The geometry is a little different here from an original, too. Visit our corporate site. You will receive a verification email shortly. Perhaps someone had a problem with the Ronno connection and, quietly, the V100MRN became the VP100MP with no mention of the late, great guitarist. © 2020 Guitar.com is a member of the media division of BandLab Technologies. Vintage Reissued V100PBB and V100MP review Brit-conceived and long-running lookalike brand Vintage is going places – particularly across the pond in the USA. The top carve is very nicely dished and a couple of millimetres thicker than our Gibson reference at 62mm from top to back. While nicely cut in terms of height, both nuts could do with a little more fettling to cure the usual D and G string tuning issues. That Vintage logo might not be the coolest we’ve seen, but it’s not a deal-breaker and we’d strongly suggest you try either of these alongside the obvious competition, not least Epiphone. If the purpose of a copy is to provide a taste of the real thing at a way more affordable price point then both these V100s pass that test in some style. The control taper choice (see Under The Hood on the previous page) does seem a little odd. Gibson’s Slim Taper is slightly wider but similarly depth’d: a little over 20mm at the 1st and a shade over 23mm by the 12th. “The V100MRN [as it was originally called] calls to mind images of glam-rock rebels and eight-legged outer space travellers,” says the PR. Vintage is a brand that has been overlooked by many a guitar snob because of its copy-cat status. The October 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now! Switch to something more driven and the PBB delivers in spades with an appealing smoothness. Write a user review Ask for a user review. From upstart beginnings in the early 60s, Eric Clapton soon established himself as one of the decades’ most lauded players. Bill Evans November 20, 2020. That said, inlays on both are pretty sharp. Do they hold their own? Fender’s Jazzmaster and Jaguar might look similar, but when we put a pair of vintage custom-colour offsets through their paces, they prove to be very different animals. The December 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now! Subscribe to Acoustic Guitar on . The PBB's stacked humbuckers don't capture a true P-90 voice. In a cleaner setting, those highs from the bridge and the strident power doesn’t make for the sweetest of bridge ’buckers we’ve ever heard, but even so there’s a punkier-edged crispness that you might enjoy. The Electric XII was only manufactured from 1965 to 1970, but its contribution to the sonic legacy of guitar music is significant. The MP really wants to rock and while the PBB doesn’t quite capture the P-90 voice we’d expected, it’s got its own thing going on: smooth yet clear, a surprisingly sophisticated voice. “Suffice to say that we can offer the guitar body shapes that Vintage produce, for sale, worldwide.”. 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. Very nice for finger picking. JHS might have had the last laugh, however: we’re told that Vintage guitars are now available in over 130 countries worldwide, not least the USA. :bravo: The old electronics were broken - so I … No bigger than a chunky stompbox, Orange’s latest Terror is a fully fledged 20-watt amplifier complete with valve preamp and (sort of) channel switching. From teenage ‘indie’ beginnings, Johnny Marr has flourished into one of the finest guitar stylists in rock music. Our two V100s were launched at the start of the year. It’s probably fair to say that if you like your single-cuts running into a cranked and driven amp, you’ll have fun here. The cream edge binding with its inner black striped purfling surrounds both the top and back edges, Les Paul Customstyle. Like a Duncan JB, there’s power but it doesn’t sacrifice clarity: the neck pickup is very flutey in comparison and will easily have you gurning over your power ballad solos. Despite several vaccines on the horizon, is it still apocalypse right now for the UK live music industry? These pickups seem to be of a higher quality level, too – they are much cleaner looking and appear to have nickel-silver baseplates. Five years on from the King Of The Blues’ death in 2015, aged 89, a new movie featuring Wendell Pierce as BB is in the works. We caught up with the man himself to talk tone, finding beauty in corners, and why there’s something very special about a black sparkle finish…, The mysterious multi-instrumentalist, producer and guitar-builder discusses his recently released EP, why guitars should look cooler than they