I believe originally it was a partnership between Charlie and his brother Reg who started selling the original Watkins Rapier guitars at their record shop called 'Watkins Electric Music'. It was here where Charlie started working on his electronic designs. I knew Charlie Watkins personally, more towards his later life, a great family friend. My university dissertation was dedicated to his work history. His contribution to the sound industry was unmatched, initially successful in guitar amplification with amps such as the Watkins Dominator and Westminster. He then developed the portable tape echo unit, known as the Watkins Copicat, this immediately became a worldwide revelation. Thirdly, he was known as 'The Father of British PA' due to his invention of the WEM speaker columns, slave amps and audiomaster mixer, used for bands such as Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Beatles and many others! The limited time I knew Charlie, he always remained a humble and generous person.
No wonder it sounds so good it has Allen Entwistle designed PU's which are not dissimilar to the Gibson Firebird PU's. You get the full sound of a humbucker but with the chime of a vintage Strat. Killer combination. The vintage whammy has been updated for reliable tuning and you get a Graphtech nut and Wilkinson tuners to ensure no binding at the headstock. The look is the closer, different but not weird. Reasonably priced as well. What's not to like?
In 1964 all I could afford was a second hand Watkins Rapier 22. It had two single coils , a primitive tremelo and a compensated knife edge bridge ( so you could hear the string winds graunching over it ) and a neck with no adjustable truss rod, cheap machine heads and a very strange wiring harness. Having said that, it served me well for several years and I still have it in storage. These new models look very close to the originals although they have done a job on the headstock which is better than they were. I dont remember there being any models with humbuckers back in the sixties, they were all rectangular single coils even on the 33. These sound really good and obviously with the modern production methods, truss rod and tunematic bridge they will be a huge improvement. Great video as always guys. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the look and general ‘vibe’ of these. All those tones! I’ve just bought a lovely greenburst Burns and now you’re showing me the Rapiers - I’m an old codger in retro heaven! There goes the pension…
My dad was a leftie and had a Rapier 22 back in the 60s. I had read that Watkins was quite passionate about offering left handed guitars when other manufacturers tended not to back then. (Although not too different these days!). My dad passed away recently and we got his old Rapier cleaned up. Agree with previous comments it was very cheaply built, felt like a piece of balsa wood it was so light. My dad didn’t call it “the plank” for nothing 🤣
Hey Lee if you're good mates with Alan Entwistle, have a look at Revelation guitars - Alan's pickups are used in all their models, and they're really solid guitars for not a lot of money!
Have the blue one and it’s awesome. Would highly recommend. Very versatile. Had a look at the wiring and going to be adding push pulls for each pickup to add coil splits too.
Danny Kirwan:- Watkins Rapier 33, 1960s British-made Fender Stratocaster-style guitar, with a chambered body: Kirwan's was red, and he used it when in Boilerhouse, and during early Fleetwood Mac performances (e.g. Hyde Park, London, free concert 1968).
My brother had a Watkins Raper and we were both at the Hyde Park concert. We immediately spotted that Danny was playing a Rapier. Seems a lifetime ago but the memory is still fresh.
I swear listening to you two play makes my soul happy. Y’all need to have your jam sessions recorded and put on Apple Music! Beautiful different guitars. It’s nice to see different perspectives on guitar designs. Love it guys!!
I like these designs. They remind me of some of those more experimental catalogue guitars from the 70's that had a lot of strange pickup and body shape combinations. I would want the sunburst one simply because it reminds me of that whole era of guitar design (but without the sloppy quality control of the originals).
Great to see the better guitars from the past making a comeback. Andertons are waiting for stock if you want one. They do have stock of a similar guitar from Burns, these are great guitars i have an original Burns of London sample.
Zero frets get worn out faster than the rest of frets or a usual nut, getting deep grooves. It’s the reason I wouldn’t want any on my guitars. 🤷🏻♂️😌 Also impossible to have a compensated nut…
I had a red Rapier 22. Loved it, though looking back, I realize now that the setup was awful, and the action was way too high - no Google to show me how to fix it though.
I can't believe they have reissued this. It was never more than a cheap Strat copy. My schoolmate bought one back in the day. I think he bought it mail order from Bell's catalogue. Having said that the fact that Alan Entwistle had a hand in the design is A Good Thing.
We couldn't get US guitars during the early 60s as a result of a trade embargo..We were encouraged then to buy British.. Loving these reissues..had a rapier many moons ago..great guitars.
I remember these as pretty hard to play Strat clones for about £30-£35 back in 1960-61. Back then if you had one of these this was about as good as you could get - Strats were about £150-160 - if you ever saw one - then there were quite a lot of Strats by 1963/4 but since they were associated with Cliff and the Shads and were hugely out of fashion in W London - you could have picked up a 62 for £50-75 in Marshalls! But Teles were holding their price as you'd see Jimmy Page playing one - and Clapton and Richards.
