Colin, it's because of the nerdy stuff we all watch your channel. Your detailed INSPECTION of the guitars you review gives us a great deal of very useful information.
This is fast becoming my favourite guitar channel on TH-cam. I appreciate the time and effort you put into the videos. Great production, coupled with a warmth/charm that's highly enjoyable to watch. I love the fact that you allow the video to breathe and you go into amazing depth. I really like the fact that the videos have a slower pace without some obnoxious gobshite waffling away with a video edited like a 6 year old on a sugar rush. Us guitar nerds love going into all the measurements, details and stuff that actually affects playability. Superb video and I'm enjoying diving into the channels back catalogue of videos.
Always enjoy watching these videos! I'm a massive fan of P90 Jr style guitars. That 'sitar' effect is from the nut slot, which is why you don't hear it once you fret in front of it. It's either cut slightly too wide so the string is buzzing side to side slightly in the slot, or the break angle of the slot doesn't match the angle of the string breaking over the nut (causing it to move the take off point backwards towards the tuners and buzz up and down). Run a fret file inside it to amend the slot break angle, or use an old 10 gauge high E string, rough it up with some 800 grit paper and then use that string as a wire rasp to correct it. 👍
I had the almost same problem with a Fender, it happens. I had also a buzz almost like a sitar that runs all the strings and it was the tunners... Best regards
It's been nice to see I'm not the only guitar nerd. I love pickups especially,but I tinker with all the electronics. It's one of the things I enjoy so much that I forget about everything else for a bit and just chill. Thank you so much for the content and channel. You are really appreciated by this guy in Florida USA. I feel like I got a buddy across the big pond! You take care of yourself
Great video! I have a Vintage v100 goldtop. Two piece mahogany body. It came with Wilkinson hardware, grover deluxe tuners and graftech tusk xl nut. I swapped the pickups and the electronics and after a setup it’s a great guitar for under 350€.
I Really appreciate it when I watch your videos and you start playing a great little tune and the smile you get just makes the video worth watching in itself because it's all about the music right brother Collin. Thomas from Idaho
E string, easily fixed with 2 small shim-slivers to level the bridge and remove its forward lean. Place one atop the bridge, at its rear, under the adjuster screw and the second one beneath the bridge, at its front, across the open U. .010" should work to level the treble side and eliminate the "sitar" sounding. I've had to do this on a PRS SE with a tilted forward bridge and it works! I cut up a .010 gauge from a rusted gauge set, using scissors to cut the shims to size. It gave me the excuse to buy a new $5 thickness gauge set that wasn't rusted. Happy tunes!
Another trick is using those "C" shape snap washers that clip around a post. They come in all kinds of imperial or metric sizes. There's a video on the tube showing this as a fix for this very problem of bridge tilt on certain wrap around tailpieces. Clipping them on the post under the bridge prevents tilt.
Yet another awesome and thorough review, this time of the Vintage V120 Icon MRBK Distressed Black Over Cherry Red LP Wilkinson! It doesn't really matter to me what Colin reviews. I would watch him review any guitar. We love The Guitaristas!
I just bought a TV Yellow V120 off of reverb for $200 USD after watching your video....I love it!! Thankfully no E string sitar fx on mine. I really appreciate all that you do for our community.
Oh man, Colin, I'm so happy I've stumbled upon your channel! The passion is so evident! Love it! And you put together some top quality vids, all the details, with a start, middle and end. I love it mate, keep em coming!
I thought it sounded really good. Looked like you enjoyed playing it. Great guitar for the price ! Great guitar to bang around on.Enjoyed the video,AS ALWAYS! And by the way,I woke up to a piece of apple pie,and sweet potato and marshmallow. Turned on my laptop,found this weeks video with you and ate it as I watched.Thank you for your weekly video as always. See you next week !
You are very charitable for this guitar. There is a lot of competition out there and I would take a hard look at others where the bridge does not heal over and buzz. Pretty sure if this was mine, it would be going back to the store.
Vintage guitars are nearly all great I have 5 a SG,Tele,LP, Jazzmaster and a 335 style they are all great but like you say need a little setup string height etc and the LP could maybe do with different pickups but all really well made and great playability. The only other guitars that are maybe better for similar money are the Sire L7 S7 H7 and T7 they really are amazing 🤘 Great in depth review as always👍
Another Brilliant video Collin, there’s a lot of bollox on TH-cam, but your realistic reviews and great playing add credibility and interest. Keeping it real 👍🏻
Yet again Colin, you have out done yourself. Brilliant video. What I have found with the Wilkinson wrap around bridges, to make them a bit better and stop the sitaring. Find a couple small aluminum washers, cut an opening and slide them under the bridge in front of the posts. This keeps the bridge level and keeps the tilt from happening. I've done this with my Les Paul junior DC and it's been perfect ever since. So give that a try. I'm sure it will help with intonation and the sitar effect. Cheers 🍻
Hello, This is Dennis from Tulsa, Just wanted to say I really enjoy your content it's right down my alley. Me being a fellow Guitar addict and player I just love your demos along with your playing. The next guitar I buy I'm going to tell my wife that it was a mistake! Keep on rocking new friend till next Time...
