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Determining the value of a vintage guitar is a complicated process. As was customary with gm, the latter was used in other divisions under different names castle blue at pontiac, and wedgewood blue at buick. The blue book of acoustic guitars and blue book of electric guitars are the two leading reference and value guides in the guitar industry, along with the blue. Drop by and play this one against our other vintage martin and gibson guitars. If you would like to see more information about specific brand of guitars,you may be interested in these pages. The retro look is combined with patented new hardware that gives you the best of both new and old worlds. The vendors explained to me that the blue book of acoustic guitars 12th edition is a good guide for getting an estimate of what used martin should sell for, particularly between folks like us who arent dealers. The official vintage guitar price guide vintage guitar magazine.
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He started playing for pay in the 60s and has been dealing guitars since 1970. I believe this is a good resource for arriving at an estimate of an. Orion blue book guitars musical instruments 1999 near mint. Be it ibanez, fender stratocaster or ovation guitars. To narrow search results, select a subcategory, brand or decade. There are several sites that offer serial number look ups. The blue book for guitar amplifiers is expected within the next couple of weeks. We simply want to get old guitars into the hands of appreciative players. You can also consult the blue book of guitar values to see what it is worth. Double neck models with carved spruce tops are different than any other gibson design. Condition is used with normal wear, one nick in side, pin sized marks in back finish.
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