For some, vintage guitars are the Holy Grail; relics from a time gone by that sound far better than anything built today. Eric Johnson, though, doesn’t affiliate himself with that belief. In fact, he argues that a guitar’s age and value don’t always mean a vintage guitar is going to be a cracker.
David Gilmour once claimed that vintage guitars sound better than their modern counterparts because of what happens to the glue holding them together over time. Joe Satriani, meanwhile, has long since been “disillusioned” by ancient electric guitars and has since trodden a modern-minded gear path. The Cliffs of Dover shredder is more aligned with the latter camp.