Sweet axe! My Jr has a humbucker and I just love the guitar! The neck is one of the best I currently have, and it stays in tune forever!! Which is surprising because after a month in hospital I came home and went straight for my Jr, then when I opened the case I was horrified to see the neck had cracked just below the headstock! Of course nobody knew how that could have happened! I repaired it with Gorilla wood glue which is as strong or stronger than any wood glue I've ever used, and I was a cabinet maker for years so I used a TON of glue! The repair was solid, as I made certain to get glue as deep into the break as was possible. After some sanding, it was actually far better at staying in tune than before the break!!?? It never goes out of tune now, go figure!! I am jonesing for a P90 Jr now...thanks Colin my wife will be thrilled!! ") Jack ~'()'~
Another great video Colin. Love your channel. I had a Vintage Icon JMH the white Jimmy strat. After swapping pickups and adding a better tone circuit it was fabulous strat. Basically everything you said about this one holds true with my experience. You should try a Reverend Sensei Jr. Or any Reverend for that matter, I think you might like them.
Hello mate! Colin, I am an endorser for Vintage brand guitars here in Dallas, Tx. I’ve got that exact color model V120. The pup is a stacked single coil P100…..I keep my tone knob at 8, volume at 5-6…..plays nicely there. Cheers!
Can you help me understand that stacked P90 better? I had the impression that it was more like a curious version that humbucks like a humbucker but is odd in that it is configured vertically rather than horizontally. Am I wrong about this?
What a cracking wee guitar! I'd be quite tempted by an SG type one (I'm a bit jealous of Brandon! Only joking, it's good to see the kids getting into it!) Nice to hear a bit of Bankrobber action. As I think has been mentioned by others, the sitar effect could be a nut issue - my Jazzmaster has worn down in the high E so I need to put a piece of paper in the slot under the string until I can spring for a new nut to be installed (oh well, I suppose 36 years isn't too bad for a nut!)
Another great review, I’ve thought about getting a Vintage a couple of times but never pulled the trigger, they do some cool looking guitars, the relicing on the front of that one looks good but a bit weird on the back. Would be good to see how much you could improve this guitar with some mods in a future video 👍
I'd like to see an informal competition re: redesigning the Vintage head stock. No Gibson copies allowed. What should it look like? All I know is that it should be shaped differently. No useful design ideas on this end :-(
I think the high pickup resistance but not mega hot sounding is to do with the coils being wired in parallel as opposed to in series like a normal humbucker. Love the show Colin!
Hi Colin! For the price this doesn't seem like a bad deal. It sounds good. I also like the headstock. That's not so important but it does look cool. The thing I found the most interesting is the area around the neck joint. That's good access to the upper frets. It looked good without the pickuard too. Overall, it seems like a decent buy. Btw, that black SG looks great on the wall. Thanks for remembering. 👍😁 Cheers Colin! Thanks for another great video!
No snacks for me today in the hospital recovering from a brain hemorrhage. Thanks as always Colin for providing entertainment and I formation and giving me an hour of peace time
Very glad to hear you are on the mend brother!… there’s plenty of slow paced non shouty guitar stuff here to while away a few hours, so take care and recover well!
I have the blue version of this with sunburst underneath. I’ve gigged with it several times. It’s light. Cuts through the mix. Set up was off. Action to high. The posts like yours were to high and truss rod needed slight adjustment.Changed the bridge for a lightning bridge. Changed the nut. I also had that noise on high E string but most was down to the nut not being cut correctly and the channel where the string goes was way to deep. Once changed to Wilkinson lightning bridge and changed nut was spot on .New strings as well and all sounds good now. May rewire it at some point. Good review. Least this one doesn’t smell lol. 😂😂 Think the set up at vintage is awful but once you’ve sorted it you have a great guitar.good start to the weekend cheers
That's sucks that they take time to use a decent nut then fuck it up on a consistent basis...😕😕😕 They may as well just use plastic if you're gonna have to replace it anyway.
@@joehahn8817 I mean for the sake of £10 for new nut and £20 for new bridge it now plays amazing. But their QC with this and the action being so high isn’t the best. Luckily all fret ends spot on no sharp edges . Fret board itself spot on just needed an oil. It’s very good guitar and I’d recommend one. Just be prepared spend half hour getting it right.
I love salt and vinegar potato chips. I have the blue distressed one and I dig it. I really love yer vids. You remind me of my local guitar luthier and tech.
I remember this brand from when I was a kid, in the early 2000s. They were always decent guitars in that they were well-made copies of major brands, but I never wanted one.
My LP is heavy It's about ten years old though and I heard that was a complaint so the started sourcing lighter wood I heard somewhere that JHS owns it now ?? I will have to research that
I'm interested in one with two pickups like the LP Jr Special. I started out with a single coil electric guitar, a Fender Bronco. So I have a soft spot in my heart for a guitar like this. I think the guitar sounded great , and the fretboard is amazing. As always, great review. I'm looking forward to next week's episode. Cheers!
