Musikmesse 2012: The best vintage guitars, amps and more in pictures

Vintage beauties from Gibson, Fender, Gretsch and much more!
The Musikmesse Vintage Show
Frankfurt Musikmesse 2012 wasn't just about new products. Up on floor 4.1, the Musikmesse Vintage Show saw several retailers put together a staggering collection of vintage guitars, amplifiers and more.
Kicking off with this beautiful 1952 Gibson Les Paul, here are some of the highlights. Click onwards and prepare to drool...

A trio of genuine 1958-9 Bursts, including a '58 belonging to the late Ronnie Montrose (far left)
Half a million euros' worth of Gibson Les Pauls

Approximately as rare as hens' teeth
1958 Gibson EMS-1235

Signed by Don and Phil, we really wanted to take this home
1963 Gibson Everly Brothers acoustic

Sister Rosetta Tharpe style...
1961 Gibson SG/Les Paul Custom

Very cool and very underrated
Late 1950s Gibson Mariner Amp

More utterly gorgeous Goldtops. The wrapover '54s are particularly sexy
1953-4 Gibson Les Pauls

Some of Gibson's best guitars of the period were Black Beauties
1968-70 Gibson Les Paul Customs

Whether you like humbuckers or P-90s, hardtails or vibratos, there was plenty of choice
1960s Gibson SGs

There aren't many cooler-looking backlines than this...
1962 Blonde Fender Showman Amp

Now that's some real road wear, right there
1960s sunburst Fender Stratocasters

Did we mention road wear? Impressive use of the dusty end by whoever owned this instrument...
1952 Fender Precision Bass

1968-72 represented. That sunburst '72 is a real looker!
Fender Telecaster Thinlines

Racing stripe scratchplate and an onboard treble boost? Smokin' hot...
1968 Gretsch 6105 Rally

Super cool in green with single HiLo'Tron pickups
1962 Gretsch 6125 Anniversary hollowbodies

With original Filtertron PAFs, this was pretty high on our most-wanted list
1959 Gretsch 6131 Jet Firebird

As was this, although you have to question the decision to retrofit a Les Paul-style scratchplate
1955 Gretsch 6129 Silver Jet

With all this vintage Americana it was good to see the Brits get a look in
1970s Orange OR120 amp head

For all the more valuable instruments on display, this was a real head-turner
1960s Harmony Stratotone

A large display charted the Japanese company's journey from the 'Lawsuit' era to the JEM and beyond
1970s Ibanez electric guitars

No, it hasn't melted, it was meant to look like that.