Vintage Guitars from John Hornby Skewes

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Vintage Acoustic Guitars

Vintage®Acoustic

Thinking of buying an acoustic or electro acoustic guitar? Obviously you want the best possible guitar you can get for your money.

The guitar that looks the best, sounds the best and is available at the best possible price for you. In that case, it’s got to be a Vintage.

The range of Vintage acoustic guitars offer fantastic value. With its keen value-for-money approach, the comprehensive Vintage line-up of acoustics and electros has allowed us to present a collection of guitars we’re extremely proud of.

Vintage®Excellence

‘There’s good reason why Vintage acoustics are so popular – they’re good guitars and real value for money.’
Steve Harvey – Acoustic Magazine

VTG100N
Natural
£179.00

VTG100VSB
Vintage
Sunburst
£179.00

LH-VTG100N
Left Hand
Natural
£189.00

Vintage®TravelSeries
Vintage® VTG100
Acoustic Travel Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Mahogany
Sides: Mahogany
Binding: Back
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Mahogany
Scale: 570mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finishes: Natural, Vintage Sunburst, Hot Pink
Complete with padded “Vintage®” Carry Bag

EA-VTG100VSB
Vintage Sunburst
£199.00

Vintage®TravelSeries

Vintage® EA-VTG100VSB
Electro-Acoustic Travel Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Mahogany
Sides: Mahogany
Binding: Back
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Mahogany
Scale: 570mm
Tuners: Chrome
Pickup: Fishman Sonicore pickup
EQ: Fishman Isys
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Vintage Sunburst
Complete with padded
“Vintage®” Carry Bag

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Isys Features:
• Smaller footprint for easy access to controls
• Volume control
• EQ shaping control
• Phase control
• Low battery indicator (9V battery)
• Surface mounted battery compartment
• Pre-wired Fishman Sonicore pickup
• Low profile control knobs

V880N
Natural
£179.00

Vintage®AcousticFolkSeries
Vintage® V880N Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Cedar
Back: Mahogany
Sides: Mahogany
Binding: Golden Herribone/Maple – Top, Black/Maple – Sides
Soundhole: Inlayed Multiply B/W Golden Herribone
Back: Inlay Black/Maple
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Sonokeling
Bridge: Sonokeling
Saddle: Compensated
Scale: 648mm
Tuners: Classical style 3-in-line, Amber Buttons
Strings: High Quality USA Made

V200N
Natural
£199.00

Vintage®AcousticFolkSeries
Vintage® V200 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: Multi-Layer Ivory/Black Top/Sides
Soundhole: Multi-Ply Ivory/Black, inside centre wood inlay
Back/Bottom Centre Line: Multi-Layer Ivory/Black
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Saddle: Compensated
Pickguard: ‘Mock’ Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Grover® 102C
Strings: High Quality USA Made

V200NC
Bossa Nova - Cedar Top
£199.00

Vintage®FolkSeries
Vintage® V200NC Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Cedar
Back: Solid Mahogany
Sides: Solid Mahogany
Binding: Black
Soundhole: Abalone
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: ‘Mock’ Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made


VJ100N Natural £199.00	VJ100CSB Cherry Sunburst £199.00

Vintage®SuperJumboSeries
Vintage® VJ100 Super Jumbo Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Body: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: Multi Black/White
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made


V700N Natural Flamed Maple £199.00	V700VSB Vintage Sunburst Flamed Maple £199.00

Vintage®SuperJumboSeries
Vintage® V700 Super Jumbo Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Body: Flame Maple
Sides: Flame Maple
Binding: Ivory/Black
Soundhole: Abalone
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Saddle: Compensated
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Gold
Strings: High Quality USA Made

V300MH
Mahogany
£179.00

Vintage®Folk MahoganySeries
Vintage® V300 Mahogany Series
Top: Solid Mahogany
Back: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: None
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome, Enclosed, Adjustable
Strings: High Quality USA Made


V300BL Powder Blue £169.00	V300PK Baby Pink £169.00

Vintage®FolkSeries
Vintage® V300 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: Multi White/Black
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome, Enclosed, Adjustable
Strings: High Quality USA Made

‘...worthy of comparison with instruments two or three times the price’
Guitar & Bass Magazine

Vintage®FolkSeries

V300 Natural £169.00	V300BK Black £169.00	V300VSB Vintage Sunburst £169.00	LH-V300 Left Hand – Natural £179.00

Vintage® V300 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Nato Laminate
Sides: Nato Laminate
Binding: Multi White/Black
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural

The Guitar Magazine awarded the V300 ‘Best Acoustic Guitar Under £1000’ in their end of year round up. ‘This little concert acoustic is stonkingly good,’ continued TGM, adding, ‘A comfortable, fast playing neck, plus good dynamics and volume from the parlour-esque body. At this price, go buy. Every home should have one.’