Aloha and mahalo Colin! I would call it accidentally on purpose. It appears Vintage brand seems to make some great affordable guitars. I seen some model I would be interested in. Great info. P100 stacked coils noise cancelling pickup. Can do a Eric Johnson and just keep it a single COIL.
A friend of mine growing up back in the late 90s claimed he used to "get super high" from that Vintage "toxic smell" you referenced. He went on to bigger and "better" things a few years after that...
Hi Colin. All JMO: Videography: Came through on auto@1080p on my V OK 4K TV. Switched to 2160P and not much, if any, difference. The 1080p voodoo though was good chit as whatever virtual ink you are using meant it was SEHR GUT. Sound: also excellent and this made your superb playing v enjoyable. Guitar: cracker for the money as a set neck. I do wonder if a capo on the 3rd fret and a feeler gauge might be worth it to check the nut but agree most likely that bridge (sloping too much v obviously). I would probably go a solid colour if the same or less money (less might be possible I think)or just paint it for fun. Sets up and intonates fine (with some knowledge) it seems..................V enjoyable and thought-provoking as ever. Cheers, Jim (or James or whatever as I answer to many things LOL).
Cheers Jim! I do shoot everything in 4K so good to know it's worthwhile sometimes as just the import and rendering time of the rushes takes longer than many spend making an entire video! 😂 Good fun though and very rewarding in itself making these films. Would all mean nothing it you didn't watch!! 😁👍👍
I have a early vintage Peter green lemon drop.. it’s got great bones .. I had it refurbished in nitro .. high end Paf with greeny mod .. upgraded all the hardware to Grover’s and Faber .. great setup .. it’s sounds killer above it’s weight .. Pio caps and audio taper pots ..
Great review as always bro! I just picked up the Epi Casino in faded denim blue and overall impressed. I wound my own replacement pickups just for giggles and installed a 60s bigsby I had laying around. Thinking maybe building my own JR style from scratch is in order!
Another good review. The sharp line between the black color and the red undercoat and the similarity in pattern between different guitars leads me to suspect that they use a stencil template. Paint the base color, apply the stencils, paint the top color, remove the stencils. I agree that some judicious sanding and scuffing will make it seem less "manufactured".
Awesome video as always Colin. Yeah never pass up a p90 guitar it's the law mate. Okroshka soupe, I befriend a Ukrainian refugee who make this wonderful cucumber soupe that's really tasty. The interesting thing about that pickup is it's a p90 stacked with another coil to be hum canceling. The coil is a dummy coil that essential gives a p90 like sound with hum canceling of a humbucker. However it's not a one way street. The dummy coil adds to the DC resistance of pickup changing it's frequency response. It's a trade off basically.
Cheers Colin another great vid, I was eating a bacon and chicken roll and a packet of spicy nick nacks washed down with a can of diet coke 🤣 keep up the good work and once again great playing 👍🎸🎸
Hey man, like you said, it is a Stacked P90, it is build for Hum Canceling. I own the Vintage Vs6mrp the SG Junior you show us, you can split that P90 with a split Poti to use both, that SG also got that one, it is called Wilkinson (B) W90SKB, for Stacked Bridge. The more Humbucker sound or the pure P90, Harley Benton did this on the DC Junior Fat Version. Gibson did that also on the Brian Ray White SG Junior, but they hide that Part under the Pickguard.
There's never enough junior reviews, is it? Not for me at least 😉 I like your summary at the end what is good about the guitar and what needs upgrading. Very comprehensive and useful! I can relate to the "good barebones" concept very much, but here I'd probably like another color (probably the cherry or matte black without the unconvincing relic job, which they don't sell - pity), also don't like the pointy horn. That's why I bought the Harley Benton DC fat junior in cherry. Very happy with it for the money, just needs another nut, pickup and the electronics may need an upgrade as well 😉 Cheers Colin!
Favorite snacks this time of year: Pepernoten! This is because it is that time of the year when “Sinterklaas” is in town and he brings toys and candy and Pepernoten. So I ate a lot of them while watching and drinking Minty Morocco tea 😊
Throw in some wiring and a Dylan P-90 it’ll sound amazing! Can easily flatten the pickguard set it on a cookie sheet set a Pyrex baking dish flat on top and put in the oven on low heat. Doesn’t take much and it will flatten right out.
hi Colin , I was just going to let you know that i was eating some big fat seedless grapes while i watched this , they were quite delectable .. quite different from the usual hops and barley ☺
Great Colin. When you're giving it a 280 grit massage, maybe pop the other tailpiece on for a comparison. ?? I'd be tempted to leave the guard holes as well. Make it a proper rat!
Good stuff Colin -👏its sounds good, I would be curios how that pup sounds strait in to the Marshall...looks better without the pick guard ...I say keep the holes , trace the stock pick guard on a thin piece of Lexan an make a clear pick guard ..
Colin, thank You for all the great reviews. Could You possibly make an episode on Gordon-Smith Guitars? They are British handmade guitars, too often forgotten. There was a time when for example Nicke Anderson used one of those as a main guitar and it always sounded great, and it looked even cooler Best Regards -Jani-
Cup of Assam Tea, no snacks (watching the waistline on the run up to letting things go over the Xmas period). The guitar looks good although I prefer the gun blue over sunburst. I quite like Vintage guitars, I've got two a strat and the les paul I bought from you, both are really nice looking and play really well. The second hand prices of Vintage guitars are no brainer affordable.
