July
2009
VINTAGE
INTRODUCES V52 + V62 ELECTRICS
IN
REGULAR AND ICON VERSIONS
With the appeal of one of the first mass-produced 'single
cut 'n' single coil' style of electric guitars still showing
no sign of diminishing even after almost 60 years –
and rightly so, why should it? – Vintage has added four
interesting takes on the stalwart design to its catalogue.
The V52 and V62 guitars offer a playing experience in this
style of guitar that nudges the enjoyment factor well up to
the upper end of the scale. The Vintage V52 gives the guitarist
a taste of the early days of this guitar style's 1950's beginnings
in country, rockabilly and fledgling rock and roll with its
mellow butterscotch finish over an alder body along with a
one-piece bolt-on maple neck. Meantime, the V62 offers a translucent
blonde finish over its alder body, while the gently C-sectioned
maple neck this time carries a smooth rosewood fretboard.
As always with the Vintage range, guitar design ubermeister
Trev Wilkinson has overseen production, ensuring that the
performance of the pickups on these guitars is more than capable
of matching the good looks. As such, all V52/V62 pickups are
alnico-powered for maximum tone 'n' twang, alongside the conventional
T-type horizontal 3-way pickup selector on the control plate.
Many guitarists have become huge fans of the the Vintage Icon
range of pre-distressed electric guitars, now available in
many of the best-known guitar styles. Undoubtedly they'll
be more than eager to snap up the competitively-priced Icon
versions of these exciting new guitars, the V52MRBS and V62MRAB
with their cool-looking wear-worn bodies, neck and fretboards,
plus the age-distressed hardware...feels good!
And if 'new and shiny' is more of a boat-floater for you...then
pristine, identically-specified V52 and V62 versions are also
available, and at a slightly cheaper price too!
One more thing – being the detail freak that he is,
Trev can't quite leave it at that. So there's the period-correct
single ply distressed black scratchplate on the V52 and V52
Icon, but even better is the up-specced Wilkinson WVOB bridge
pickup with its flat-level alnico polepieces surrounded by
Trev's custom wound construction, giving even more of that
lovely dry trademark 50's 'bite' in the V52 Icon's dynamic
twang!
And of course, Vintage's always-competitive retail prices
continue to make these guitars amazing value for their specification!
Vintage V52BS, Butterscotch £239.00 rrp.
Vintage V62AB, Ash Blonde £239.00 rrp.
Vintage V52MRBS Icon, Butterscotch £299.00 rrp.
Vintage V62MRAB Icon, Ash Blonde £299.00 rrp.
Vintage
V52MRBS Icon – Butterscotch
(right, top)
Body: Alder
Neck: One-piece hard maple, bolt-on
Scale: 25.5" / 648mm
Frets: 22
medium
Neck Inlays:
Black
dot
Tuners: Wilkinson WJ55SD distressed
Bridge: Wilkinson WTBD intonating
brass saddles, distressed
Pickups: Wilkinson Single Coil
x 2, (N) WVTN (B) WVOB (both alnico magnets)
( (N) WVTN, (B) WVTB (both alnico magnets) on regular V52BS)
Controls: Master Volume, Master
Tone/ 3-way lever pickup selector
Scratchplate: Black single ply
distressed
Hardware: Nickel distressed
Finish: Butterscotch distressed
Vintage
V52MRAB Icon – Ash Blonde
(right, lower)
Body: Alder
Neck: Hard maple, bolt-on
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Scale: 25.5" / 648mm
Frets: 22
medium
Neck Inlays:
Plastic
Tuners: Wilkinson WJ55SD distressed
Bridge: Wilkinson WTBD intonating
brass saddles, distressed
Pickups: Wilkinson Single Coil
x 2, (N) WVTN (B) WVTB (both alnico magnets)
Controls: Master Volume, Master
Tone/ 3-way lever pickup selector
Scratchplate: White single ply
Hardware: Nickel distressed
Finish: Ash Blonde distressed
Please
note – all items listed as 'distressed' in the above
specifications are
non-distressed
on the V52BS and V62AB versions of these guitars.
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