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2008 Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide

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If you're a total guitar nut like me, this is a must have book. The 2008 edition is the best yet. It's a tremendous resource for brand information, model specs, history, and pricing. While I found some errors and disagree with a few price listings, it is still one of the best books of its kind. It's a toss-up of which I like better between The Vintage Guitar 2008 Pricing Guide and the Blue Book of Electric Guitar 10th Anniversary Edition. The Blue Book of Electric Guitars 10th edition has more brands and is a bigger book, but the Vintage Guitar Price Guide 2008 has more accurate information and better research. For example, the Blue Book only has a few USA Kramers included, while the VG book has more vintage models listed and a better written history. But the VG book doesn't include a great company/luither like Wollerman, while the Blue Book has a nice section for that brand. The Blue Book has a better section on ESP, and the VG has a better section on Charvel. The VG Guide covers Gibson and Fender EXTENSIVELY. The Vintage Guitar Guide also covers a lot of amps, pedals, mandolins, and has sections dedicated to basses and acoustics. I say a serious guitargeek needs both books. Neither is overly impressive with accurate pricing, but the Blue Book provides more ranges which is nice. They both do give you a ball-park figure and lots of fun info. I read both of them cover-to-cover, yearly.

This is a fine look as to what dealers feel their items should be selling for. Remember that when pricing something that you are interested in or already have. AN ITEM IS ONLY WORTH WHAT THE PUBLIC IS WILLING TO PAY FOR IT. This is not a bible, only a guideline. There are only 256 pages of the 500 pages devoted to guitars. The rest is split among bases, effects, amps, mandolins, ukes, and banjos. This book is a fine entry point with which to get a feel for the POSSIBLE value an item might have, not absolutes. For a more specialized or in depth evaluation/description of a certain product or manufacturer, look elsewhere.

THE 2008 VINTAGE GUITAR MAGAZINE PRICE GUIDE earns five stars for its pictures of beautiful instruments. However, some of the prices listed are not totally accurate, as some sellers may sell them for more or less. The book also doesn't tell you how to avoid forgeries. However, its photos of beautiful guitars and related instruments alone are worth five stars.

This book is in my top 10 list of best bathroom reading material.It doesn't have every product ever sold, but it's gotta have most of 'em. Clearly stated and with lots of photos,it's a fun, enjoyable read. If you play, this is hard to put down. I'd say: 8 outa 10.

Average book for the price. There are some models in the Gibson section that are not listed though.

I buy this price guide every year. An essential book for buying and selling guitars and amps at the right price.

Its informative but not specific. This is a good "General" guide. A few of my amps and guitars are not listed in there but what are you gonna do. I will tell you this though...instead of using larger images, I would rather have more information in the book and what happened to having the pages in color? Did the printer run out of ink? I would of gladly paid more for the book knowing the pages are in color and not black and white.

I bought it for my son who owns a Goldtone, he said it had amps in it also. He is well pleased, and so am I.

whether you are in the guitar business or just a big fan, this book sheds light on models and prices so its a good ref guide to have in case you need to find something from a past...

I use the best and now I have both best of the best guides. If one does not have the guitar or a short listing the other usually has it. The blue book of guitars and this Price Guide is all I need. I own several other books such as Gruhn`s Guide to vintage guitars but, Gruhn`s does not have pricing and few pictures. The Price Guide has a short description but, sometimes a more destinctive description. Buy both of the best and you wont be sorry.