the 50's and 60's has become a risky business, dependent upon expert examination and authentication due to the proliferation of both fraudulent and misrepresented instruments. Many

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Jimi Hendrix Prototype Stratocaster (1980) PDF Print E-mail
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Jimi Hendrix Prototype Stratocaster (1980) - Strat Collector NewsModel info: Significant design features include a 4-bolt neck attachment (the 3-bolt CBS style was still in use at the time), abandonment of the Bullet headstock truss rod adjustment, a reverse headstock (the combination of a right-handed Strat body with a left-handed headstock), and a frontside upper bout contour. Production was limited to 25 units, each of which was marked as a Prototype and one of which was owned by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
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