Reminds me in a way of the old Hagstrom guitars from the late 50s and on, when the new plastic materials and colors dominated. The pickups almost lock like harmonicas. Funny looking bastards.
My surname is Watkins, I have been waiting hopefully/stupidly/patiently for a decade for a rerelease, and it happened RIGHT when I stopped obsessively watching this channel last winter. lol Wow I cant wait to get my hands on one of these badboys
I owned and played one of these for years in the Grumbles in Walsall in the 1960s. I got it from the guitar shop in Walsall. It was a nightmare to tune and went out of tune quickly. The slider switches used to break in no time at all. It was horrible to play but did have a sound of its own. I bought one because of the price. I do love the toaster pickups. I have pics of me playing it and mine had a weird icon where the RAF one is now but I can't make it out well.
Long before the internet was plugged in, I read about those Fender-less days in the UK (indeed why the Shadows played Burns guitars). I always understood there were other reasons fot that, like rules or currency issues. So I opened another tab to find an article by Tony Bacon (who lives on my bookshelves for decades already): "When American Guitars Were Outlawed In England"
@@Teflon_75 You're right! The article by Tony Bacon is on Reverb, "The British Guitar Embargo: When Brits Were Banned from Buying American", BTW. I also read they wanted Stratocasters because of the playing of James Burton, but it turned out he was Tele-player ;-) (From Bacon's Stratocaster book).
I watched the Dio Rainbow in the Dark video featuring Vivian Campbell. Through others research it was determined he was playing one of these, the Rapier 22 which I assume the 2 stands for 2 Humbucker style pickups. The very rounded edges of the body stand out.
Once there gonna be a Rapier 22 reissue, I might part from some of my cash. I had lovely memories when I played an original more than 24 years ago. Paul Weller has a white with black scratchplate Rapier 22 in the early Jam days.
My elder brother still has a Rapier 33 that he bought in the mid sixties at the Watkins shop in Balham, I think he paid around £32 . We used to go there quite regularly. My favourite anecdote at the time was that Charlie would impose a fine of 2s/6d for anybody playing "House of the Rising Sun". Famous player of a Rapier, Danny Kirwan. Happy daze.
By the way neither of you mentioned the zero fret!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd be interested in your thoughts - I never had a problem with it and the action was super low.
I had a Watkins Rapier 22 in the mid to late ‘60,s. I bought it at a very good price as it was part of a consignment to the USA which was last minute cancelled. Unusually, it was in Ice Blue, similar to the 33 Lee is holding, which was only available on export models. As far as I remember, the only difference between the 22 and 33, was the number of pick-ups. Good guitar for the money.
I used to view these in the Bell’s catalogue c.1970. I think I once played one of the originals. I seem to remember it being appalling. These new ones are probably really good.
The first thing i ever bought off ebay, back in its very early days was an mid 60's Watkins Rapier. I seem toremember i paid about 24 quid for it or something ridiculous. It was in a very shoddy state and even after some work it remained, well less than satisfactory if im being very nice! Like you say, the quality could be very hit and miss. Still it was my first real vintage guitar and for a frankly obscene price never to be repeated.
It has improved. But marketing keeps telling people to buy wonky looking classics with neck heels you could situate your posterior in; meanwhile the big companies buy up the actual innovators and let them gather dust. Granted, said innovators weren't necessarily competent on the business side. But hey.
My late cousin "poison Bob" had a lefty rapier 33 in our first "beat group" as my dad put it lol he was too tight to get a Tele or strat it sounded ok once I set it up (a step up from the awful Jedson Tele he started with
Guy's if memory serves Dave Simpson was talking about this brand some time ago, so you may want to talk to him about them, just a thought as he is working with you now.
I have a 1964 Rapier 33. It's pretty complete with the strange buttons and vibrato. The lettering has gone from the headstock, but you can still see a 'shadow' of the original transfer. It pre-dates my early years of playing a bit, but I do remember them from the Bell Music catalogue. They were often named as the first instruments of players that influenced me. As a playable instrument, it's not very good.
Oh i just finished watching and Lee, when you mention being the first 'famous type' to play the Rapier i remembered that in fact Hank Marvin played a Rapier prior to Cliff bringing him his first (the first in fact) Strat over from the US. So there is a very worthy name already associated. Just to let y'all know 😉
hey Lee and Pete Happy Holidays! I just purchased a Squier Contemporary Jaguar HH ST in Shoreline Gold from Anderton's! Can't wait 'til arrives here in the States!
My first electric guitar was a Watkins Rapier 33, which cost 22 gns in 1968. The pickups were somewhat microphonic, but other than that it was the dog's bollocks to me.
