Gibson wants to start selling artist-owned vintage guitars to get them “back out into the world to be played and enjoyed forever”

Gibson wants to start selling artist-owned vintage guitars to get them “back out into the world to be played and enjoyed forever”

Gibson may well be teaming up with artists in the future to release their vintage guitars through its Certified Vintage programme.
This is according to Gibson’s Certified Vintage Manager, Mitch Conrad, who thinks doing so could be a great opportunity to release rare, vintage gems back out into the world to be played and enjoyed. Plus, artists who have amassed a rather large collection and may want to let a few things go can be assured their instruments are being handled with care.

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Speaking to the Gibson Gazette regarding an incredibly rare 1959 Flying V, which is one of just 17, Conrad says the programme helps to provide “peace of mind and clarity” among the world of vintage guitars, “which can be a murky place”.
He says, “This is a situation where we’re able to provide an opportunity for someone to purchase one of the rarest and most collectable instruments – one of 17 made in 1959 – with complete confidence that it is exactly what we’re saying it is.
“This also gives people a chance to be close to something, see something, and be inspired by something that most people won’t get the opportunity to see. Maybe there’s an eight-year-old kid who walks through the Gibson Garage and sees this Flying V behind the glass case, and their eyes just light up. Maybe that kid goes home with an Epiphone Flying V. That might be the person in 40 years who has worked hard, made great money, and now they are the preservationist with the opportunity to buy this guitar and be its next custodian.”

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Asked if Certified Vintage artist collabs could become a thing in the future, Conrad states, “I would love to be able to work with artists who have already built up beautiful collections of instruments and are ready to let a few things go, and be able to have those collaborative releases through Certified Vintage.
“I think that would be a really, really great opportunity… I think there’s space for Gibson Certified Vintage to be something that, as a company, allows us to learn more about ourselves and our history, implementing the information we learn from these guitars in the pursuit of even greater historical accuracy and expanding that to Gibson USA and Epiphone. But then also being able to push that out further into working with artists collaboratively, and giving these guitars back out into the world to be played and enjoyed forever.”
You can find out more about the Certified Vintage programme via the official Gibson website.
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