My opinion is that in some instances with vintage gear, you are purchasing something that the maker cared about, and had pride in. We’ve spent that last 50 years trying to make things cheaper so the shareholders get dividends. Often this has resulted in less quality, but still functional items. As an example, I recently bought some kitchen appliances, and got the same brand, and equivalent model of the twenty something year old units we had. The steel was thinner and the new units were of obviously less quality and care than the old ones. My tip is there’s no way all this new stuff will last us 20 years.
Same goes fo an old fender amplifier… look at the current batch of mass produced, as cheap as possible units to the old point to point wiring in the old units. No comparison.
I’m sure there are exceptions, but it’s nice to own something that the maker took pride in.
Thanks
Pauly