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Ok so this guitar is a vintage lemon drop, all wilkinson hardware and it has a mahogany neck and body.

UTILIZATION

Ok so this is a verrrry warm tone guitar and plays wonderfully. It's a little heavy but not really as heavy as my les paul custom. There was a slight issue with some of fret board bring very very slightly raised but I'm
Being super pedantic with this. I had a very picky luthier point it out but this seemed to
Be the only real issue. The out of phase pick up adds something a little different and makes rocky lead brakes sound amazing with a real edge verrrry suited to blues rock ( but can play anything)

SOUNDS

I've used this guitar through most types of amp. It's been through boogies, marshalls Hughes and kettners and tons more. It's a typical led paul in terms of through a Mesa boogie or a Marshall it really its that sweet spot. I like to keep the pickups either in the middle because it gives a fat balls out full sound. I like to switch it to the bridge for lead breaks but I don't often use the neck tone on its own. The clean tone is really nice for those typical rock intros that lead into raunch.

OVERALL OPINION

I'll be honest and say I can't remember what I paid for this, it was somewhere between 350 and 450 in 2009. What I will say is that it's the closest Gibson copy I've ever played and for a fraction of the price. I've played les paul studios that don't compare to this guitar and that's the truth. I own a 1976 les paul custom which is an
Absolute gem.... So this guitar isn't quite as good to play and listen to but it's really not far off. Vintage have really raised there game in the last few years and wilkinson hardware is far beyond what it's being sold for. This guitar will be avoided by the guitar snobs because of its label but the truth is in my opinion is that it's better than any other les paul copy I've played and better than some cheaper gibsons. I advice you to close your eyes plug in and play... Let the guitar do the talking - it won't dissapoint!!

Made in Korea (Made in Korea).

Quite late innings, rather typed 60s, I think.

For the rest, see more Thomann.de

UTILIZATION

Handle very nice.

Shape and color very successful.

Normal weight for a Les Paul, but after a few hours of rehearsal in the standing group, getting tired.

There is just a "small" black spot in the table: the mechanics are bad bills. For a beginner, it may be sufficient, but I advise to have changed by self-locking or mechanical Gibson.

Access through acute: This is what a Les Paul!

I use a basic drawing: 10/46.

SOUNDS

I play mostly blues and rock, and I must say that it excels in its field.

We get a little bit about all sounds except some to be a perfect clean, because the microphones are oriented Blues.

I use a VOX VT40 + with a BOSS ME-25 multi-effect.

His bluesy, little sound hard rock or hard rock. Example of Dire Straits:

Different distortion by moyennent are against, but with a good distortion pedals going it alone!

OVERALL OPINION

It is now one year that I have this guitar, and I do not regret it.

In this price range, there are also Epiphones, but to get a correct thing, it is mandatory to change the pickups. And I liked the least curved head, compared to that of the Vintage V100 which is close to the head of Gibson.

Very good quality / price ratio, I did recommend it to those who do not have the budget for a Gibson.

I paid £180 (english pounds) for this beauty. As you already tell i like this axe! I bought from Dawsons as my first electric.

The Guitar is Tobacco sunburst, although it looks more like Honey burst, which is a good thing. The gold hardware sets the piece off nicely. The finish is Deep wine red at the edges melting into a creamy gold centre (sounds like a chocolate bar, and is just a sweet), without bothering with a quilted effect. The selector switch is sturdy and faces the right way up, which is suprisingly hard to find on a guitar of this price. The frets are smooth and easy to slide with and inlayed with pearl trapezia. The whole unit is cream binded, which i like, and at the end of it's fixed neck the headstock has an abalone gold brand name, set off nicely with gold tulip tuners (beware i have been warned the gold fades on the tuners, though i have noticed none). The guitar is a heavy mofo, adds to the quality, you get used to the weight. The strap buttons are solid, as if they were carved from the same peice of wood as the guitar. The sound, the guitar can produce beefy sounds, harmonics and raw riffs, the whole shabang. Sounds great, quite clear and bright.

The only disslikes so far? Maybe the neck is too "50's", too chunky. Dont get me wrong this can be a bonus for rhythm guitarists, but i prefer to solo and lick about with my axe, so i prefer a slim 60's neck. And the the Lovely finish is marred slightly by the wood underneath, the grain is very fine, almost invisable, i like a visable grain to the wood. This is in no way a knock on the unit, just one of those things you have to deal with, doesnt effect the performance, and you have to look closley to notice but nobody does that. One last thing, the tone pot (positioned underneath the bridge pick up)catches slightly on the surface of the guitar. This wont effect all models though just an unlucky pick. It doesnt catch enough to tear paint off, just over turning may result in scratches on its beautiful finish. Thats it. The likes outway the dislikes.

As i said, the quality is fine for the price. Solid, heavy and hard-wearing. Nothing really to add.

