The consensus among aspiring rock guitarists today is that older instruments particularly the late "50s Les Pauls, Firebirds, Flying V's, and Stratocasters, were somehow "made better" and thus are more likely to produce that sound —the sound of Clapton, Page, Allman or some other such gunslinger of yesteryear. There's an unwritten wanted poster in every hip music store in Rockdom that reads: "Wanted, Dead or Alive 1958 Les Paul, alias Sunn Burst, last seen cruisin" for burgers in a Buick 6." Or a "59 maple neck Strat, veterah of countless high school sock hops at the mercy of Danny and the Invaders... Somehow the "feel" is there in that old beat up neck; something righteous about those cigarette burns in the headstoek. "Bet it was a Lucky Strike. Oh, Christ! I gotta have this one!! It's just like his!!!"