Vintage vs. New Acoustic Guitars (No-brainer choice?) ★ Acoustic Tuesday 276

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Which is better to buy: vintage guitars or new guitars? While it might seem obvious to some, you can evaluate the strengths and weaknesses on an 8-point rubric. And when you walk it through these considerations, you might be shocked at the results. Figuring our whether a vintage or new acoustic guitar is right for you can be as standardized as you want it to be. You can go by feel, you can do a pros and cons list, or you can borrow my 8-point guide to determine your direction. I get asked all the time which is a better purchase: vintage or new. It truly depends on what you're looking for. There are some broad generalizations you can make, but if you like a guitar even though it's outside of your preconceived idea of what you should purchase, don't feel limited. Vintage guitars have tons of strengths, some that, in your mind, may outweigh all of the strengths of buying a new guitar. Whichever decision you think is right is the important one. If you disagree with my rubric, that's totally fine. I invite you to share yours in the comments and let people know how your rubric worked for you! Featured in this episode...- Riddy Arman - WesternAF - Dust to Digital - Sweetwater - Mule Resophonic Guitars

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0:00.0	Should you get a vintage acoustic guitar or should you get a new acoustic guitar?
0:05.0	I get this question all the time. Literally once a week somebody reaches out and says,
0:10.0	hey, I'm looking at such-and-such guitar from 1967 or a brand new guitar.
0:16.0	And they always ask me which one's better. Well, on today's show, we're going to pit vintage guitars
0:21.7	versus new guitars to see who wins this guitar Royal Rumble. Hey, Tack family, this is episode
0:29.1	276 of the Acoustic Tuesday show, a show packed full of inspiration and fun, designed to help
0:35.5	you get more fulfillment, progress, and joy from your
0:38.3	acoustic guitar journey. Throughout today's episode, as usual, I'll be sprinkling in some
0:43.2	acoustic news you can use, including a Christmas song that is worth listening to well after
0:49.3	Christmas, a new way to buy and sell gear, and much, much more.
0:54.3	Plus, we're gonna be looking at some comments from a few past episodes of the show,
0:58.7	and one of which is a question that I'm gonna answer,
1:01.8	and it's gonna help you learn new songs, learn new, difficult songs.
1:06.1	That's all coming up, but first, vintage guitars versus new guitars, a very hotly debated topic. And today,
1:14.9	we're going to come out with a clear-cut winner. I'm going to evaluate vintage guitars and new
1:20.8	guitars in eight different categories. Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking,
1:26.0	Tone, I've seen the show before. There's
1:28.4	eight categories. There's two options. It's going to end in a tie. This is not going to end
1:34.0	in a tie. I promise you. I'm going to come up with a definitive answer. Now, I'm going to try
1:40.4	and be as unbiased as possible. And I say this from experience.
1:46.0	I own vintage guitars.
1:48.0	I own new guitars.
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