SOLD ~ Vintage V6 ProShop Unique ~ Laguna Blue

SKU: V6PU0236

RRP:
£769

When the Vintage ICON Series of electric guitars was launched with their battle-hardened road warrior uniforms, guitar players and collectors came out of the woodwork asking “Can these guitars really sound and play as good as they look?” Since then they’ve been a number one for thousands of guitarists and seen on stages all over the world.  

It’s the stunning V6MRBB ICON that the Vintage ProShop V6PU0236 is based on, now blessed with the magic touch of the highly skilled Vintage ProShop team of master craftsmen. The original distressed black body paint has been sanded back yet again, re sprayed a gorgeous sonic blue, given a final clear cellulose finish with many hours spent hand-aging in all the right places, and applying lacquer cracks… the only way these master craftsmen know how. 

The original aged white scratchplate is replaced with a beautiful 3 ply, 11-hole tortoise version, and, like all hardware, controls and pickup covers receive subtle shading to blend into the pre-worn picture. The amber stained, hard rock maple, skunk striped neck is also blessed with lacquer cracks, whilst new additions include a precision cut bone nut. 

Vintage Pro Shop V6PU0236 replicates the beautiful, worn-in look and feel of an instrument that has paid its dues, without investing the lifetime's worth of woodshedding, rehearsing, performing and travelling. This is a guitar that already looks like your lifetime companion; the best part is, your journey is just beginning. Play on. 

Aside from the attention to the fine details of the superb aesthetics, the ProShop V6PU0236 comes with a full ProShop in-house set-up.

  • Fret-level, crown and polish.
  • Fingerboard dress and comfort treatment.
  • Truss rod adjustment and set.
  • Action height, radius, intonation and pickup height adjustment.
  • Nut slot regulation.

      Standard guitar specification

      Body:
      Eastern poplar body provides resonance, tone and ‘correct weight’ comfort, enhanced with correctly radiused contoured body.

      Vibrato:
      The Wilkinson WVC vibrato bridge featured on the Vintage V6 is a masterpiece of detail. Positive location, 6 screw design provides return to pitch accuracy; perpendicular bend, high grade steel saddles enhance tonality and ‘snap’. Ground base plate corner provides authentic looks. Stagger drilled cast block significantly enhances return to pitch accuracy and classic vintage tone. The ‘push-in’ delrin-bushed arm with variable tension provides the arm feel that suits your style.

      Pickups:
      Balanced set of Wilkinson WVS vintage-voiced Alnico V pickups, with staggered, chamfered edge pole pieces, for authentic tone and contemporary power. Reverse wound, reverse polarity centre pickup provides hum cancelling in switch position 2 and 4. Wilkinson double coil pickup in the bridge position provides high output and hum cancelling operation.

      Controls:
      Single master Volume control with Tone control 1 for the neck and middle pickup, with 'Custom Mod' Tone control 2 for bridge pickup. Five-way selector switch.

      Machines Heads:
      Wilkinson WJ55 patented E-Z-Lok machine heads. Simple, effective locking action for increased tuning stability. Staggered string post heights provide correct string rake angle for smooth vibrato action and correct playing tension.

      Neck:
      Hard rock Maple with classic Vintage ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy and great feel.

      Fingerboard:
      Traditional 10" radius fingerboard provides positive feel and superior playability.

      Frets:
      22 Medium profile frets add to comfort, accuracy and overall positive feel of the Vintage V6.

      Nut:
      43mm bone nut, smooth and friction free.

      Headstock:
      Classic Vintage headstock design for balance and visual appeal.

      The V6™ is an original Vintage® ICON Series guitar, reimagined by the UK Vintage ProShop 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.

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