What makes a vintage guitar vintage?

My son who's 11 has been taking guitar lessons for about a year now. His teacher let him start with book 1, went through the chords and stuff, but did not follow through on the contents of the book like the individual exercises. Never finished that book...

not what brand is best but what specifically makes the guitar good for beginners like a big neck ect.

Hey, Okay, so it turns out that when I decided to start playing guitar (10 months ago) I'd found a teacher that a friend -who was also a beginner and was going to start lessons with me- had recommended. Long story short: I ended up abandoning classes...

Anyone now how to play the song "what makes you beautiful" on guitar? not the real version by one direction, but this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuWLCqdKh…

i want electric guitar strings that a small town company makes that sound beastly and are usually RRRRREEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLY cheap that i can buy like 30 of at a time

I want it to sound just like the song. I am a beginner. I have an acoustic electric guitar and I need to play this fast but in looking into it, all of the ways sound nothing like it. Please HELP!!!!

Recently I've seen guitar players utilize a strange pedal. As you press it the note basically bends lower and lower. It sounds like a robot powering down to me. It was weird and awesome. What kind of effects pedal is that?

So I have always wondered if Stevie Ray, Jimi, Clapton and Santana all played the same song, how is it that you know you could tell who each was? They all have their own sound...but what exactly makes it sound like them? Thanks!