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Handmade guitars & Vintage blues guitars

The evolution of music is an interesting, and even important, topic for any musician.  Those who know their stuff know that it was blues that created Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Pop, Jazz, and various other genres, and as a result, almost everything we know in modern music.  The history of blues and its impact on music is long and significant in every single step.  Even today, many great players handle vintage blues guitars, and vintage blues guitars are a popular collector's item.

The Blues started in the South in the late 1800s as the African-American community began to really take hold of the music scene.  The fusion of spirituals, chants, work songs, and other “white music” of the time (like ragtime) created a unique sound which really struck a chord with its audiences.  As it spread, it adapted to different audiences, and eventually broke off into different genres.  The instrumentals, including the ever popular guitar, saw their transformation as well.   BB King, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, and many others made their impact on how the guitar was played, and as a result, many pay homage with vintage blues guitars that resemble those played by these musicians. [Vintage blues guitars]

Vintage electric guitars & Bass guitars

Electric guitars were an idea that completely revolutionized the way we thought of music.  It wasn't just the guitar that it changed.  It was the entire sound.  The fact that you could then use items like synthesizes to alter the way that the actual tone sounded meant that a single guitar could sound like a dozen, even a hundred different instruments throughout the course of a single show.  Capturing the magic of those moments of entry onto the music scene, vintage electric guitars really do have something about them that borders on mystic.

Many of the most popular collector's items are the famous guitars which were used by the rock stars who showed us what an electric guitar could really do, before it was something that even could be “vintage.”  Fender, Gibson, and Ibanez – all of whom are still major players in guitar production – have claimed some of these famous vintage electric guitar spots.  The Fender telecaster is likely the most popular vintage model from Fender, and was popularized by Springsteen, among others.

Gibson brings us a more uniquely named vintage guitar with the Johnny Smith.  This item was named after the famous singer, and it's an amazingly quality and amazingly pricey guitar on today's market.  Ibanez has a wide array of vintage models which have maintained their worth.  Ibanez ages almost as well as wine. [Vintage electric guitars]