Current guitar/amp that will be seen as a classic collectible

AllthegearNoidea

Of the current builders are there any that have the build, style and features to become a collectible classic. Are there any guitars that have appreciated in the last 30 years?

Of the non Fender or Gibson the best I've played was a Collings i35

riscado

Danocasters could maybe get some future collectability.

olafgarten

I imagine Blackmachine will only become more desirable. 

crunchman

It's possible that something like Lazy J amps could get collectible.  If you look at something like Trainwreck, then it's possible.  There are so many boutique builders these days though that I'm not sure you could ever get the the status of something like Trainwreck.  I suspect that demand for valve amps will reduce in the future as digital stuff keeps getting better and cheaper.   I wouldn't buy any valve amp as investment now.

WIth guitars you have to find the next big thing in the "boutique" market.  The problem is that there are so many small makers that it's difficult for any one of them to get that kind of desirability.  It's not even like we have major young guitar heroes now to market them and make them desirable. 

stimpsonslostson

 Hello Kitty Squiers. Laugh all you want. I'm serious. 
I dunno if they count as "current" and they're certainly not boutique, but I suspect they'll attain cult/collectable status. 

Bidley

None of them. So many guitarists still covet 50+ year old designs (which isn't unreasonable, mostly) and will do so for the foreseeable future, IMO. This is what makes stuff desirable.

Moss

Felines

BloodEagle

Electrical Guitar Company 

richardhomer

May be some high end arch tops - such as Monteleone. As far as solids are concerned, I doubt any - not through a lack of quality, just a lack of widespread acceptance....

Kalimna

Parker Fly? Original Variax?
Kemper?

I suspect the Hello Kitty shout is a good one too...

Adam

Sassafras

The Gibson Terry Morgans or the Terry Morgan Gibsons. It all gets a bit confusing.

Jack_

The Ibanez JP models keep going up and up.

ICBM

Millimetric.

rico

Squire CV

GavRichList

The St Vincent Ernie Ball. 

Winny_Pooh

High end gear like Collings, hand built archtops, Trussarts, Thorns and especially hand built acoustics as 50 years from now old growth wood will be even more scarce. Amps I don't think so much. A clone is a wonderful thing as Victoria first proved and digital modelling will make alot of valve amps fuctionally obsolete. 

bbill335

GavRichList said:

The St Vincent Ernie Ball. 

Sig models will always be collectable because the legal agreements involved are often limited and, if they get renewed, they can change the specs. This lead to the weird situation where you have the current Eric Clapton signature strat and a Pete Townsend signature strat (which is an older model of Clapton strat with a piezo) being sold concurrently. 

If you got a J mascis squier jazzmaster back when they could be had for ~250 secondhand, I reckon they'll go for (at least) as much as they currently are new a while after they cease production on them. I've seen the MIJ Mascis sig priced way above the average for MIJ jazzmasters in the past, but I haven't seen one for sale in ages.

blueskunk

Absolutely anything "made" by Phillips Cleartone Conversions.

Who patented the term "sausage fingers" and created the extra wide nut for folks with .... sausage fingers!!

Whitecat

Very early PRS instruments do pretty well.

Voxman

Original Patrick Eggle guitars prior to when he sold the company and his name. Guitars such as the original Berlin Pro, Legend, and Vienna.

Strat_a_tat_tat

Whitecat said:

Very early PRS instruments do pretty well.

How early?