I have been enjoying the american snack peanut butter and raspberry jam on white toast with a mug of tea, tasty video Colin❤ Noice guitar but Im a leftt, might buy it anyway, turn it upside down and change the nut as I did with my epi sg special!
I have the same problem with that bridge , you can lower it and put it vertically. The sitar on high e . I have the gun metal blue distressed, and I thought that pickup was so aggressive! Didn’t thought that it could be p100. Thank you for letting me know 😂❤
Colin, Hope you do get to work with a Stanley blade and sandpaper to find out if the red is under or over the black satin finish? This is brilliant used with a brush if you need to correct Rustins Satin Black Paint for wood & metal 👍
I always wonder if that is basically the same guitar as the Harley Benton guitar. I look forward to my Friday morning Coffee and bagel while watching your latest video.
Great review Colin. but one thing that pees me off and this is the fault of the shops sending these guitars out, is a guitar out the box needing sending straight to a expert for setup. Lets not forget a lot of people buying these will be new player and could be put off playing what is a fantastic hobby by a guitar with a c**p setup. I remember my first guitar, not long ago, a chapman, man the strings were about a inch of the fret board, and in the 3 months i had it i hardly played it. Now if i buy a new guitar, i go to the shop and don;'t leave without checking the guitar first.
A thin mahogany scratch plate in dark cherry would be quite nice methinks. (or tortoiseshell) A very cool guitar, I do prefer the juniors precisely because they look less flash ( and are lighter of course).
If you get the sitar sound only on the open string wouldn't that mean it's the nut? Make sure the nut slot is clean and well cut. If there is any debris in the nut slot you will have that problem, or if there is a bump in the slot of any kind. Clean it with a toothbrush or similar brush and maybe use a credit card to try to clean it. If that doesn't work get a nut file and try filing it lightly at the proper angle because a nut slot that is not slightly angled backward can also be a problem.
The reason the pickup doesn't sound very pokey compared to the Billy Joe Armstrong P90 or indeed any P90 around 8k is that in a stacked design only the top coil contributes to the sound to any degree, the bottom one only cancels out the hum. So that 14k of coil resistance is spread between two coils but with only one doing the 'lifting'. So the coils are likely spread 8k top coil and 6k bottom coil. Trouble is the resistance of the second coil 'loads' the pickup causing treble roll off and compression without adding anything to the party. How do I know this? I manufacture guitar pickups.
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Colin, it's because of the nerdy stuff we all watch your channel. Your detailed INSPECTION of the guitars you review gives us a great deal of very useful information.
This is fast becoming my favourite guitar channel on TH-cam. I appreciate the time and effort you put into the videos. Great production, coupled with a warmth/charm that's highly enjoyable to watch. I love the fact that you allow the video to breathe and you go into amazing depth. I really like the fact that the videos have a slower pace without some obnoxious gobshite waffling away with a video edited like a 6 year old on a sugar rush. Us guitar nerds love going into all the measurements, details and stuff that actually affects playability. Superb video and I'm enjoying diving into the channels back catalogue of videos.
Cheers Dan, that's really appreciated thanks for the support! 😎👍
Always enjoy watching these videos! I'm a massive fan of P90 Jr style guitars.
That 'sitar' effect is from the nut slot, which is why you don't hear it once you fret in front of it. It's either cut slightly too wide so the string is buzzing side to side slightly in the slot, or the break angle of the slot doesn't match the angle of the string breaking over the nut (causing it to move the take off point backwards towards the tuners and buzz up and down).
Run a fret file inside it to amend the slot break angle, or use an old 10 gauge high E string, rough it up with some 800 grit paper and then use that string as a wire rasp to correct it. 👍
I had the almost same problem with a Fender, it happens.
I had also a buzz almost like a sitar that runs all the strings and it was the tunners...
Best regards
thx for that answer, though i love sitars that high e got me crazy.
It's been nice to see I'm not the only guitar nerd. I love pickups especially,but I tinker with all the electronics. It's one of the things I enjoy so much that I forget about everything else for a bit and just chill. Thank you so much for the content and channel. You are really appreciated by this guy in Florida USA. I feel like I got a buddy across the big pond! You take care of yourself
Let’s see if my wife accepts that excuse: “it was an accident, honest!” 😂
Accidents can be returned, I already know about that!! 😂
You can always try 😂😂😂
I like how you dont look down on epiphone i think they play great
You can change wife if she is not happy with the way Life is ❤
No snacks yet, but, post thanksgiving, I am thankful for my boss that watches Guitaristas with me every Friday morning!
Cheers Colin!
Cheers Brent! 😁👍
Even with a mouthful of Christmas cake and a mug of tea, that blue over sunburst guitar looks mint!
Great stuff yet again Colin - thanks muchly.
Love my v100 and have been eyeing the double cut version of this for a while. Thanks for the review
Great video! I have a Vintage v100 goldtop. Two piece mahogany body. It came with Wilkinson hardware, grover deluxe tuners and graftech tusk xl nut. I swapped the pickups and the electronics and after a setup it’s a great guitar for under 350€.
