Are vintage guitars really good investments?
We’ve stated numerous times through the years that vintage fretted instruments have proven to be excellent investments, that they often outperform the stock market, and that they are unique among investments and collectibles because you can play them while they are growing in value. While those general statements remain true, the vintage market is at a point where investors need more specific information. A recent article in Vintage Guitar provided some specifics by comparing the performance of an imaginary “guitar index” of 42 vintage instruments with the Dow Jones average over the past 15 years. We would take issue with some of the models chosen to represent the guitar market, but nevertheless, it’s a good starting point for discussion. Entire books have been written on how to invest in stocks or real estate, and the vintage instrument market is large enough, complicated enough and volatile enough now to warrant an entire book, so we’ll only touch on some of the major points in this
