tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72632364554553713492012-02-16T07:20:26.242-08:00Money Lovernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7263236455455371349.post-39012035561905966802010-02-11T05:18:00.000-08:002010-02-11T05:18:35.477-08:00PVG was officially founded in October of 1996. In reality, it started about twenty-five years ago, when I was bit with the vintage guitar bug, and spent my high school years staring through the store windows on 48th Street in New York City, lusting after all those great old guitars. Too bad I wasn’t in a position to stock up on those ridiculously cheap pre-war Martin and Gibson acoustics, $500 pre-CBS strats, $800 Les Paul Standards, etc. Oh well! After spending most of my life chasing guitars as a hobby, I’ve finally made it official, hence the birth of PVG. The perspective I bring to this business is, as you've proably guessed, that of a player. While the collectible aspect is undeniably there, as a performing musician I never lose sight of why I wanted old guitars in the first place...TO PLAY! The good ones truly sound better, play great, have character, and have about as much personality and life as an inanimate object can. If you're reading this, you already know how great it feels to play a fine vintage guitar. I’d like to help you get your dream instrument!<br /><br />I'd want to make a few comments about the collectable aspect of this business. I feel guitars are to be played, not stored in vaults. I do acknowledge that some instruments are of such historical value that they need to be preserved for future generations. I also recognize that truly mint instruments are increasingly scarce, prohibitively expensive, and frightening to play, lest a pickstroke go awry in a moment of enthusiasm ( and we are deliberately seeking this enthusiasm, aren't we). So maybe some mint condition instruments belong in vaults, although I think the ultimate goal of vaulting is to preserve guitars for future players. I don't eschew collecting entirely, I just prefer to deal with playing guitars, which often means guitars with defects that effect vintage status, but remain great player’s guitars. I do not consider the expression "players grade" to be negative. It is important to provide players, who tend not to be extravagantly wealthy, with great guitars at a reasonable cost.<br /><br />One more little semantic chip I have on my shoulders. I sell guitars, not pieces! <br /><br />Restored from Archive.Org<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7263236455455371349-3901203556190596680?l=www.playvint.com' alt='' /></div>Money Lovernoreply@blogger.com