Thanks Colin! I'll have to try one out.
I Really appreciate it when I watch your videos and you start playing a great little tune and the smile you get just makes the video worth watching in itself because it's all about the music right brother Collin. Thomas from Idaho
Cheers Thomas! 😁👍
E string, easily fixed with 2 small shim-slivers to level the bridge and remove its forward lean. Place one atop the bridge, at its rear, under the adjuster screw and the second one beneath the bridge, at its front, across the open U. .010" should work to level the treble side and eliminate the "sitar" sounding. I've had to do this on a PRS SE with a tilted forward bridge and it works! I cut up a .010 gauge from a rusted gauge set, using scissors to cut the shims to size. It gave me the excuse to buy a new $5 thickness gauge set that wasn't rusted. Happy tunes!
Another trick is using those "C" shape snap washers that clip around a post. They come in all kinds of imperial or metric sizes. There's a video on the tube showing this as a fix for this very problem of bridge tilt on certain wrap around tailpieces. Clipping them on the post under the bridge prevents tilt.
How many other reviewers will even give you a sniff test?
Loved it Colin 😂👍
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Yet another awesome and thorough review, this time of the Vintage V120 Icon MRBK Distressed Black Over Cherry Red LP Wilkinson! It doesn't really matter to me what Colin reviews. I would watch him review any guitar. We love The Guitaristas!
Thanks man that's appreciated! 😁👍
Nachos and beer are my go to snacks while watching your reviews, Colin. Great content and a nice way to spend an hour.
The locking bridge is a very clever design😎👍
Mr. Wilkinson has a BRILLIANT reputation and great selection of guitfiddles 😁
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Love Brother
Superb.. I have a Vintage LP Junior... Great little guitar once it was set up... £110 second hand with a neck repair.. Brilliant 😎🍻
Scarf joint. ??
I just bought a TV Yellow V120 off of reverb for $200 USD after watching your video....I love it!! Thankfully no E string sitar fx on mine. I really appreciate all that you do for our community.
Great review, as always. Thanks Colin 👍🏻😎🎸
Oh man, Colin, I'm so happy I've stumbled upon your channel! The passion is so evident! Love it! And you put together some top quality vids, all the details, with a start, middle and end. I love it mate, keep em coming!
Cheers Lachlan, glad you found us man thanks for the support! 😁👍
I thought it sounded really good. Looked like you enjoyed playing it. Great guitar for the price ! Great guitar to bang around on.Enjoyed the video,AS ALWAYS! And by the way,I woke up to a piece of apple pie,and sweet potato and marshmallow. Turned on my laptop,found this weeks video with you and ate it as I watched.Thank you for your weekly video as always. See you next week !
Mod project! This one will be quick, simple and fantastic. A fun player. Great find!
You are very charitable for this guitar. There is a lot of competition out there and I would take a hard look at others where the bridge does not heal over and buzz. Pretty sure if this was mine, it would be going back to the store.
You make every guitar entertaining ! Thank you
Vintage guitars are nearly all great I have 5 a SG,Tele,LP, Jazzmaster and a 335 style they are all great but like you say need a little setup string height etc and the LP could maybe do with different pickups but all really well made and great playability. The only other guitars that are maybe better for similar money are the Sire L7 S7 H7 and T7 they really are amazing 🤘 Great in depth review as always👍
I had a telecaster fantastic guitar I'm real sad to have sell it... the pick-ups on her was also fantastic...
Great review Colin! It's the nut mate. Love your films. Cheers.
Also, you can file the E-string bridge slot deeper in the rear to give it the correct angle.
Another Brilliant video Collin, there’s a lot of bollox on TH-cam, but your realistic reviews and great playing add credibility and interest. Keeping it real 👍🏻
Cheers Mitch that's appreciated!
You definitely find the coolest guitars!
Well done again...lol
Nice one Colin, had the same experience with all my Vintage guitars, they all need a good set up....
Yet again Colin, you have out done yourself. Brilliant video. What I have found with the Wilkinson wrap around bridges, to make them a bit better and stop the sitaring. Find a couple small aluminum washers, cut an opening and slide them under the bridge in front of the posts. This keeps the bridge level and keeps the tilt from happening. I've done this with my Les Paul junior DC and it's been perfect ever since. So give that a try. I'm sure it will help with intonation and the sitar effect. Cheers 🍻
Hello, This is Dennis from Tulsa, Just wanted to say I really enjoy your content it's right down my alley. Me being a fellow Guitar addict and player I just love your demos along with your playing. The next guitar I buy I'm going to tell my wife that it was a mistake! Keep on rocking new friend till next Time...
Cheers Dennis, good luck using that excuse on the missus! 🤣👍
Always enjoy your videos, great stuff!! 👍
Awesome, I really like the Vintage Brand Guitar. They build a great guitar.
Sweet axe! My Jr has a humbucker and I just love the guitar! The neck is one of the best I currently have, and it stays in tune forever!! Which is surprising because after a month in hospital I came home and went straight for my Jr, then when I opened the case I was horrified to see the neck had cracked just below the headstock!