I am still looking to buy a red 33 one to replace my original that I sold for a fiver in 1973 (I was emigrating but I really, really wish I had kept it) As you say "The Dogs"
My first guitar was a Rapier 44. I paid for it £5 a week, couldn't have it until u finished paying. But I could go down to the shop and noodle on it in my lunch break, lol. My Dad was horrified to find out that I needed to buy an amp to make it work ,😊
There's so many levels of copying here it's insane.. It's a copy - of a copy, that was a copy of multiple 60's off-brands copying what they thought a Stratocaster was.
If you have a separate volume for the mid pickup do you really need a separate switch for it too. Just seems a bit redundant. Cool designs though if you are looking for something different and as always great playing from you guys : )
Cool axe.You guys sound psychadelic But, about the numbers flashing in the background..........winning lottery numbers? I've be played a few,so far they haven't done crap.
I played a KAPA Continental in the late 60's. Couldn't afford a Fender or Mosrite. Actually wore out the frets in a R&R band. Got drafted (army) the guitar went to a band mate. Actually a good player and sound was excellent. Thanks!
Disappointing review with obvious poor prep beforehand. Should really promote these British designed guitars. I have a sit spot. My first electric was a Watkins Rapier 33 and I was the envy of my school pals. A red electric guitar !!! Cost me £15 from a neighbour. I just bought another one out of nostalgia- pretty rubbish compared with today’s guitars but I’ll fix it up AND I think I’ll by one or the new Rapiers too. (I play Eastman usually or Gibson) but can’t resist these.
I believe originally it was a partnership between Charlie and his brother Reg who started selling the original Watkins Rapier guitars at their record shop called 'Watkins Electric Music'. It was here where Charlie started working on his electronic designs.
I knew Charlie Watkins personally, more towards his later life, a great family friend. My university dissertation was dedicated to his work history. His contribution to the sound industry was unmatched, initially successful in guitar amplification with amps such as the Watkins Dominator and Westminster. He then developed the portable tape echo unit, known as the Watkins Copicat, this immediately became a worldwide revelation. Thirdly, he was known as 'The Father of British PA' due to his invention of the WEM speaker columns, slave amps and audiomaster mixer, used for bands such as Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Beatles and many others! The limited time I knew Charlie, he always remained a humble and generous person.
No wonder it sounds so good it has Allen Entwistle designed PU's which are not dissimilar to the Gibson Firebird PU's. You get the full sound of a humbucker but with the chime of a vintage Strat. Killer combination. The vintage whammy has been updated for reliable tuning and you get a Graphtech nut and Wilkinson tuners to ensure no binding at the headstock. The look is the closer, different but not weird. Reasonably priced as well. What's not to like?
In 1964 all I could afford was a second hand Watkins Rapier 22. It had two single coils , a primitive tremelo and a compensated knife edge bridge ( so you could hear the string winds graunching over it ) and a neck with no adjustable truss rod, cheap machine heads and a very strange wiring harness. Having said that, it served me well for several years and I still have it in storage. These new models look very close to the originals although they have done a job on the headstock which is better than they were. I dont remember there being any models with humbuckers back in the sixties, they were all rectangular single coils even on the 33. These sound really good and obviously with the modern production methods, truss rod and tunematic bridge they will be a huge improvement.
Great video as always guys. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the look and general ‘vibe’ of these. All those tones! I’ve just bought a lovely greenburst Burns and now you’re showing me the Rapiers - I’m an old codger in retro heaven! There goes the pension…
My dad was a leftie and had a Rapier 22 back in the 60s. I had read that Watkins was quite passionate about offering left handed guitars when other manufacturers tended not to back then. (Although not too different these days!). My dad passed away recently and we got his old Rapier cleaned up. Agree with previous comments it was very cheaply built, felt like a piece of balsa wood it was so light. My dad didn’t call it “the plank” for nothing 🤣
Hey Lee if you're good mates with Alan Entwistle, have a look at Revelation guitars - Alan's pickups are used in all their models, and they're really solid guitars for not a lot of money!
When I was 16 a friend of mine had a Rapier; a bright red one. I was so jealous of that guitar.
I have a red 33 from 1966 like Danny Kirwans. Also there's a picture somewhere of George Harrison playing a green one. Very cool.
Fascinating upload; I’ve been researching Gold Foil P90 type guitars lately, they look and sound damn cool
Have the blue one and it’s awesome. Would highly recommend. Very versatile. Had a look at the wiring and going to be adding push pulls for each pickup to add coil splits too.
Are they four wire pickups?
@@josephmcguiness6452 yes they are. 🙂
Danny Kirwan:- Watkins Rapier 33, 1960s British-made Fender Stratocaster-style guitar, with a chambered body: Kirwan's was red, and he used it when in Boilerhouse, and during early Fleetwood Mac performances (e.g. Hyde Park, London, free concert 1968).
