Vintage Guitar Outlet Blog

Joshua asked:


I know Les Paul’s always have what they call “medium jumbo”, but I don’t know if Gibson used a smaller fret size similar to what Fenders used on their guitars in the 50′s. I’ve never been able to see or feel a real Gibson ES-150 or a vintage L-5. I think the newer L-5 models and ES-175 have frets similar to a current Les Paul.

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egw asked:


I know the vintage 50′s & 60′s models are excellent and coveted. But I had heard that the 70′s & early 80′s ones are substandard. And that they got better in the 90′s, etc. How do the current ones compare?

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alex m asked:


I just traded my guitar teacher a Burstbucker for a pair of old Gibson humbuckers that he thought were ’73 stock but actually turned out to be an original ’58 PAF humbucker and a 1959-1962 PAT NO. 2,737, 842. I’m not sure they’re actually the models I think they are but all evidence points to it. The one that I’m sure is a ’58 PAF has the original “Patent Applied For” sticker on the back. The sticker is very old and brittle and could flake off at any moment. The other humucker has the patent number stamped in the back and wikipedia states that it is a pre-1962 humbucker. I’m not sure if I should sell or keep them. Does anybody know how much I could get for them?

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Doug H asked:

I have a 92 telecaster so its already 16 years old, but when will it be vintage. Is there a certain number of years before a guitar is classified as vintage or are only certain models considered vintage? Im just wondering because I was going to sell it but I was wondering if I should hold on to it if it will be vintage and go up in value. Thanks.

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