There seems to be a broadly-dispersed misperception on Kijiji that anything not made within the last 6 months or debuted at the most recent NAMM is somehow "vintage"
Proper use of the term "vintage" alludes to wine from a particular crop of grapes of noticeably high quality or uniqueness, as in "that was a particularly good vintage". One does not apply the term "vintage" to any old wine sitting around in the basement or back of the store for the last 10 years or more.
If there was an amp or guitar or pickup or pedal or even software plug-in, that was made during a particular period by a particular manufacturer, and is either of high quality that has been hard to replicate, or has unique qualities that have not since appeared commerically, then it is legitimate to label it as vintage. But a 20W solid-state Fender Sidekick amp that is older than the teenage kid you originally bought it for is NOT "vintage". It's just old, and perhaps in better condition than you'd think for its age.
It is sufficient to say that a given guitar is from this or that period, or this or that model. Those who are in search of whatever might be unique about it (and that could even be colour or post-manufacture modifications) will be pleased to know those details. But calling something "vintage" that isn't does a disservice to those products that really were head and shoulders above their contemporaries for good reason.
Proper use of the term "vintage" alludes to wine from a particular crop of grapes of noticeably high quality or uniqueness, as in "that was a particularly good vintage". One does not apply the term "vintage" to any old wine sitting around in the basement or back of the store for the last 10 years or more.
If there was an amp or guitar or pickup or pedal or even software plug-in, that was made during a particular period by a particular manufacturer, and is either of high quality that has been hard to replicate, or has unique qualities that have not since appeared commerically, then it is legitimate to label it as vintage. But a 20W solid-state Fender Sidekick amp that is older than the teenage kid you originally bought it for is NOT "vintage". It's just old, and perhaps in better condition than you'd think for its age.
It is sufficient to say that a given guitar is from this or that period, or this or that model. Those who are in search of whatever might be unique about it (and that could even be colour or post-manufacture modifications) will be pleased to know those details. But calling something "vintage" that isn't does a disservice to those products that really were head and shoulders above their contemporaries for good reason.