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Getting the Axe: Guitar Collecting Can Rock Your Investment Portfolio

Written by vintage on September 30, 2008 – 5:12 am -

ShareChief Executive, The,  Nov, 2005  by Mac Randall Anyone who's ever heard a Jimi Hendrix solo knows that guitars can produce fantastic sounds, and anyone who's ever ogled the curves of a Fender Stratocaster will tell you they're mighty stylish as well. But the instrument's appeal goes well beyond its visual or sonic charm, its practicality or even its ties to musical history--it can also be a highly prized collectible. Certain vintage models are often regarded as investments, much like antique chairs or Impressionist paintings. Perhaps this is why so many people who start out with a youthful passion for playing end up happy victims of what Walter Becker of the rock band Steely Dan once drolly referred to as "GAS: Guitar Acquisition... more


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