This is a great guitar. The quality is superb, it sounds brilliant and the niggles are minor. The best guitar for under £200, anywhere. Great for beginners, even better for intermediate, but a pro may finds more dislikes. I'd give it 4.75 but seems as i can't its 5 all the way. It rocks, it looks good, it damn cheap, no wait it's inexpensive not cheap. But don't expect perfection, just like everything.

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After much searching on the internet and in my local shops, I found this guitar for £179 at Zings Music. Seeing as this was around £50 cheaper than the manufacturer's own website (John Hornby Skewes), I quickly placed my order online. Everything was fine until I was told that I would have to wait around 3 weeks for my guitar to be delivered - not a major hassle because I still had my old Hohner to play, but still a pain.
I chose this Vintage because I wanted a fairly decent - yet cheap - Les Paul copy and from what I'd read, this guitar seemed to fit the bill. A quick strum on it in a local shop before purchasing online confirmed my thoughts.


The guitar looks good with a tobacco sunburst finish and gold hardware. The sound is good too with a decent balance between bass and treble, instead of an excessively treble sound that I’ve sometimes heard on other cheap guitars. And as everyone always says about Vintage; the price is excellent for what you get.

If I had to pick a fault, I would say that the attention to detail on the finish wasn’t as good as it could have been. The gold on the machine heads was beginning to wear off even before I received the guitar and there was a small crack in the truss rod cover plate (which the manufacturer is going to replace when they have the part in stock). The finishing on the frets could have been slightly better and there were a few small scratches on the body. One of the volumes knobs also caught on the body when turned, until a minor adjustment.
To be fair though, I am a bit of a perfectionist so I’d probably find fault with any guitar and it may also depend on where you buy from with regards to scratches etc.


Construction is good and solid throughout with no major faults or dislikes that I could find. It weighs much more than my Hohner which takes some getting used to but does add to the overall feeling of solidity. Quality is undoubtedly very good for the price, although the finishing could be slightly better as I’ve mentioned.

Great guitar for the price, you can’t really go wrong with it. A better player than myself may not be quite so impressed, but for my own purposes (home-use, occasional jamming with friends), this guitar is ideal. Shop around to get a good deal and if you buy online, a proper shop set-up will probably also be required to get the best out of the guitar.

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The Vintage V100 guitar is a knock off Gibson Les Paul guitar. It's basically a Gibson Les Paul guitar that's made in Korea using a pseudo name. It's a very inexpensive instrument but it will contain most of the same tone that any other Gibson Les Paul guitar what have. You'll get a warm mahogany based tone that can be rich and thick but the weight, feel, and balance of the instrument can be very lacking compared to a real Gibson LP. However many Korean made instruments that I've played personally have a pretty good weight and feel. So this guitar is going to carry that similar type of build quality that you would know as similar Korean built guitars. It's not going to be priced like a $3000 custom Gibson Les Paul guitar but it certainly is going to feel very comfortable across the neck and as you play it.

UTILIZATION

Body Mahogany
Sides and Back Mahogany
Finger board Rosewood fingerboard
Bridge Tune-O-Matic
Neck Mahogany set neck
Inlay Pearloid Crown
Frets 163
Scale 24.75″/ 628mm
Tuners Wilkinson Deluxe WJ44 Chrome
Hardware Chrome
Controls 2 x Volume
2 x Tone
3-Way Toggle
Warranty One year

SOUNDS


If you've ever played any type of Gibson Les Paul guitar or any other mahogany based guitar then you are going to feel very comfortable with this instrument. You get a warm thick juicy tone especially when you use a high gain amplifier. This is a guitar really excels with a load of distortion involved in your guitar sound. It doesn't do quite well at the clean tone settings that you would find from many single coil or lighter body guitar such as a Fender Telecaster or a Fender Stratocaster.

OVERALL OPINION


These guitars you can find somewhat easily online. They usually run right around $300 or so. It's not that bad of a price for a nice-looking instrument with a cool looking maple top. If you're in the market for a budgeted Les Paul instrument and don't want to pay the fees and prices then this is a great alternative for you. It's a very well-built guitar for the money and I highly recommend it to anyone who is on a budget.

Lespaul copy made in Korea, body and mahogany neck, 22 frets, tune o matic bridge, mechanical KLUSON profile sleeve type lespaul 59 (round and thick enough), 2 humbuckins Wilkinson (excellent)!

UTILIZATION

The weight and feel matches that of one lespaul, the finish is not at his inspiring but still very decent for the price (420 euros), the sound is the highlight of this beautiful copy, closer a model of the original epiphone

SOUNDS

This guitar is not in the lace, it is perfect for the blues a little fat or rock, high output pickups give a good saturation that is controllable by adjusting the volumes and tones, my pickup is particularly remarkable in the sense that it is very sharp and hot! bleufe me this guitar! (I own a Les Paul and Stratocaster american deluxe one) but I use a lot more than the vintage is very beautiful (tobaco sunburst)

OVERALL OPINION

I will not let go for 3 months! It's a very good deal!

View the previous opinion. The violin is not high quality but is still correct. Great care has been taken in the acastillage.

