For many years, the now legendary Vintage® ReIssued™ V65 Series of solid body electric guitars have been a firm favourite with guitar players around the world, whilst also replicating the unending appeal of the offset bodied guitar, pleasing armies of cult followers of this classic, timeless trendsetter.
Now, combining a worn concept undertaken by the skilled team of Vintage luthiers, this stunning Vintage® ProShop® V65 Hardtail, evokes the wonderful charm of a worn, yet cherished guitar.
The aging process ventured by these talented craftsmen is pin-point accurate, with scuffs, abrasions and minor dings in all the worn areas. This includes hand-sanding regions of the original 3-tone Tobacco Sunburst finish on the top, back and sides, revealing areas of the alder body to represent a guitar that’s paid its dues on the live circuit for decades.
This unique aging process also extends to the amber-tinted, one-piece maple neck and headstock, hand-crafted blue pearloid 3 ply scratchplate, Wilkinson WJ55 machine heads, Wilkinson six saddle hardtail bridge and knurled metal chrome control knobs topped with ebony inlays.
Gorgeous aesthetics aside, with this time-honoured tonewood combination, which also includes a glossy 22 fret rosewood fingerboard delivering an impressive fast note response, this eye-catching Vintage® ProShop® V65 Hardtail, loaded with a powerful Wilkinson Soap Bar pickup at the neck and a high-output Wilkinson PAF style Double Coil at the bridge, is perfect for a host of styles from blues to jazz, pop and rock.
What can be more alluring for the guitarist yearning for a guitar that looks like it’s been played within an inch of its life for the last 50 years?....a Vintage® ProShop® guitar.
It’s the finest details within the incredibly authentic and expertly applied worn concept that have earned the Vintage ProShop Series guitars, respect from players around the world.
It’s been said many times: Do the Vintage ProShop Series of instruments really sound as cool as they look?…you bet!
Aside from the attention to the fine details of the superb aesthetics, each guitar undergoes a full ProShop® setup, fret level, crown and polish, fingerboard dress and comfort treatment, truss rod adjustment and set, action height, radius, intonation and pickup height adjustment and nut slot regulation and comes with a Vintage® branded luxury gig bag, exclusive ProShop leather strap, pick tin, and tee-shirt, data sheet, and Individually numbered and signed ProShop® certificate of authenticity.
Features:
Body:
Alder body provides resonance, tone and ‘correct weight’ comfort.
Bridge:
Wilkinson six saddle hardtail bridge provides superb tuning stability and adjustable intonation for each string.
Pickups:
Two Wilkinson Soapbar single coil in the neck position and Wilkinson PAF style Double Coil at the bridge, pickups provide fat and articulate cleans and cutting, punchy overdriven tones.
Controls:
Independent master Volume and Tone pots with three position pickup selector switch.
Machine heads:
Wilkinson WJ55 machine heads provide simple, effective action for superb tuning stability.
Neck:
One piece Maple with classic Vintage ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy and great feel.
Fingerboard:
Rosewood for outstanding tonal transfer, responsiveness and durability with a traditional 10” radius for superb playability and feel.
Scale Length:
25.5" / 648mm.
Frets:
22 Medium Jumbo profile frets add to comfort, accuracy and overall positive feel of the Vintage V65.
Nut:
43mm Graphtech NuBone for smooth and friction-free string bending and tuning.
Headstock:
Classic Vintage headstock design for balance and visual appeal.
The Vintage® ReIssued™ V65 is an original guitar designed in the UK by the Vintage® design team.
About Vintage Proshop
For years now, our Vintage® technicians and designers have been listening to suggestions from players all around the world.
We've taken those ideas, blended them with our own concepts and visions and in January 2019, Vintage® guitars launched the Vintage® ProShop® UNIQUE concept in the UK and the US, with the talented luthiers and builders in the Vintage® UK and US workshops producing a handful of Vintage® ProShop® UNIQUE guitars, one off master-built instruments created with love, care, and the traditional Vintage® values of super high specification and astonishing ‘bang for the buck’, as workshop concept guitars, flights of fancy and the wild imaginations of our ProShop® teams let loose, using exclusive combinations of finishes, parts, hardware, pickups and accessories to create wonderful one-offs, some of which may make their way into future Vintage® series production guitars and basses.
Aside from the attention to the fine details of the superb aesthetics, Vintage® ProShop® ‘Unique’ guitars, have hardware and electronics from a host of amazing British made and Internationally famous brands, selected to suit the style, vibe and finish of each guitar, with wear patterns and ‘patina’ accurately crafted and applied to emulate the look and feel of a guitar owned and played for decades. All work is by hand and every finish is an individual one-off, with various weathered distressing processes that gives new guitars a killer vintage look, to deliver guitars that exceed the expectations of today's discerning guitarists.
Keep a close eye on the Vintage® ProShop® pages at collections/proshop as the ProShop teams will continue to produce a very limited number of ProShop® UNIQUES, which will post to the Vintage and JHS websites when completed and will be sold on a first come first served basis!
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Each guitar undergoes a full ProShop® setup, fret level, crown and polish, fingerboard dress and comfort treatment, truss rod adjustment and set, action height, radius, intonation and pickup height adjustment and nut slot regulation and comes with a Vintage® branded luxury gig bag, exclusive ProShop leather strap, pick tin, and tee-shirt and Individually numbered and signed ProShop® certificate of authenticity.
Availability
Vintage Pro-Shop UNIQUE guitars which are not attributed to a reseller, or which do not have a SOLD tag are available for purchase. Please contact proshopsales@jhs.co.uk for details of how to purchase.