Electric Guitars

[JoeBoy]

The Vintage brand seems to have gone away in America. All the online sellers no longer list them. Anybody know why? I can assume.

[JoeBoy]

Anybody?

[DaleH]

I see what dealers  here in Canada seem to be not be restocking them also.

Most I have seen are the low end models and the pricing has been all over the place.

If I seen something like the paridice LP  at a good price,I would grab one. Not into the low end models, not when you can get the high end squiers and MIMs in the same ballpark.

[gardo]

A while back somebody here posted a Vintage brand SG style that I really liked.

I tried to find out more about it but got nowhere

[axegrinder]

Are those the Gibson styled UK manufactured guitars?  Or are they just widely sold in the UK?  CSM and metalheadUK have them, right? 

[JoeBoy]

Spoiler

Yes, several on here bought them. Mostly Gibson copies, but they did have some nice looking Fender Copy stuff. They just seemed to drop off the map on the USA market.

[jpnyc]

Probably due to the lawyers at FMIC and Gibson. Or maybe because retailers aren’t lining up to be cut off by Fender and Gibson.

[bjcarl]

This happens all the time with manufacturers...they may be available again in a couple of months, or they may never be available again.

As for the details...they're owned by Wilkinson Hardware(a UK company famous in the US for razors) and manufactured in Korea(at least my LP Deluxe copy was). Quality is typical of Korean guitars...very good, especially for the price, maybe a little sterile sounding and feeling, but overall excellent guitars...on par with PRS SE, Agile, Epiphone, older Squiers, etc...

[onelife]

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JoeBoy wrote:

The Vintage brand seems to have gone away in America. All the online sellers no longer list them. Anybody know why? I can assume.

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I've seen some of those guitars and they are quite good for the price - nice pickups and hardware.

It's probably protectionism - like when the first JV Fenders arrived and were not allowed in the US so all the music stores in Canada needed up with dozens of them.

[w00dsy]

i got one of the V6 Icon series Strats last September, i farking love it.

[peskypesky]

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w00dsy wrote:

i got one of the V6 Icon series Strats last September, i farking love it.

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How is that Xaviere XV-910? I've been eyeing them ever since I played a friend's Gibson ES-330. Really wanting a hollow-body or semi-hollow with P90s now.

[w00dsy]

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peskypesky wrote:

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w00dsy wrote:

i got one of the V6 Icon series Strats last September, i farking love it.

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How is that Xaviere XV-910? I've been eyeing them ever since I played a friend's Gibson ES-330. Really wanting a hollow-body or semi-hollow with P90s now.

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sorry pesky i only just saw this reply when i was looking at what Kudos were. The Xaviere is pretty good. It needs a tweak to the setup and the fretboard was really dry so i had to oil it. But the construction seems solid and faultless. The best bit about it is the pickups, they are really nice. Don't expect Gibson quality, also it's probably a bit shy of Epi quality as well. Overall it's a decent guitar with no real faults but it fails to really inspire. Some guys love them, i'm a bit meh. 

[BeanoBoy]

I have the SG clone. I bought it in a Mom and Pop store for $200. Never saw one before or since. I think the Icon series is better. Swapped the pickups with WCRs. For the price( I can feel your eyes rolling), it's a cool guitar. Doesn't come close to Gibson mojo. For me and my approach to the instrument, the Xaviere, Vintage and Epis are fine in the lower registers but once I start playing my high E string around the 12th fret and upward they sort of 'die off', especially bending with vibrato. My Gibson and PRS thrive in that register.

[janimarj]

Vintage has nothing to do with Wilkinson razors. Vintage is a brand owned, manufactured and distributed by John Hornby Skewes, a major UK-based distribution company for music gear. Vintages have hardware designed by Trevor Wilkinson, who is the guy behind the Wilkinson bridge.

[bjcarl]

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janimarj wrote:
Vintage has nothing to do with Wilkinson razors. Vintage is a brand owned, manufactured and distributed by John Hornby Skewes, a major UK-based distribution company for music gear. Vintages have hardware designed by Trevor Wilkinson, who is the guy behind the Wilkinson bridge.

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Bingo! Other than being owned by the same hardware company that manufactures Wilkinson Razors, and having Wilkinson-branded and designed pickups and hardware, they have nothing to do with Wilkinson razors.

That's like saying Bic pens and lighters have nothing to do with Bic razors...?

[janimarj]

As far as I know, Trevor Wilkinson has nothing to do with Wilkinson razors, and neither does John Hornby Skewes.

[bjcarl]

I promise you, I read a description of Vintage Guitars that detailed the connection and I've heard this from others. It could be that Trev Wilkinson is from the same family that founded Wilkinson Sword in the 18th century, or it could be a confusion of the author with regards to the Wilkinson Hardware chain. In any case, I could be wrong but if so, I'm just citing an erroneous source.
Also-both Wilkinson logos are remarkably similar.
Regardless of who owns what, Vintage guitars are great budget instruments-personally, I prefer them to Epiphones

[Folky_Grunge]

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bjcarl wrote:
I promise you, I read a description of Vintage Guitars that detailed the connection and I've heard this from others. It could be that Trev Wilkinson is from the same family that founded Wilkinson Sword in the 18th century, or it could be a confusion of the author with regards to the Wilkinson Hardware chain. In any case, I could be wrong but if so, I'm just citing an erroneous source.
Also-both Wilkinson logos are remarkably similar.
Regardless of who owns what, Vintage guitars are great budget instruments-personally, I prefer them to Epiphones

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I'm pretty sure they have nothing to do with each other. No mention of a connection on either company's websites (or anywhere else I could find), different logos, and completely different markets. From what I could find, it looks like John Hornby Skewes owns Wilkinson Guitar Parts and Engergizer (the battery company) owns Wilkinson Sword. I could be wrong, but it doesn't look like the companies are related.

I'd guess your source probably just assumed they were connected because of the similar name. It wouldn't be the first time an internet article wasn't thoroughly fact-checked.

[bjcarl]

EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET IS TRUE!!!!

[Folky_Grunge]

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bjcarl wrote:
EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET IS TRUE!!!!

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