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Originally Posted by ZeroFretWear
You were saying that these new Gibsons will be the vintage Gibsons of the future, but they won't be, due to the difference in scarcity.
Anyways, I always compare a good vintage example to a good modern example. No point in comparing dogs.
I did own a very nice J-45 Legend built by Ren Ferguson and crew, which I gifted to my son-in-law.
It didn't rival a similarly nice vintage example, but was the best modern J-45 I've played. And unlike the new Historics I've tried, it didn't have a cheap tacky finish and intentional holes in the bridgleplate.
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Vintage has nothing to do with scarcity. There's always a good thread available with someone asking what vintage is that you can reference. And, yes, all the guitars made today will eventually be vintage...even the cheap Recording Kings, etc.
The Legends were ok. The thick, gloss finish was tackier to me than the thin VOS finishes used on the Vintage and Historic series. Is the ML using the exact same VOS finish?