UTILIZATION

Accustomed to the sleeves of strato (and incorrigible fan), the relative comfort of the handle round and thick is a good surprise. No need to spend hours on it to get used to. Access to the highs is relatively comfortable. The guitar is well balanced, while being significantly lighter than a real Gibson (against 3.6 kg 5kg and wheelbarrows for the original): At least we do not loose the back after two hours of rehearsal '! The pickup selector and knobs are of high quality.

SOUNDS

A value / awesome. The sound of the pickups Wilkinson is both powerful and well defined. On this point, epiphone can go get dressed. Despite the weight of the guitar less than a gibson, the sustain is there (the mahogany body and set neck are surely a lot). The sound is very typical "big 70's rock" and blues fat. Floydiens crystalline sounds and funky-cluck-cluck are not really in the abilities of this guitar. For my part, trying to complement my strato (perfect in both areas named above), the V100 is perfect for my needs in terms of complementarity with my other guitar.

OVERALL OPINION

In conclusion, the V100 is a perfect alternative for those seeking to approach a Les Paul sound without going into debt over three generations. The quality / price ratio is impressive, and the V100 is prominently in recent models launched by the small brands that rise in the market for good quality copying. The main strength is the quality of wilkinson pickups that are really well defined.

the guitar is made in Korea. acastillage all just come from the Wilkinson remains a guarantee of its quality. the neck is thinner than an LP EPIPHONE, it looks like that of my 77 CUSTOM.

UTILIZATION

the neck is thinner than a EPIPHONE LP, a c autoroute.il resembles that of my CUSTOM 77

SOUNDS

suitable for any style. but hey jai replace the pickups with a set WILKINSON ALNICO II TONERIDER which gives her a way or very SLASH GIBSON

OVERALL OPINION

jai lp several best-known brand but the c value for the unbeatable price SURPRISED. no default super polish very well done and very beautiful, I'll do on that choice. in short I love the ...

Guitar made in asia.

I play a Gibson Les paul 10 years and I wanted a nice copy. The brand was recommended to me by a luthier.

The guitar comes with a booklet of verification. Mine is a Tobacco Sunburst.

Deck fitting and micro Wilkinson.

The finish is pretty nice set aside a small defect of the coating on 1mm.

She has a pretty good face.

UTILIZATION

Channel end vintage quite playable. It weighs almost the weight of a Gibson.

SOUNDS

Very nice surprise.

Saturation, it is quite impressive on the micro bridge. A typed his thick les paul 60/70 's fairly well defined. The micro serious but more mellow tone is a little worse to me.

In his clear, the micro bridge is a bit limited and it sounds Ginson away with a slight lack of definition the neck pickup sounds pretty good for jazz.

OVERALL OPINION

Well I was looking for a good copy and I'm not disappointed.

Unbeatable in this price range.

I ordered a second in flamed ice tea for the upgrade.

I recommend this guitar.

According to the type where I bought it wilkinson hardware manufactured by Leo Fender. 22 frets and micro wilkinson original (subsequently exchanged by two EMG 81/85). Tone and volume plus a micro switch micro post.

UTILIZATION

Handle very nice.
Guitar a bit heavy (one LP what!)
access to acute like a gibson, more or less easy.
Very good sound vintage type.

SOUNDS

perfect! I play rock, punk rock and metal with the EMG it rocks!
very nice clean between the two micro fat on the rhythm and slamming on the trebble.
for the distortion: trebble excellent bridge deaf (or just a nickel if crunchy) and heavy rhythm (a bit too much).
I play on a Marshall vs100r with a small clone, and a cry baby wah = ^ ^ what perfect
I love art medium that is downright perfect, the rhythm in the bass is very accurate. Little less for the acute lack a little warmth and the micro serious that I do not use too much.

OVERALL OPINION

we must not forget that c is a copy! but I think what it holds its own at this price because I know not many rival! ^ ^ if I was to do it again! I use it for two years and I urge = very versatile. Just maybe the weight but hey that's okay then!

All features can be found on the official website of the brand.
For my part I changed the pickups for a pair of Seymour Duncan SH-4 bridge and SH-2 in the heats. Not that the original Wilkinson pickups are not real but because I Chechi the sound unique to the pair Seymour Duncan.


UTILIZATION

I use it for the Hard Rock and blues in this register is perfect.
I have a Gibson Les Paul Standard and it makes an interesting addition.
His neck is very nice to type '60 Les Paul is more like it is apect worn, the varnish gives a little bit less feeling "sticky" Gibson Les Paul guitars

SOUNDS

Since j I changed the pickups, the sound does not match the original guitar, but who still used with the original configuration, I can say that the Wilkinson pickups are no exception and used it very well register Blues / Hard Rock.

OVERALL OPINION

Course finishes are not dazzling (in line with the price) but the worn look is very nice and that's what tipped the balance for my choice in comparison to Reproduce Paul in the same price category.
The quality / price is quite ok, no problem.
In my opinion without hesitation if you want to have a Les Paul copy which appears to have few years of touring ... Very convincing