VINTAGE PROSHOP

V100

PRICE: ORIGIN: £1,499 China/Vietnam (inc gigbag) TYPE: solidbody Single‑cutaway, electric carved top BODY: Mahogany with carved maple top NECK: Mahogany, glued‑in SCALE LENGTH: 629mm (24.75”) NUT/WIDTH: Graph Tech Tusq XL/ 41.7mm FINGERBOARD: Lignum Rosa, pearloid ‘crown’ inlays, 305mm (12”) radius FRETS: 22, medium jumbo HARDWARE: Licensed Bigsby B70, locking roller‑saddle bridge, Grover Roto‑Grip Locking Rotomatic tuners – aged nickel STRING SPACING, BRIDGE: 50.5mm ELECTRICS: Bare Knuckle Boot Camp Old Guard humbuckers, 3‑way toggle pickup selector switch, individual volume and tone controls for each pickup WEIGHT (kg/lb): 4.22/9.28 OPTIONS: Check the Vintage website RANGE OPTIONS: In the standard Vintage Reissued range, the V100 starts at £369; the aged Vintage Icon versions at £419 LEFT-HANDERS: Yes, the Reissued V100 lefty is available in 3 versions from £439; there’s a single Icon model, in Lemon Drop finish at £529 FINISHES: Aged Black over Goldtop – aged nitro‑cellulose body top and headstock

PROS The best new Vintage guitar we’ve ever played: excellent vibe‑y ageing and great sounds from those Bare Knuckle pickups

CONS Again, basically a pimped East Asian chassis that not everyone will want to pay this money for