Vintage Fender Guitars

Vintage Fender Guitars

The art of collecting, especially antiques, is one of the most exciting hobbies. It is a priceless relaxation and a feast to the eyes of the collector and worth the investment to the one who has the object and who decides to put it in auction. From the most trivial object to the most sought-after thing in the past, collecting antiques has become through the years sort of a major endeavor. Well, having it is like having a piece of history, as avid collectors would put it.
    For music enthusiasts who elevate music to the highest level by collecting, having any piece of vintage Fender guitars would be one invaluable possession. Who would not line up in vintage fender guitar auctions to see if those pieces used by popular musical icons like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and John Lennon decades ago in their concerts are in store for sale.
    From its first design in 1954 by the trio of Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares to the present models still popularly preferred by popular artists and musicians, this electric guitar continuous to be the most enduring brand and is ranked on top among the classics in the guitar world. But it was in 1951 that Leo Fender, who is the founder and inventor of Fender Guitars, invented the first ever electric guitar that would catapult his name in the electric guitar industry.
The “Strat” as the more popular term for the Fender guitars is one of the most copied designs of guitar in the modern music industry by other guitar manufacturers and its first models are also among the most collected pieces of antiques. Vintage Fender guitars are indeed a must-have for avid collectors who are also music fans. Aside from being used and popularized by famous singers, avid collectors of vintage Fender guitars get hooked on these antique pieces because its playability has a lot do with the distinct sound. Among the most popular pieces of vintage Fender guitars are those owned and used by award-winning music icon Eric Clapton. One of the most priced in his collection which he recently put in auction, is his Fender Stratocaster guitar he named “Blackie”. This guitar is closed to his heart since it became part of his prolific musical career in the 1970s and early 1980s. The auction in 2004 for this vintage Fender guitar was estimated at a whopping $100,000-150,000!
Other vintage Fender Guitars, especially those that are pre-1970 can also pick up rates to as much as $45,000-52,000. The Sunburst Strats models are the most sought-after vintage Fender guitars from the 1950s. In the 1960s, the models that are preferred by vintage Fender guitar collectors are those used by Jimi Hendrix and Ritchie Blackmore especially those that are white or black having a maple-cap neck. For those who are willing to cash out $50,000 and more on vintage fender guitars, other collectors would recommend a 1950s model.
Undoubtedly, the Fender guitar, aside from its being one of the most notable American symbols of music, conquered almost every corner of the globe. Beyond its quality, the musicians, whose universal appeal, are instrumental in making this guitar model one of the music industry’s prized symbols and if there is any music memorabilia that an avid antique collector should have, it must be a vintage Fender guitar.