Vintage Solid Body Electric Guitars

(Originally written by domdress/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Very pleasant and wide 22-fret maple neck for long hands like mine. UTILIZATION The neck is very pleasant with the typical Telecaster upper frets access. The guitar is rather light compared to original models. The sound is surprisingly good for a guitar in this price range. SOUNDS It sounds perfect with my Peavey Classic 30 tube amp and doesn't have anything to envy its Fender sisters. Only the head looks different! OVERALL OPINION I've owned it for three months and I'm fully satisfied with the studio recordings I've made with it. It offers an excellent value for money and I would buy it again without any hesitation since having the Fender or Gibson logo on your guitar is not enough to have a super sound. The quality of the manufacturing and the pickups surprised me. Below yo can find a brief explanation of why this guitar is so good: The British brand VINTAGE WILKINSON was born from the partnership between TREVOR WILKINSON (famous for his work with Leo Fender) and JHS. In the beginning, their goal was to make copies of famous guitars at affordable prices. Since every Fender copy must have a different head design, the TC2000 head is a mix between the original Tele and Strat designs. All other features are the same as on an original Tele. Wood and manufacturing quality is surprisingly good. This guitar has a perfect poplar body (lighter and less expensive than alder or ash so they can keep prices down).

(Originally written by yugmotobleu/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Guitar made in Asia Two Wilkinson humbuckers (excellent) Two volume controls and two tone controls plus 3-way toggle switch. Nothing new! I like the Gibson-type neck. UTILIZATION I like the playability of the Gibson-type neck Access to the upper frets is no problem Typical SG playability. This guitar is lighter than an original SG and not very well balanced. My Strat is better balanced Good sound, good pickups. I find it sounds better than an Epiphone. The sound is very similar to an original SG with my Peavey tube amp. SOUNDS The sound is really good when I play rock in the line of ACDC and Telephone. I play with a Valveking 112. The sound is round and warm. The guitar is very good with a light distortion. You can also play the blues with it but it's definitely not its favorite music style. As I already said this guitar is great with a light distortion. OVERALL OPINION 10 months (no problem whatsoever) Pros: Sound, hardware, weight (not too heavy), finish, looks. Cons: Unbalanced weight, front strap pin. I also tested an Epiphone SG and it didn't sound so good. Stunning value for money! I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again.

(Originally written by lolodoc/translated from Audiofanzine FR) Wilkinson is a synonym for high quality... Average manufacturing quality but you get a set neck at a very affordable price! No complaints... UTILIZATION Quite comfortable neck with a very smooth and fast varnish (it doesn't get sticky like the neck of my Gibson Nighthawk!!). Access to the upper frets is like on a Gibson!! It's a matter of taste! SOUNDS I play it with an all-tube Mesa Boogie and I get lots of sounds for 70's blues/rock... I luv it! Regarding the Wilkinson P90 pickups (in fact P100 models), I made a very simple modification: since they can be split (five wires), I replaced both original volume controls with two 500-kohm push/pull potentiometers... Thanks to this modification (which doesn't damage the guitar) I can now use the pickups either as humbuckers or single coils. The neck pickup sounds much nicer as single coil than humbucker for clean sounds! OVERALL OPINION I've been using this guitar for one month and it's a great instrument considering the price! Based on my experience I wouldn't hesitate to buy it!!

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.