One of the most contentious aspects of this forum has been a simple question, "what is vintage?" Unfortunately, even among Vintage fans, there is much division.

Some members here have suggested the following, and we would agree it is a good guideline for members that post in this section.

1. Guitars made before 1970 are "Vintage."
2. Guitars made between 1970-80 are in a transition period, leading to the emergence of the...

Over the years, photo uploading to TGP has always been considered a perk of supporting memberships. Depending on the level of supporting membership, you could upload more photos. Non-supporting members had to host photos remotely.

Server loads, data capacity, security, and server performance were also considerations related to how we addressed it.

The user experience has suffered due to having to do steps that other sites do not require; even for supporting members, there were some issues...

*****UPDATE 09/25/2021*****

Winners announced and update - CLICK HERE

We've partnered with Primary (the same folks who power our newsletters) to give TGP members $3,350 in free gear. The best part is, you pick the prize you want to win!

Primary has...

TGP member Columbia has won the Strat below!

@Columbia

Congrats! You won the FENDER AMERICAN PROFESSIONAL II STRATOCASTER® - Miami Blue as part of our supporting member giveaway.

We will PM you for an address.

TGP member kracdown has won the guitar below!

@kracdown

Congrats! You won the Fender Vintera Road Worn - Lake Placid Blue as part of our supporting member giveaway.

We will PM you for an address.

TGP member motron has won the guitar below!

@motron

Congrats. You won Squier Classic Vibe '60s Jazzmaster as part of our supporting member giveaway!
We will PM you for your mailing address.

To enter for a chance to win one of these three guitars simply purchase a Silver (one entry), Gold (two entries), Platinum (5 entries), or Double Platinum (10 entries) account upgrade on the TheGearPage.net by December 7, 2020. Go here to enter, while logged into your account:


The full details and more info on each guitar in the giveaway can be found on...

And it's a real "looker"....and he's going to let me borrow it! What say you TGP?

Heart breaking. An absolute legend.

From the beginning of TGP, we've always encouraged builders to have tour boxes. Given the current situation in the world and the distress it has placed on everyone and in particular, small builders, we wanted to cultivate and support builders that want to create "Tour Boxes".

To do that, we've created a prefix for manufacturers to use, called (no surprise) "Tour Box". While TGP takes no responsibility for conducting or managing Tour Boxes (that's up the manufacturer) we do want to see...

I can’t think of a more rich, saturated, yet clear recorded guitar tone from the 90’s that isn’t Dean DeLeo’s. I have no idea how he did it, but damn.

So say you're trying to decide between getting a Les Paul, 335, or an SG. You have a choice of keeping the best Les Paul you've ever heard and played, the best 335 you've ever heard and played, or the best SG you've ever heard and played. Which would you choose and why? And no, you can't afford all three in this case.

Does anyone have, or at least remember having, one of those Martin electric guitars from the 1960s? Any love for them?

I'm not thinking of the Frankenstein versions of their acoustics with added pickups and knobs, but the true electrics, thin line hollow body F series or GTs. I knew a kid who had one (not sure which model) when I was in high school, and I remember playing it and thinking it was pretty good, but that was a long time ago. Martin also made amps, or at least had their name on...

Recently I posted about the best 2x12 cabs to pair w a Marshall super lead head. I’ve been playing around w the 20w reissue and a 100w plexi reissue of late. The 20 has the vintage sounds and tones and is fantastic but is missing some low end punch and mids, understandably.

been reading up on the clones: Germino 35, Metropoulos, Christine, etc.

What are some of your favorite plexi clones in the 50w and less range?