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There is obviously a lot of time invested in developing guitars that are not only astounding quality for their respective price points, but that are also unique enough to demand attention, yet familiar enough to translate into sales for very satisfied customers.rolled around, the spring arrived, and NAMM 2023 provided the platform for several big Vintage reveals. It’s gotta look good, sound good, play well, be an object of desire, and a working tool and most of all, be ‘a keeper’. Based upon conversations I’ve had with countless players over the years, I’d say the Vintage brand appeals on lots of levels. UK singer songwriter/solo artists, Carrie Martin says: “Talking Vintage guitars is always easy for me because I love these guitars with a passion, what’s not to love? They ring out forever. Plugged in they are arguably the best sounding acoustics in their field and easily rival the more expensive higher end acoustics. Having been introduced to Vintage by my mentor Gordon Giltrap and becoming part of the team, it wasn’t long before I investigated all of the GG and Paul Brett range.

For enhanced playability the Vintage V100 features a unique evolutionary body shape with a graceful descending bass side shoulder and an ingeniously designed offset heel providing improved access to the ‘dusty-end’ of the guitar's upper frets and opening up your playing. Yoichi Honma, President at Apollon Music, Japanese distributor for Vintage comments, “As you know, Japanese customers are very detail-oriented and will not let the slightest flaw in finish go unnoticed, and Vintage has never had a problem with that. In this day and age of online business, it is commonplace for customers to compare with the competition when choosing a product. If you’re not familiar with the differences, Tremolo is modulation of amplitude and vibrato is modulation of pitch. The whammy bar, whichever brand, on whichever guitar, modulates pitch. I have original models, but like so many players these days, I really don’t want to take them on tour, they’re just too precious, I’d be devastated if they got lost or damaged. It was of course a ploy to see what I thought of his new creation and if I would be interested in working on a prototype signature model, which would go into production as the Vintage V6MRTBG Thomas Blug Signature guitar, complete with a very convincing distressed white finish.

Brit-conceived and long-running lookalike brand Vintage is going places – particularly across the pond in the USA. Is now the time to reconsider the copy? We think so…

By 2006 the JHS stand number was a priority call for the media at trade shows around the world, eager to be first to announce news of yet another Vintage launch. The Vintage ICON™ Series raised enough eyebrows to cause a draught when introduced at both Winter NAMM and Frankfurt Musikmesse in said year. The Vintage ICON Series theme was again, workhorse guitars, with incredibly authentic ‘played within an inch of their life’ relicing, instantly and equally appealing to students and to professional guitar players around the globe. As with the design by which they’re inspired, both V100s are weighty propositions (there’s no mention of any weight relief ), but they do stay on the right side of the 4.5kg/10lb threshold and feel perfectly good in terms of playability, especially for the price. The fretwork is pretty tidy with the frets sitting over the binding, and it’s of a sensible gauge, too, not over-big in width or height at approximately 2.7mm wide and around 1.2mm high. We’ve spent years listening to suggestions from players all around the world and every year, we produce new classics, offering ever more choice to players and make sure the 'heart and soul' of the Vintage® brand is innovation, excellence, value and fun. Mahogany with classic Vintage ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy and great feel. I was demoing at the Frankfurt Musikmesse one year, playing my original white ’61.” Thomas Blug explains. “Just before one particular set, I noticed my prized guitar had vanished and in its place was a white lookalike model.

You’re not going to confuse this with a Gibson, are you? The top nuts on both V100s are Graph Tech NuBone XB, which aims to “increase volume and enhance the low-end harmonics of your instrument” (Image credit: Future / Olly Curtis) I know for a fact that a lot of the pro’s which use Vintage love them because, almost in an ‘anti-brand’ kind of Vibe, JHS is a great company to work with and they know that if they’re playing say a V1003 on stage at Madison Square Gardens, they know the guitar is gonna do the job, but they also get a buzz out of knowing the kid in row three who aspires to emulate his or her hero, can afford to go into a music store and buy the very same V1003 they’ve just seen on stage, which can’t be said if our hero was playing a super high end, custom shop, multi thousand dollar piece. Could there be more? Rounding off the 2022 R&D blitz was the NAMM pre-launch of the Alan Entwhistle designed Vintage REVO Series, Retro Vintage Originals from the master of blending the coolest stuff from the early era of the electric guitar with the most modern player attributes. Keep an eye out for more announcements in the Fall of 2023.I have enjoyed over the years, a very positive and successful relationship with JHS and Vintage and I would like to mention their excellent staff, construction factory and professional attitude.” Looking stunning with a striking two-tone Silver Burst finish, all three guitars are based on the very popular Vintage V6, V75 and V100 models, uniting all the innovative incarnations that have made these models not only Vintage classics in their own right, but also the number one choice for a countless number of guitar players around the world, favoured for their consistency within superb playability, exceptional tone and innovative hardware designs. The concept of ‘The Working Man’s Guitar’ continues Dennis, “Was something very close to Paul Brett’s heart and during the course of organising some samples for him to review, we got chatting about the concept and realised that we had a close mutual friend, now sadly long deceased, in the English 12 string guitar specialist, the late, great Johnny Joyce. Credit subject to status and affordability. Terms & Conditions Apply. Guitar Guitar Limited is a credit broker and is Authorised

Semi pros love ‘em ‘cos whatever their main instrument is, they can have ‘the other styles’ with credibility and without breaking the bank. Pros and collectors love ‘em ‘cos they can leave their ‘Closet Classics’ at home and take a Vintage out which absolutely does the job, but they don’t have twenty thousand quid at risk on a pub gig stage. The V100™ 'Lemon Drop™' is an original Vintage® ReIssued Series guitar, designed and created by Trev Wilkinson and the UK Vintage design team.Chained to the workbench and fed under the door, Trev Wilkinson was given free rein to let his fertile imagination run riot on the drawing board and in 2007, we launched the TWDA (Trev Wilkinson Design Associates) designed Vintage Advance™ Series under the banner. The Advance Series immediately received critical acclaim within the press and the end user, as the music industry continued to ask, “How can Vintage produce such outstanding instruments at such realistic prices?”