Is any gear from today going to be a classic?

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What today will be sought after in say 30 years?

I'm not a gear snob or vintage freak...but the new gear I like these days are repros and different versions of older stuff, just now they are true bypass or altered slightly.

I don't own one, but I'm guessing some Suhr's might be classics.
 
First run USA Production Charvels will have collectors in 10+ years.

Ibanez freaks are nuts, I am sure some of there new models will maintain value.

Hamer Vectors and Standards made while Jol was there in 10+ years.

I do not see any of today's amps become classics unless guitar driven music came back into mainstream.
 
Randy Van Sykes":a01ddyic said:
What today will be sought after in say 30 years?

I'm not a gear snob or vintage freak...but the new gear I like these days are repros and different versions of older stuff, just now they are true bypass or altered slightly.

I don't own one, but I'm guessing some Suhr's might be classics.
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Why? Isn't a Strat already a classic?
 
Mesa Boogie:
Dual rectifier 2 channel
Mark 2-5

Marshall:
DSL and likely the JVM

Diezel:
all of them....

peavey 5150, ENGL Savage, Bogner Ubershall/XTC

Guitars.... ANY Jackson that is a pre fender USA, early lawsuit ESP EX explorers and Les Pauls.
 
anything cameron. now and in thirty years. it seems like that's how long it takes to get one anyway. j/k.
 
Klon, especially the ones in the fancy boxes since they are no longer being made.

Probably some of the rare or discontinued fulltone stuff.

I think current Bogners and Soldanos will be too if they go out of business or change hands to a corporation.

PRS will probably be considered a classic guitar.

For something to truly become "classic" it has to be original at some point. I think current gibson historics will be worth more down the road but they are really just borrowing off how classic the original 50s models were. You could say the same about most fulltone stuff since it is really just a bunch of copies of vintage pedals.
 
None of the gear that's out now is going to be 'classic'. It's just a rehash of all the gear that is already classic.

God I love making blanket statements! It's so much fun!!! :rock:
 
I'd say the Fortins,Marsha amps,the one off's,so to speak and the Trussart's.
 
Vrad":oy3b8hpf said:
None of the gear that's out now is going to be 'classic'. It's just a rehash of all the gear that is already classic.

God I love making blanket statements! It's so much fun!!! :rock:
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How dare you throw a blanket over Mike :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL:
 
I can see The Marsha by Dave Friedman being in that group in 30 years.
 
JTyson":y8d9a79c said:
Vrad":y8d9a79c said:
None of the gear that's out now is going to be 'classic'. It's just a rehash of all the gear that is already classic.

God I love making blanket statements! It's so much fun!!! :rock:
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How dare you throw a blanket over Mike :lol: :LOL: :lol: :LOL:
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:D
 
Pretty much any one-trick pony from a major brand that isn't gimmicky somehow, and doesn't have watered down versions of itself also in production is going to be a classic. So like Marshall DSL, Mesa Dual Rec, Diezel VH4, etc... Guitars, probably will be the bigger boutique guys like PRS, Suhr, and Anderson.

*Edit - The classics always seem to have a popular artist endorsement too. So probably a lot of the boutique stuff that stays relegated to people's studios will be forgotten. The classics are going to be what you see the guys actually using out on stage.
 
Anything Hamer before the buyout.

All PRS before the move to the new, somewhat automated factory. The ones with the small heel.

Mesa MK IV

SLO

Anything Cameron

Bogner
 
steve_k":fpfipg9s said:
Bugera....
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I think trying to ask yourself what is going to be sought after is a really hard question.

I'm sure we've all had stuff that we now kick ourselves for selling. For me, it was my flame topped, set neck Ibanez Rocket Roll 2 that I had in high school that I sold for $250, which now can't be found for under $800 or so, and my '77 marshall JMP that I traded away to help pay for my Egnater Mod50.

Live and Learn, and hope you end up keeping the right stuff.

I wish I had pulled the trigger on the Captain Coconut pedal, which is already a classic and only been discontinued for a couple of years.
 
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