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Pure Vintage serves as the ultimate platform for vintage enthusiasts, offering a seamless marketplace experience without transaction fees. Buyers and sellers connect directly via private messaging, ensuring smooth transactions. Explore unique finds like popcultcases' phone cases and waterproof speakers adorned with digital paintings of vintage guitars. For a personal touch, commission a..
Pure Vintage Blog
8M ago
The Hunt…and Reward for Rare Guitars
Thinking about the rare guitars that I no longer own can sometimes fill me with deep remorse. Cynics will say, “It’s only wood”, but former owners of a Gibson Banner or a Pre-war Martin will tell you otherwise. In my years of collecting vintage guitars, I’ve been distracted by new reissues and Custom Shop models, as well as many offers that I just couldn’t refuse. However, more times than not, my guitars were sold simply to pay the rent. Regardless, all of these relationships ended way too soon. I’d like to share some of those with you. Misery loves company ..read more
Pure Vintage Blog
8M ago
The early days of electric guitars really starts with the Rickenbacker company who put out the ‘electric frying pan’ designed by Paul Beauchamp which was a crude lap steel guitar with a horseshoe magnet pickup. From there we get Charlie Christian mounting a pickup at the neck of an acoustic guitar which morphed into hollow body guitars with pickups to semi-hollow guitar with pickups.
The first solid body electric guitar was the Bigsby Merle Travis guitar in 1948. The guitar now hangs in the Country Music Hall Of Fame. However the solid body electric guitar really didn’t take off until Leo Fend ..read more
Pure Vintage Blog
8M ago
Custom digital painting about your vintage guitar
You can’t afford or can’t find the vintage guitar of your dreams? Many of us suffer because of this problem, but the good news is, there is a solution that might ease your pain: You can have a professional painting about the guitar of your dreams, or about your own guitar! These are hand painted digital paintings capturing the essence and allure of your instrument, faithfully representing every scratch and wood grain pattern. Each painting is personalized and customizable to ensure it perfectly embodies your cherished electric guitar. Every pai ..read more
Pure Vintage Blog
8M ago
We love talking about, sharing, buying and selling vintage guitars and amplifiers! This is a community our team has wanted to create for close to a decade. Following a successful Beta launch in early February, we released Version 1 of the Pure Vintage website March 1, 2022. Here are some highlights for Vintage Guitar enthusiasts: The Go To Community for the Finest Vintage Guitars on the Planet
First and foremost, a community united by a love for vintage guitars and amplifiers. In this community you share and network with fellow enthusiasts of vintage guitars. Post your bands’s concerts a ..read more
Pure Vintage Blog
8M ago
Adirondack Spruce (Picea Rubens) This was the choice wood used on pre-war martins. Because it was logged so heavily the use of it was slowed drastically. Also known as Red spruce this wood offers a wonderful tone. It has lots of headroom to strum the guitar aggressively without distorting. It also has a high Overtone content. For strumming and flatpicking you can’t beat Red Spruce.
Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis) Standard on most production guitars now, and for good reason. This topwood offers a punchy direct sound although it tends to have low overtone content. Many bluegrass players p ..read more