Friday, September 7, 2007
Fndr 86 3/4
Pork Bellies, Light Crude.... Guitars??? Everyone has a say in what is going to happen with the guitar market... my answer... Who Cares? The vintage guitars from any time before 1990 are now way over-priced if you consider yourself a musician... in fact, no musician in his right mind is investing his money into guitars, unless your band just played Dodgers Stadium. Why buy a '56 Strat for 35K, a '53 Blackguard for 49K, and also take the additional risk of it being faked in some capacity... and there are no gaurantees of it sounding good either. I have owned over 5 of these (before they went up), and they all had crackly pots (volume), and 3-way selectors that sometimes didn't engage any pickups in position... also, how about the risk of theft, or dry winter air on the neck of your new investment, as your New York apartment heat comes on? Get a Fender Masterbuilt Guitar, WITH THE SERIAL NUMBER of the builder on the back of the headstock, and Abigail Ybarra pickups, and put it anywhere you want to put it without all the worries. If you want to invest in something, invest in Pork Bellies...and no... I don't work for Fender...