alors justement sur ces années'90, j'aimerais revenir sur l'historique de ses modèles qui m'a l'air d'être un beau sac de nœud...
je vous livre ce que j'ai lu... ça peut aider à mieux comprendre si on décide de franchir le pas...
"There is a problem with trying to discuss Historic Collection Reissues,
the Custom Shop, and the Historic Program in 1993.
(and for that matter since 1991)
To most of us, Historic Reissue has come to mean the guitars with long
neck tenons, that were made starting in October 1993 in the separate
building that was known as the Custom Shop. Before that, the Custom Shop
was really just a couple of work benches in the back of the regular Gibson
Factory. The Historic Reissue Program was started in 1991, in the regular
Gibson Factory. The guitars that were made there between 1991 and
October 1993 were called at that time, and sold as Historic Reissues.
They have since become known as Pre-Historics, and the guitars made after
October 1993 are now known as Historic Reissues. This distinction is
not always acknowledged, and makes any discussion difficult, because
someone will say I have a 1993 Historic Reissue, when what they really
have is a 1993 Pre-Historic. People who have Pre-Historic guitars tend
to play down the distinction, primarily because they want to value their
guitar with the late 1993 Historic Reissues. The differences between the
Pre October and Post October guitars are huge. The value difference
between the two guitars is also huge. If you don't know the difference,
or that there even is a difference, then you could easily buy a 1993
Pre-Historic thinking it was a first year Custom Shop guitar. Again, by
Custom Shop, I mean the separate stand alone building, Gibson opened
in October 1993.
As far as a left handed guitar being more valuable, most
dealers I have spoken to find taking in a left handed guitar
to be a disadvantage. I suppose if you are one of the seven
percent of left handed people, it would have value to you.
You couldn't sell it to the other ninety three percent, at any
discount.
This is a large part of the problem, and why the reference "Historic"
has come to mean Long Tenon Custom Shop Guitars, and the other
Reissues from that era were dubbed "Pre-Historic". Many were
finished as required to fill orders. There was very little difference
in the basic construction of the different guitars, as the difference
was how the guitars were finished, and what hardware and electronics
were used. Even though the Historic Reissue Program was started
in 1991. It wasn't until late in 1993 that a completely different, (and
specific) guitar was made. Up until that point there was very little
about the construction of the Reissue guitars, that set them apart,
and indeed, many were either not marked, or mis-marked. This often
makes positive identification difficult, especially if someone replaces
parts. "
un JTM45 sinon rien...
