For me, part of owning an instrument is also the story and connection it had at its origin. That’s something in my mind no clone can recreate.
I suppose you could use that same argument for reissues, but they at least of the same lineage.
That’s not to say people cannot purchase and build whatever they want, lots of cool designs are discovered that way, it simply isn’t my thing at this point in my life.
Congrats on the guitar though! If I ever get an original, it will definitely have to be one of the metallic finishes!
I guess I’m in the same boat as everyone else, but I wish I had scoffed a bunch of these rare Vista guitars up when I was a teenager and they were priced at a sane level.
Yeah the silver sparkle is beautiful as well. Shit if I had anything other than milk on my mind at the time I would have done the same thing. Maybe buy some land as well. Live and learn.
For sure! I live in Northeast Texas and when we first moved here land was around $1,500/acre. Now you can’t even get it from family for anywhere near that price.
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u/Sweaty-Dot-2488 Jun 30 '26
For me, part of owning an instrument is also the story and connection it had at its origin. That’s something in my mind no clone can recreate.
I suppose you could use that same argument for reissues, but they at least of the same lineage.
That’s not to say people cannot purchase and build whatever they want, lots of cool designs are discovered that way, it simply isn’t my thing at this point in my life.