Of course nobody knew how that could have happened!
I repaired it with Gorilla wood glue which is as strong or stronger than any wood glue I've ever used, and I was a cabinet maker for years so I used a TON of glue!
The repair was solid, as I made certain to get glue as deep into the break as was possible.
After some sanding, it was actually far better at staying in tune than before the break!!?? It never goes out of tune now, go figure!!
I am jonesing for a P90 Jr now...thanks Colin my wife will be thrilled!! ")
Jack ~'()'~
Great review! Watched it on sunday so no snacks and just a decent cup of tea. Like the raw sound. But that high e buzz got me go bonkers. 🤣
Great stuff Collin mate. all the best.
Another great video Colin. Love your channel.
I had a Vintage Icon JMH the white Jimmy strat. After swapping pickups and adding a better tone circuit it was fabulous strat. Basically everything you said about this one holds true with my experience.
You should try a Reverend Sensei Jr. Or any Reverend for that matter, I think you might like them.
Hello mate! Colin, I am an endorser for Vintage brand guitars here in Dallas, Tx. I’ve got that exact color model V120. The pup is a stacked single coil P100…..I keep my tone knob at 8, volume at 5-6…..plays nicely there. Cheers!
Can you help me understand that stacked P90 better? I had the impression that it was more like a curious version that humbucks like a humbucker but is odd in that it is configured vertically rather than horizontally. Am I wrong about this?
another great and educational as well as entertaining show mate!
well done!
the guitar is nice too!
What a cracking wee guitar!
I'd be quite tempted by an SG type one (I'm a bit jealous of Brandon! Only joking, it's good to see the kids getting into it!)
Nice to hear a bit of Bankrobber action.
As I think has been mentioned by others, the sitar effect could be a nut issue - my Jazzmaster has worn down in the high E so I need to put a piece of paper in the slot under the string until I can spring for a new nut to be installed (oh well, I suppose 36 years isn't too bad for a nut!)
Another great review, I’ve thought about getting a Vintage a couple of times but never pulled the trigger, they do some cool looking guitars, the relicing on the front of that one looks good but a bit weird on the back. Would be good to see how much you could improve this guitar with some mods in a future video 👍
Don't know if they still do but mine (LP) is about ten years old but has a scarf joint which I don't care for Besides that it's a good guitar
I'd like to see an informal competition re: redesigning the Vintage head stock. No Gibson copies allowed. What should it look like? All I know is that it should be shaped differently. No useful design ideas on this end :-(
Another great review and great playing!
Wow, that close up of the fretboard at that price point is pretty amazing @12:18
I think the high pickup resistance but not mega hot sounding is to do with the coils being wired in parallel as opposed to in series like a normal humbucker. Love the show Colin!
Hi Colin! For the price this doesn't seem like a bad deal. It sounds good. I also like the headstock. That's not so important but it does look cool. The thing I found the most interesting is the area around the neck joint. That's good access to the upper frets. It looked good without the pickuard too. Overall, it seems like a decent buy.
Btw, that black SG looks great on the wall. Thanks for remembering. 👍😁
Cheers Colin! Thanks for another great video!
Cheers man! 😁👍
No snacks for me today in the hospital recovering from a brain hemorrhage. Thanks as always Colin for providing entertainment and I formation and giving me an hour of peace time
Very glad to hear you are on the mend brother!… there’s plenty of slow paced non shouty guitar stuff here to while away a few hours, so take care and recover well!
@@theguitaristas thanks Colin
Excellent video as ever 🙂🙂 and excellent guitar too, I have the V-130 double cutaway version and it gets played more often than my Gibsons...
Great video again! One as a modding platform would be good fun.
I have the blue version of this with sunburst underneath. I’ve gigged with it several times. It’s light. Cuts through the mix. Set up was off. Action to high. The posts like yours were to high and truss rod needed slight adjustment.Changed the bridge for a lightning bridge. Changed the nut. I also had that noise on high E string but most was down to the nut not being cut correctly and the channel where the string goes was way to deep. Once changed to Wilkinson lightning bridge and changed nut was spot on .New strings as well and all sounds good now. May rewire it at some point. Good review. Least this one doesn’t smell lol. 😂😂 Think the set up at vintage is awful but once you’ve sorted it you have a great guitar.good start to the weekend cheers
That's sucks that they take time to use a decent nut then fuck it up on a consistent basis...😕😕😕
They may as well just use plastic if you're gonna have to replace it anyway.
@@joehahn8817 I mean for the sake of £10 for new nut and £20 for new bridge it now plays amazing. But their QC with this and the action being so high isn’t the best. Luckily all fret ends spot on no sharp edges . Fret board itself spot on just needed an oil. It’s very good guitar and I’d recommend one. Just be prepared spend half hour getting it right.
I love salt and vinegar potato chips. I have the blue distressed one and I dig it. I really love yer vids. You remind me of my local guitar luthier and tech.
It would have been interesting to put the TonePros bridge on and see if that "Sitaring" on the high E
goes away. Great video as always Colin!
I remember this brand from when I was a kid, in the early 2000s.
