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Is eBay The Best Place To Find Your Vintage Fender Guitar?

By Lawton Chiles IV

Vintage guitars are getting harder and harder to come by. Many stores only offer a handful of truly vintage Fender Strats. Not eBay. You'll find Strat makes and models, even Fender Custom Shops, relics and Masterbuilt Stratocasters. If you love Vintage Fender guitars but can't afford one right now, check out the Fender Relics or Custom Shop guitars. Oh, and another tip: You don't want to buy a Vintage Fender Strat or Vintage Fender Telecaster from a guy selling comic books, right?

Investing in a Vintage Guitar

By Vinnie Gibson

Investing in a Vintage guitar is proving to be a very profitable investment. Many lesser known but beautifully designed guitars are also becoming favorites with Vintage Guitar collectors.

Do you want to invest in an "A" class vintage guitar such as Vintage Gibson Guitars or Vintage Fender Guitars? Or are you more comfortable with lesser priced models such as Vintage Stella Guitars or Vintage Harmony Guitars?

Whatever you decide to do, collecting Vintage Guitars is an exciting and fulfilling activity.

Fender Vintage Guitars

By Ruby Katz

When you decide to purchase Fender vintage guitars, a little research will go a long way in helping you decide which instrument to buy. While any Fender instrument is a good instrument, whether vintage or new, the most collectible ones were created before CBS purchased the Fender Company and changed their guitars. The best guitars for collectors were those created before 1966.

Part of the appeal of Fender vintage guitars was that they were known as custom-contoured and exceedingly well-made. The Fender Stratocaster, one of the most desirable Fender vintage guitars sought by collectors today, was even changed with the move to the large peg head style.

With CBS came mass production with its cheaper materials to maximize profits, ruining the classic look and feel of Fender vintage guitars produced after 1965. The least collectible Fender vintage guitars are those produced during the transition to CBS ownership and management, from about summer 1964 to December of the following year.

The first Fender vintage guitars were the Esquire, the Broadcaster and the Telecaster, the last two of which were actually virtually the same guitar. This guitar, and their 1954 creation of the Stratocaster, actually served to popularize the solid-bodied electric guitar and are sought out by those collect Fender vintage guitars.