Imperial Vintage Guitars
Vintage instruments, honestly represented
What comes across the bench, and what it tells us. Instruments, history, and the details that decide what something is worth.
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If you’re sitting on a vintage guitar, whether it’s a family heirloom, a long-forgotten instrument collecting dust, or a prized piece you’re finally ready to part with — you’re likely wondering the best way to sell it. Do you list it online? Try your luck at...
Nitrocellulose lacquer wears, checks, and reacts to things modern finishes ignore — what is normal aging, what is preventable, and when to leave the finish alone.
Tweed Fenders, blackface Fenders, plexi Marshalls, the AC30, and the names behind them — plus what we check before an amp earns floor space.
Same-day collection offers start with an inventory walk — here is what our buyers look at, piece by piece.
What we tell first-time vintage buyers about budget, originality, and the questions to ask before money changes hands.
Originality, condition, era, case, and channel — the five things that actually set a vintage guitar's price.
The case, era and condition shorthand used in Imperial Vintage Guitars listings, decoded with what each term means for a guitar's value.
A refinished guitar loses collector value but none of its playability — here is how we tell finishes apart, what you can check yourself, and how the listing language works.
Pre-CBS means a Fender built before CBS bought the company in January 1965 — here is what changed at the factory, what the premium pays for, and what the term...
The Fender Fullerton Reissue guitars from the represent a historical moment of the company’s 1980’s production period. A time when Fender looked back to its roots in an effort to...
Fender tweed amps of the 1950’s have become world renowned tools for recording, live performance, and even at-home practicing. Original models are now high-value collector’s items and Fender has since...
In the world of music, there are some artists who hold such a legendary status, that any instrument they touched become artifacts of lore and myth. One of the biggest,...
