Would never work around my granddaughters. Even if I bought them a second one to keep as a potential collectors item they'd find it and open it. Forward thinking isn't part of their thought process yet.
Can't wrap my head around the concept of someone paying more for an unpacked Barbie than for a new one without its plastic casing. Actually, I don't get people collecting mass produced objects in hope of eventually making money on them.Would never work around my granddaughters. Even if I bought them a second one to keep as a potential collectors item they'd find it and open it. Forward thinking isn't part of their thought process yet.
Yeah but they do. It's amazing what people will pay for some stuff from 20 and 30 years ago that's still untouched in it's original packaging. I've never been a collector so I have no real appreciation for it either.Can't wrap my head around the concept of someone paying more for an unpacked Barbie than for a new one without its plastic casing. Actually, I don't get people collecting mass produced objects in hope of eventually making money on them.
That's funny, I have a talking GI Joe Commander in the original box. Thanks for reminding me. It's time to list him while he can still talk.The second thing I do after a new one arrives is to remove all of the plastic coverings and the labels. The first thing is a thorough inspection to make certain it has no obvious cosmetic, electronic, or mechanical issues.
I'm a player not a collector like Trogly and a few others. I guess for them buying something they may see as being a "virgin" never played guitar is a big deal like people who buy still in the box Barbies and GI Joes.
To me it's the difference between those of us who buy to play and those who buy primarily to display. I'm not looking to buy guitars as wall art.
For an Epiphone to be "vintage" to my mind, it has to be made in Kalamazoo; to be truly vintage, it has to be made in NY.I have through about it. My Epiphone Les Paul is now 30 years old, surely that's vintage by now. It had stickers on it. At the very least, based on others I saw, it has a sticker listing "LP STD HB" which my younger self must have removed. I agree that it probably doesn't matter to any value someone may put on the guitar, but I do have to wonder if the stickers may mean more to someone. As I pointed out before, Trogly for instance, loves when he finds a vintage Gibson guitar with the pick guard plastic and stickers still in place. So some people do care about it. As these are tool for us to make music, it shouldn't matter, but in some way they may one day be an investment too, so it's good to know what matters to the value of them.
What's the real use of that trash can sticker !I say remove all the stickers,If the guitar is truly vintage and valuable it probably won’t have any stickers on it anyway.I don’t think removing the “little trash can” or country of origin stickers would make some made in Indonesia les Paul any less valuable.
Means you should recycle it, like giving it to someone that'll make something out of it.W
What's the real use of that trash can sticker !
All Stickers OFF!
The first thing I do.
Then a clean up of residual adhesive with I.P.A.
IPA. Isopropyl Alcohol.A nice piece of tape smoothed over the schmutz (then pulled off) also generally works for the residue (keep that beer in your belly!)
I never touch the hard stuff anymore.IPA. Isopropyl Alcohol.
My wife and I both work in health care and those wipes somehow make it home with us
The Indian Pale Ale goes where it should.
Just for clarifcation, when I think vintage I'm thinking fifties Gibsons , Fenders, Gretschs, even Epiphones. Everything else is just old instruments.I have through about it. My Epiphone Les Paul is now 30 years old, surely that's vintage by now. It had stickers on it. At the very least, based on others I saw, it has a sticker listing "LP STD HB" which my younger self must have removed. I agree that it probably doesn't matter to any value someone may put on the guitar, but I do have to wonder if the stickers may mean more to someone. As I pointed out before, Trogly for instance, loves when he finds a vintage Gibson guitar with the pick guard plastic and stickers still in place. So some people do care about it. As these are tool for us to make music, it shouldn't matter, but in some way they may one day be an investment too, so it's good to know what matters to the value of them.
How old are you ? For Zoomers, 1999 is vintage.Just for clarifcation, when I think vintage I'm thinking fifties Gibsons , Fenders, Gretschs, even Epiphones. Everything else is just old instruments.
Is that just me?