sound, and being a body double for Sacha Baron Cohen. Vintage Bench Test: 1969 Fender Rosewood Telecaster 6th July 2020 Late-1960s Telecasters are not especially rare – unless they happen to have a rosewood body and neck like the guitar George Harrison played on the roof of the Apple building in 1969. Thank you for signing up to Guitarist. The pedal is based around the searing tones of Tony Iommi. Whereas our original Les Paul Junior cleans up really well with only a slight volume reduction, here the volume control taper is much more gradual and you have to wind it back some way to achieve that duality. Is now the time to reconsider the copy? This new compilation from Jack White’s Third Man Records is a treasure trove of 90s shoegaze and space-rock rarities from a set of Michigan bands indebted to the UK scene. From their hybrid Standard/ Custom style to their rock-ready voices and a playability that’s more than acceptable out of the box, so long as you prefer a skinnier neck. The September 2020 issue of Guitar Magazine is out now! 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”. “The terms of the settlement remain confidential,” offers Paul. We provide insight and opinion about gear, artists, technique and the guitar industry for all genres and skill levels. Vintage guitars are fast becoming a force to be reckoned at the less expensive end of the guitar market. That’s a claim that might be hard to prove, but no-one’s going to argue with Graph Tech’s quality and use on much more expensive guitars than these. The MP’s bridge humbucker has a high DCR of 14.26kohm, which puts it into the Seymour Duncan JB or DiMarzio Super Distortion territory and is contrasted by the much more vintage-like neck pickup, which has a DCR of 7.47kohms. Receive news and offers from our other brands? With a very unified feel, these two do sound quite different. Setups on both go for a pretty similar 1.6mm on both treble and bass sides, though the PBB is very slightly lower if we’re splitting hairs. Expert and in-depth reviews of vintage electric and acoustic guitars, from player grade instruments to holy grails from the golden era. From the January/February 2021 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick Millevoi. The latest guitar news, reviews and features delivered to your inbox. Find out what happens when single and double-cut Les Paul Specials from 1958 and ’59 go head-to-head. The PBB’s fret tops are slightly smoother (the fret work a little tidier, too); the MP’s feel a little scratchy, but nothing a quick rub won’t fix. First of all I must point out that THERE IS NO CUSTOMER SERVICE from Vintage guitars and JHS in general. The V100MP was initially launched as “an electrified tribute” to Mick Ronson of Bowie’s fabled Spiders From Mars. A vintage Gibson acoustic is many a producer’s secret weapon and this gorgeous example certainly has ‘that’ sound. V100 Neck pickup cavity: While these guitars are far from vintage-spec clones of specific Gibson models, pulling out the neck pickup on both of them you can see a ‘long’ tenon neck join – the 42mm-wide neck tongue extends some 25mm into the pickup cavity. It’s like a good Gibson Junior or Special with the tones knocked back quite a bit – and that’s no bad sound. In part two of our look at the chord shapes and sequences which define Paul Simon’s sound, we focus on his early years as a solo artist. You can always unsubscribe (so you won't receive any more e-mails) by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each e-mail. Vintage 25th Anniversary Series V75-SVB, V6H-SVB & V100-SVB review, What you need to know about Gibson 'Dreadnought' Jumbos. In our very first issue one of the brand's acoustics (a V300) set the benchmark by which we now judge entry-level acoustics. The guitars have had considerable input from designer Trev Wilkinson, though JHS’s operations director, Paul Smith, comments that Trev’s “consultancy agreement with JHS expired in August 2018 after 12 amazing years working together developing the Vintage ranges. Originally intended as a tribute to Mick Ronson, the V100MP still retains the stripped front and mismatched control knobs of his ’68  Les Paul Custom. The fingerboard edge – the binding, basically – has a nice in-turn to it and, although not specifically rolled, the top edges are far from sharp. Guitar Review: Gibson’s 50s LG-2 Pairs Vintage Vibe with Modern Playability. The Vintage VZ99 Zip electric guitars take the vibe back to retro garage rock chic, are fun to play but are still equipped with serious Wilkinson hardware.
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