They were always decent guitars in that they were well-made copies of major brands, but I never wanted one.
My LP is heavy It's about ten years old though and I heard that was a complaint so the started sourcing lighter wood I heard somewhere that JHS owns it now ?? I will have to research that
Lunchtime so I'm enjoying a Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese sandwich with a nice cup of Tea. Thanks Colin, great video as always!
I sold Vintage brand guitars for about 7 or 8 years. They are, IMHO, one of the best values out there.
Definitely good bones and great value! 👍
Every time I’ve had Sitar tones it was the nut cut at an angle just right to make it Sitar sound.
I'm interested in one with two pickups like the LP Jr Special. I started out with a single coil electric guitar, a Fender Bronco. So I have a soft spot in my heart for a guitar like this. I think the guitar sounded great , and the fretboard is amazing. As always, great review. I'm looking forward to next week's episode. Cheers!
Aloha and mahalo Colin! I would call it accidentally on purpose. It appears Vintage brand seems to make some great affordable guitars. I seen some model I would be interested in. Great info. P100 stacked coils noise cancelling pickup. Can do a Eric Johnson and just keep it a single COIL.
A friend of mine growing up back in the late 90s claimed he used to "get super high" from that Vintage "toxic smell" you referenced. He went on to bigger and "better" things a few years after that...
🤣👍 shouldn't laugh at that really though...
@@theguitaristas Sure we should! You should see him now!!! HIGH roller!
Hi Colin. All JMO: Videography: Came through on auto@1080p on my V OK 4K TV. Switched to 2160P and not much, if any, difference. The 1080p voodoo though was good chit as whatever virtual ink you are using meant it was SEHR GUT. Sound: also excellent and this made your superb playing v enjoyable. Guitar: cracker for the money as a set neck. I do wonder if a capo on the 3rd fret and a feeler gauge might be worth it to check the nut but agree most likely that bridge (sloping too much v obviously). I would probably go a solid colour if the same or less money (less might be possible I think)or just paint it for fun. Sets up and intonates fine (with some knowledge) it seems..................V enjoyable and thought-provoking as ever. Cheers, Jim (or James or whatever as I answer to many things LOL).
Cheers Jim! I do shoot everything in 4K so good to know it's worthwhile sometimes as just the import and rendering time of the rushes takes longer than many spend making an entire video! 😂 Good fun though and very rewarding in itself making these films. Would all mean nothing it you didn't watch!! 😁👍👍
Not bad for that sort of money Colin,i look forward to your next instalment 👍🎸
Love your video's Colin. Just bought a Vintage V65 Jazzmaster. Greetings from Holland.
Cheers Willem!
I have a early vintage Peter green lemon drop.. it’s got great bones .. I had it refurbished in nitro .. high end Paf with greeny mod .. upgraded all the hardware to Grover’s and Faber .. great setup .. it’s sounds killer above it’s weight .. Pio caps and audio taper pots ..
How many guitar purchases start with I was just going to the guitar store to buy some strings.
Great review as always bro! I just picked up the Epi Casino in faded denim blue and overall impressed. I wound my own replacement pickups just for giggles and installed a 60s bigsby I had laying around. Thinking maybe building my own JR style from scratch is in order!
nice vid mt, that e buzz drive ya nuts.
cheers mt looking forwards to your next epic.
Another good review. The sharp line between the black color and the red undercoat and the similarity in pattern between different guitars leads me to suspect that they use a stencil template. Paint the base color, apply the stencils, paint the top color, remove the stencils. I agree that some judicious sanding and scuffing will make it seem less "manufactured".
No snacks here, just a clever combination of barley, hops, and water. Cheers to you and keep up the good work.
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Awesome video as always Colin. Yeah never pass up a p90 guitar it's the law mate.
Okroshka soupe, I befriend a Ukrainian refugee who make this wonderful cucumber soupe that's really tasty.
The interesting thing about that pickup is it's a p90 stacked with another coil to be hum canceling. The coil is a dummy coil that essential gives a p90 like sound with hum canceling of a humbucker.
However it's not a one way street. The dummy coil adds to the DC resistance of pickup changing it's frequency response. It's a trade off basically.
Cheers Colin another great vid, I was eating a bacon and chicken roll and a packet of spicy nick nacks washed down with a can of diet coke 🤣 keep up the good work and once again great playing 👍🎸🎸
Hey man, like you said, it is a Stacked P90, it is build for Hum Canceling.
I own the Vintage Vs6mrp the SG Junior you show us, you can split that P90 with a split Poti to use both, that SG also got that one, it is called Wilkinson (B) W90SKB, for Stacked Bridge.
The more Humbucker sound or the pure P90, Harley Benton did this on the DC Junior Fat Version.
Gibson did that also on the Brian Ray White SG Junior, but they hide that Part under the Pickguard.
There's never enough junior reviews, is it? Not for me at least 😉 I like your summary at the end what is good about the guitar and what needs upgrading. Very comprehensive and useful! I can relate to the "good barebones" concept very much, but here I'd probably like another color (probably the cherry or matte black without the unconvincing relic job, which they don't sell - pity), also don't like the pointy horn. That's why I bought the Harley Benton DC fat junior in cherry. Very happy with it for the money, just needs another nut, pickup and the electronics may need an upgrade as well 😉 Cheers Colin!