V400MH
Maple
£179.00

Vintage®Dreadnought Mahogany Series
Vintage® V400MH Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Mahogany
Body: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: None
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made

Vintage®DreadnoughtSeries
Vintage® V400 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Body: Nato Laminate
Sides: Nato Laminate
Binding: Multi White/Black
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finishes: Natural, Black, Sunburst, Trans Blue

V400N
Natural
£169.00

V400BK
Black
£169.00

V400BL
Trans. Blue
£169.00

			The Vintage V400 guitars offer numerous advantages to anyone interested in owning a good all-round acoustic guitar. The V400’s full size dreadnought shape body gives an appealingly well-rounded sound thanks to its large internal body volume and solid spruce top. The guitar offers good projection of sound coupled with an equally impressive depth of tone and a well defined crispness in the treble range. This open sound lends itself well to almost any style of playing, from a pleasant resonant ring to a lively, attacking tone during plectrum use, to a warm, responsive clarity if played fingerstyle. With a neck shape which will suit most hand sizes, the edge bound rosewood fingerboard feels smooth and easy to play, thanks to the fine gauge frets. And on the unfussy, straightforward headstock shape, the chrome plated, enclosed gear tuners are both stable and accurate in use with the high quality USA made strings, further adding to the highly enjoyable experience of playing a V400 acoustic. With a choice of attractive colours available, including a natural finish left handed version, a V400 is the ideal choice of guitar for anyone who needs a versatile acoustic guitar with an impressively full and open sound.
V400SB Sunburst £169.00	V400CSB Cherry Sunburst £169.00	VLH400N Left Hand Natural £179.00

V400MP
Maple
£179.00

Vintage®DreadnoughtSeries
Vintage® V400MP Acoustic Series
Top: Pale Solid Spruce
Body: Maple
Sides: Maple
Binding: Multi White/Black
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Maple


V400-12 Natural 12 String £189.00	V800-12 Natural 12 String £269.00

Vintage®12StringSeries

Vintage® V400-12
12 String Acoustic
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Nato Laminate
Sides: Nato Laminate
Binding: Multi Black/White
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural

Vintage® V800-12
12 String Acoustic Series
Top: Solid German Spruce
Back: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: Black – Top, Black – Sides
Soundhole: Herringbone
Back/Bottom Centre Line: Yes
Neck: Mahogany, Two Way Truss Rod
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome Grover® 102C
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural Gloss Top,
Satin Back & Sides

Vintage®DreadnoughtSeries
Vintage® V800N Acoustic Series
Top: Solid German Spruce
Back: Mahogany Laminate
Sides: Mahogany Laminate
Binding: Black – Top, Black – Sides
Soundhole: Herringbone
Back/Bottom Centre Line: Yes
Neck: Mahogany, Two Way Truss Rod
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome Grover® 102C
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural Gloss Top, Satin Back & Sides & Vintage Sunburst

‘Impressive playability and tones for a bargain price’
Tim Slater, Guitar Buyer Magazine

V800N
Natural
£239.00

V800VSB
Vintage Sunburst
£239.00

V900N
Natural
£269.00

Vintage®DreadnoughtSeries
Vintage® V900N Acoustic Series
Top: Solid German Spruce
Back: Rosewood Laminate
Sides: Rosewood Laminate
Binding:
Ivory/Black/Ivory/Black – Top
Ivory/Black – Sides
Soundhole: Multiple Black & White
Back/Bottom Centre Line: Yes
Neck: Mahogany, Two Way Truss Rod
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Pickguard: Black
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Chrome Grover® 102C
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural Gloss

