The July issue of Greg's Guitars" Vintage guitar news and views."
                                      Starting your collection






    This is an extremely personnel and diversified subject to say the least. As an example, my collection of "keeper"

 guitars consist of my vintage 1962 Ibanez solid body,2 single coil pickup guitar,not only for her extreme rarity but

 also

 because it boasts a unique 1 master tone knob and 1 volume knob for each of her 2 pickups,she is super light

 (5.8

 lbs.) and has the sweetest mahogany neck boasting a 3/8 inch thick solid slab of beautiful Brazilian rosewood

 for a

fretboard. She is a;so one of the most harmonically dynamic playing guitars I have ever owned. Next is my

 1972

 Vintage Olympic white Stratocaster for the Fender in me. The 3 bolt neck and remarkable  mellow tone and

 large

 headstock with bullet trussrod has keeper written all over her.  As for my acoustic guitars,well I am off the

 beaten

 path for sure, with my Vintage 1969/70 era Grammer guitars,the one I personally favor as my keeper is a

 worn,

 well played Mahogany bodied,Alpine spruce topped model G-10 that is just wonderful in tone and

 playability.

As for a spanky sparkle tone I go for my solid flamed maple Grammer guitar ,for a touch of class this girl

 has the

 original blue label from R.G. and G. guitars inside her body cavity and a gorgeous Brazilian rosewood

 fretboard.

To round out my collection is my 1959 reissue Bassman with rectifier tube and Jenson alnico

 speakers,Boss

 ch-1,delay and of course the Boss compression pedal.



      Now my collection is far from complete as I

 still search for my 335ish styled guitar and of course my Tele keeper

and to finish rounding my collection out a

 vintage Baritone guitar would fit the bill nicely. Now, as you can tell my

 collection is all mine ,rather than as some

 do,find a multitude of one particular guitar( Stratocasters) or a certain

 color within several styles ( all Dakota Red

) or even all same period guitars (1960 or preCBS), or just various

 guitars based on price and originality.

   What I

 am alluding to is this,There is every reason under the sun for collections as their are guitars made(duh

 Greg ).

 That's the tricky,quirky,fun and personnel  part of collecting guitars. Each collection is a direct reflection of

 the

 likes,tastes,and favorites of you as a collector.  That is where the fun is, figuring out where and what you

 want to

 pursue,style,playability,color,year,make,or just bargins made in the U.S.A. or made

 elsewhere?Original?,Reissue?,

 Custom shop?,or run of the mill? All the above great guitars in their own rights and

 each having more desirable

 guitars within each sub category.  So sometimes you need to have a plan to make

 things cohesive and sometimes

 you can just price shop at a set dollar amount to spend and get the most bang for

 your hard earned buck.

   Always

 remember do your homework,take your time,and take pride in your collection,above all have fun and

 enjoy your

 girls and never ever forget to play them,after all they were made to be played! So until next

 month,may all your

 days be memorable,all your friends stay true and all your riffs be killer , Greg at Greg's guitars.see all my older articles and my new one each and every month at gregsguitar.net