Favorite snacks this time of year: Pepernoten! This is because it is that time of the year when “Sinterklaas” is in town and he brings toys and candy and Pepernoten.
So I ate a lot of them while watching and drinking Minty Morocco tea 😊
Throw in some wiring and a Dylan P-90 it’ll sound amazing! Can easily flatten the pickguard set it on a cookie sheet set a Pyrex baking dish flat on top and put in the oven on low heat. Doesn’t take much and it will flatten right out.
hi Colin , I was just going to let you know that i was eating some big fat seedless grapes while i watched this , they were quite delectable .. quite different from the usual hops and barley ☺
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Thank you for this Colin! I also have a terrible weakness or single p90 guitars.
As always amazing review. Love your channel, keep it up!
Great Colin. When you're giving it a 280 grit massage, maybe pop the other tailpiece on for a comparison. ??
I'd be tempted to leave the guard holes as well. Make it a proper rat!
Was enjoying a slice of wine cake and a cup of seasonal spice black tea during the review.
Good stuff Colin -👏its sounds good, I would be curios how that pup sounds strait in to the Marshall...looks better without the pick guard ...I say keep the holes , trace the stock pick guard on a thin piece of Lexan an make a clear pick guard ..
Colin, thank You for all the great reviews. Could You possibly make an episode on Gordon-Smith Guitars? They are British handmade guitars, too often forgotten. There was a time when for example Nicke Anderson used one of those as a main guitar and it always sounded great, and it looked even cooler Best Regards -Jani-
Sitting down with my favorite snack(jack daniels and coke) to watch my favorite TH-cam channel!
Cup of Assam Tea, no snacks (watching the waistline on the run up to letting things go over the Xmas period). The guitar looks good although I prefer the gun blue over sunburst. I quite like Vintage guitars, I've got two a strat and the les paul I bought from you, both are really nice looking and play really well. The second hand prices of Vintage guitars are no brainer affordable.
I have been enjoying the american snack peanut butter and raspberry jam on white toast with a mug of tea, tasty video Colin❤ Noice guitar but Im a leftt, might buy it anyway, turn it upside down and change the nut as I did with my epi sg special!
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I have the same problem with that bridge , you can lower it and put it vertically. The sitar on high e . I have the gun metal blue distressed, and I thought that pickup was so aggressive! Didn’t thought that it could be p100. Thank you for letting me know 😂❤
Good to see you reviewing down at my end of the market again 😂 Id love to see you try a Jet JT300 tele for £159 next ! They are incredible!!
It’s a shame about PMT closing in Southend isn’t it ?
Wonderful review... Thanks 👍
Vintage + p90 = very cool 😎👍
Colin,
Hope you do get to work with a Stanley blade and sandpaper to find out if the red is under or over the black satin finish? This is brilliant used with a brush if you need to correct Rustins Satin Black Paint for wood & metal 👍
I always wonder if that is basically the same guitar as the Harley Benton guitar. I look forward to my Friday morning Coffee and bagel while watching your latest video.
Great review Colin. but one thing that pees me off and this is the fault of the shops sending these guitars out, is a guitar out the box needing sending straight to a expert for setup. Lets not forget a lot of people buying these will be new player and could be put off playing what is a fantastic hobby by a guitar with a c**p setup.
I remember my first guitar, not long ago, a chapman, man the strings were about a inch of the fret board, and in the 3 months i had it i hardly played it.
Now if i buy a new guitar, i go to the shop and don;'t leave without checking the guitar first.
I’m snacking on bourbon while enjoying this video- been weighing one of these vs epiphone vs sire L3
Cool looking piece. Would probably look even cooler with a different coloured pick guard.
A thin mahogany scratch plate in dark cherry would be quite nice methinks. (or tortoiseshell) A very cool guitar, I do prefer the juniors precisely because they look less flash ( and are lighter of course).
This guitar seems like a awesome mod project
If you get the sitar sound only on the open string wouldn't that mean it's the nut? Make sure the nut slot is clean and well cut. If there is any debris in the nut slot you will have that problem, or if there is a bump in the slot of any kind. Clean it with a toothbrush or similar brush and maybe use a credit card to try to clean it. If that doesn't work get a nut file and try filing it lightly at the proper angle because a nut slot that is not slightly angled backward can also be a problem.
Your intros are so killer man!
One more thing….the sitar effect your getting is directly because of your post lean…the high E is buzzing against the massive “platform” of a bridge.
Always top notch. Cheers.
The reason the pickup doesn't sound very pokey compared to the Billy Joe Armstrong P90 or indeed any P90 around 8k is that in a stacked design only the top coil contributes to the sound to any degree, the bottom one only cancels out the hum. So that 14k of coil resistance is spread between two coils but with only one doing the 'lifting'. So the coils are likely spread 8k top coil and 6k bottom coil. Trouble is the resistance of the second coil 'loads' the pickup causing treble roll off and compression without adding anything to the party.
How do I know this? I manufacture guitar pickups.
Cheers man!