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11-30-2017, 05:05 AM
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The criterion for 'vintage' seems to be the age of the finished instrument, not the age of the timber used in its construction. However 'vintage' does sometimes get bandied around for purely commercial reasons; for example 1970s Fender electric guitars are frequently sold as 'vintage'-and are possibly some of the nastiest guitars ever made by Fender!
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11-30-2017, 05:38 AM
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70 years ago the atmosphere was much less radioactive so hey, the 70-year old guitar made from the 80-year old tree felled 70+ years ago is more vintage.
A guitar made now from a 400-year old tree felled in the post-nuclear bomb testing age would be less vintage, of course. All that radioactivity in the wood and the glue would make a person glow in the dark... ..... 
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11-30-2017, 07:48 AM
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age vs vintage
There are new guitars made from 2000 year old Kauri - and no one speaks of them as vintage. It is how long it has been an instrument not how old the wood is that determines how vintage it is. And age of instruments does not translate directly into market value or better tone or playability - witness the turn of century or old Martins.
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11-30-2017, 07:58 AM
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Vintage is an old guitar that wasn't very successful new that gets played by a popular current artist that makes people forget it was unpopular when new and go out and spend lots of money to get one too.
When Roland and Clarence White went to buy a guitar for Clarence, and acquired the 30's D-28 now owned by Tony Rice, they weren't looking for "vintage" or "pre-war", they were looking for "cheap" and that D-28 filled that bill.
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