Asmikace wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 7:10 pm
Hello everyone, just to bring some discussion here.
OK, let's discuss
I think Yamaha has a bad reputation on reissues. At least some of them. Especially reissues of vintage guitars, or anniversary series etc. I think they once reissued the most famous and known vintage acoustic: the FG180. And the problem: It didn't look like a real FG180 and it wasn't built like a real FG180, and I never played one but I doubt if it sounded like a real FG180
.
I think reissues might be usefull for guitars that are almost impossible to find if you wanted one. That would be OK with me.
But I'm an old guy loving old guitars. The feel of old guitars, the smell of old guitars (or perhaps that's the smell of the guy that played the thing over the last 50 years
). But who cares.... I don't.
I once visited a store, I think about 10 to 15 years ago, that had a whole bunch of new 'reissue' SG2000's for sale. They looked great, fantastic craftmanship, shiny new etc. I played some and ther were OK, sounded good,
They were priced at around 2000 euro. That time you could buy a great 70'ies SG2000 for half that money. I know there are people that don't understand anything about vintage guitar lovers, and perhaps these are the real sane people, but I wouldn't think of buying a reissue for 2000 while I could have the real thing for 1000.
And never forget: If it has been played a lot and is still good after 50 years, it will easy live another 50 years.
Leon
