The Millennium Thing To Do
The sobering world of Guitar values. I just looked at an ad
for a 1958 Fender Stratocaster. The ad described it as mint, and I'm sure it
was. It was $10,500. Since I had just finished restoring a 1958 Ludwig set and
saw a mint 4 piece with hardware for $1,200, I was once again struck at the
disparity in values.
There are $5-10,000 guitars all over the place. I
saw an ad for a 1976 Gretsch White Falcon for $18,000. And to tell you the
truth, I'm not sure what drum vales would approach that, to say nothing of the
$75-10,000 values, at least asked for, on other models.
At this point
we have Gladstones and Black Beauties in the $7-12,000 range. That's a far cry
from $100,000. I think we might be selling ourselves short. A Gretsch White
Falcon is a thing of beauty, so is a Gretsch Progressive Jazz Outfit.
I
think on January 1, 2000, everyone should mark up the value of vintage drums by
15%- it's the Millennium Thing to do.
For more information on vintage
drums, I invite you to order an autographed copy of my book "The
Great American Drums" published by Modern Drummer. E-mail us for
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