‘Both these Vintage guitars tick all of the boxes in so far as they sound surprisingly full grown and are surprisingly easy to play, which inspires a lot more confidence in you as a player’
Tim Slater – Guitar Buyer Magazine

V1300N
Natural
£349.00

V1300BK
Black
£349.00

V1300VSB
Vintage Sunburst
£349.00

Vintage®DreadnoughtSeries
Vintage® V1300 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid German Spruce
Back: Solid Mahogany
Sides: Solid Mahogany
Binding: ‘Mock’ Tortoiseshell – Top, ‘Mock’ Tortoiseshell – Sides
Soundhole: Herringbone, Multi-Ply Ivory/Black
Neck: Mahogany, Two Way Truss Rod
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Saddle: Compensated
Pickguard: ‘Mock’ Tortoiseshell
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Gold Grover® V-99CG
Strings: High Quality USA Made


V1400N Natural £379.00	V1400CSB Cherry Sunburst £379.00

Vintage®DreadnoughtSeries
Vintage® V1400 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Solid Mahogany
Sides: Solid Mahogany
Purfling: Inlaid Abalone
Binding: Flame Maple/Black/Ivory – Top
Binding: Flame Maple/Black/Ivory – Sides
Soundhole: Abalone, Multi Black/Ivory
Back/Bottom Centre Line: as per body binding
Neck: Mahogany, Two Way Truss Rod
Fingerboard: Rosewood, Flame Maple Binding
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Gold Grover® 102G
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural Satin, Cherry Sunburst


V1500N Natural £449.00	V1500H Natural Gloss £449.00

Vintage®V1500Series
Vintage® V1500N Acoustic Series
Top: Solid German Spruce
Back: Solid Indian Rosewood
Sides: Solid Indian Rosewood
Purfling: Inlaid Abalone
Binding:
Flame Maple/Black/Ivory – Top
Flame Maple/Black/Ivory – Sides
Soundhole: Inlaid Abalone
Back/Bottom Centre Line: as per body binding
Neck: Mahogany, Maple Binding
Fingerboard: Bound Rosewood
Bridge: Rosewood
Scale: 642mm
Tuners: Gold Grover® 102G
Strings: High Quality USA Made
Finish: Natural Satin

‘The V1500 is a bold, sonorous performer, with a rich low-end follow-through’
‘Presentation quality is also enhanced by excellent build tidiness and good timber selection’ ‘...the whole quality of tone and texture is one you’d associate with a more expensive instrument’

‘To be able to buy into a more upmarket rosewood spec at this kind of money, and on an instrument so elegantly kitted out, is a real find’
Jerry Uwins – Guitar & Bass Magazine


V1700N Natural £589.00	V1700VSB Vintage Sunburst £589.00	V1700-12 12 String Natural £639.00

Vintage®SuperJumboSeries

Vintage® V1700 Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Solid Canadian Flame Maple
Sides: Solid Canadian Flame Maple
Binding: Multi-Layer Ivory/Black – Top
Binding: Black/Ivory/Black – Sides
Soundhole: Multi-Ply Ivory/Black
Back/Bottom Centre Line: Multi-Ply I/B
Neck: Mahogany, Two Way Truss Rod
Headstock: Bound
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Saddle: Compensated
Pickguard: ‘Mock’ Tortoiseshell
Scale: 648mm
Tuners: Gold Grover® 102G
Strings: High Quality USA Made

Guitar & Bass Magazine Winner of The Best Acoustic Guitar Under £500

V1800N
Natural
£549.00

Vintage®ParlourSeries
Vintage® V1800N Acoustic Series
Top: Solid Spruce
Back: Solid Rosewood
Sides: Solid Rosewood
Binding: Multi-Layer Ivory/Black, Flame Maple – Top
Multi-Layer Ivory/Black, Flame Maple – Sides
Purfling: Inlaid Abalone
Soundhole: Multi-Ply Ivory/Black, Inlaid Abalone
Back/Bottom Centre Line: Multi-Layer Ivory/Black, Flame Maple
Neck: Mahogany, Oil Stain Finish, Two Way Truss Rod
Headstock: Slotted
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Scale: 648mm
Saddle: Compensated
Tuners: Gold Grover® RM-1388-7B/Amber Buttons
Strings: High Quality USA Made

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