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July 2011
A Vintage Summer Of Love with guitar
superstar Thomas Blug
Legendary axe-slinger Thomas Blug has once again joined forces
with Vintage® guitars to produce an epic new signature
model influenced by the man many people think of as the greatest
guitarist of all time.
The Vintage Summer Of Love V6MRHDX is a nod to an iconic guitar
played by the inimitable Jimi Hendrix. The newest model in
the celebrated Vintage ICON range of distressed, or reliced,
instruments, the Summer Of Love's body and parts have all
been meticulously aged to simulate years of onstage use. The
guitar features the same boutique specs as Thomas's treasured
'61 and his original Vintage signature, the V6MRTBG –
the only differences being the reverse headstock and the cooler-than-cool,
hand-applied graphics created by German artist Daniel Hahn.
The V6MRHDX's body is alder, and it features a hard maple,
bolt-on neck with a 7 1⁄2” radius rosewood fingerboard
and 21 frets. All the hardware is genuine Wilkinson, including
the three vintage-voiced single coil pickups, with aged ivory
covers and Thomas's beloved Bukka™ switch, which is
operated by a push/ push pot on the back tone control, and
provides a hum-cancelling, subtly tone-altering extra dummy
coil when needed. This is a whole lot of guitar for just £479.
Thomas said: “With the Summer Of Love, I wanted a guitar
that looks cool – like Hendrix's, but with all the features
of my signature Vintage ICON V6 guitar and my '61 workhorse.
And it had to play like all the guitars I usually play: pickups
in the same position and not a reversed body.”
The Summer Of Love was unveiled at a recent show, Blug Plays
Hendrix, where Thomas and his band rocked through 10 Hendrix
covers in front of a wild crowd. Recorded as a live CD and
DVD, the show was the ideal debut for the V6MRDX, and the
guitar is now a staple of Thomas's incendiary live performances.
Thomas said: “The Summer Of Love is the first "flower
power guitar" that feels like home. It's a great looking
guitar, with all that spirit and performance – and my
tone. I get inspired just by looking at it!”
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Vintage 'Summer Of Love' V6MRHDX specs:
Body: Alder
Neck: Hard Maple – Bolt-On
Fingerboard: 7 1/2" Rosewood
Frets: 21
Tuners: Wilkinson® Deluxe WJ55D EZ-Lok™
Vibrato: Wilkinson® WVCD
Scale: 25.5”/648mm
Pickups: Wilkinson® single coil x 3 aged
ivory
(N) WVS (M) WVSM rw/rp(B) WHCC
(Back tone push/push hum-cancelling extra coil)
Controls: 1 Volume, 2 Tone, 5-Way Selector
Scratchplate: 3-ply distressed
Hardware: Nickel
Price: £479 (UK RRP)
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