You got there before me..
@@gorehamster9172 The power of Wikipedia. :)
@@ianmbaker No the Power of being a Big Peter Green Fan.. :)
My brother had a Watkins Raper and we were both at the Hyde Park concert. We immediately spotted that Danny was playing a Rapier. Seems a lifetime ago but the memory is still fresh.
I swear listening to you two play makes my soul happy. Y’all need to have your jam sessions recorded and put on Apple Music! Beautiful different guitars. It’s nice to see different perspectives on guitar designs. Love it guys!!
Charlie Watkins is a important to the history of rock. He should have a statue …
I like these designs. They remind me of some of those more experimental catalogue guitars from the 70's that had a lot of strange pickup and body shape combinations. I would want the sunburst one simply because it reminds me of that whole era of guitar design (but without the sloppy quality control of the originals).
Great to see the better guitars from the past making a comeback.
Andertons are waiting for stock if you want one.
They do have stock of a similar guitar from Burns, these are great guitars
i have an original Burns of London sample.
Love the zero fret design - not many guitars have that, nowadays. I use the ZeroGlide on mine for that advantage.
Ibanez have a lot of that. Though I think they first did on bass guitars.
Agreed. I have never understood why a zero fret isn't standard on all guitars.
Zero frets get worn out faster than the rest of frets or a usual nut, getting deep grooves.
It’s the reason I wouldn’t want any on my guitars. 🤷🏻♂️😌
Also impossible to have a compensated nut…
@@lone-wolf-1 You're probably right. The advantage of the ZeroGlide "system" is it's DIY so I can easily replace the zero fret, with minimal effort.
Love the look of these guys. Sound great too!
My very first electric guitar in 1972 was a Rapier 44 :)
It was branded under the Wilson name
I had a red Rapier 22. Loved it, though looking back, I realize now that the setup was awful, and the action was way too high - no Google to show me how to fix it though.
I knew two people who had them, and I always enjoyed playing them, they had a great range of tones.
I can't believe they have reissued this. It was never more than a cheap Strat copy. My schoolmate bought one back in the day. I think he bought it mail order from Bell's catalogue. Having said that the fact that Alan Entwistle had a hand in the design is A Good Thing.
It was not cheap. It was about 30 Quid at a time when the average weekly wage was 14 pounds per week. The modern 2023 equivalent woul be 1260 GBP.
@@alanserjeant4947 At the time a Strat was 160 guineas so it was very cheap in comparison.
These look cool! And a great price to add something unique to the collection!
We couldn't get US guitars during the early 60s as a result of a trade embargo..We were encouraged then to buy British.. Loving these reissues..had a rapier many moons ago..great guitars.
I remember these as pretty hard to play Strat clones for about £30-£35 back in 1960-61. Back then if you had one of these this was about as good as you could get - Strats were about £150-160 - if you ever saw one - then there were quite a lot of Strats by 1963/4 but since they were associated with Cliff and the Shads and were hugely out of fashion in W London - you could have picked up a 62 for £50-75 in Marshalls! But Teles were holding their price as you'd see Jimmy Page playing one - and Clapton and Richards.
Reminds me in a way of the old Hagstrom guitars from the late 50s and on, when the new plastic materials and colors dominated. The pickups almost lock like harmonicas. Funny looking bastards.
Wow, I didn't realize Hagstrom was that old.
My surname is Watkins, I have been waiting hopefully/stupidly/patiently for a decade for a rerelease, and it happened RIGHT when I stopped obsessively watching this channel last winter. lol Wow I cant wait to get my hands on one of these badboys
I owned and played one of these for years in the Grumbles in Walsall in the 1960s. I got it from the guitar shop in Walsall. It was a nightmare to tune and went out of tune quickly. The slider switches used to break in no time at all. It was horrible to play but did have a sound of its own. I bought one because of the price. I do love the toaster pickups. I have pics of me playing it and mine had a weird icon where the RAF one is now but I can't make it out well.
Fantastic. Huge Thnx. Enjoyed this and learned a lot❤
Long before the internet was plugged in, I read about those Fender-less days in the UK (indeed why the Shadows played Burns guitars). I always understood there were other reasons fot that, like rules or currency issues. So I opened another tab to find an article by Tony Bacon (who lives on my bookshelves for decades already): "When American Guitars Were Outlawed In England"
Which of course makes me wonder about Hamburg.
@@fritsvanzanten3573 The Shadows played Fenders before switching to Burns in '64 :-)
@@Teflon_75 You're right! The article by Tony Bacon is on Reverb, "The British Guitar Embargo: When Brits Were Banned from Buying American", BTW. I also read they wanted Stratocasters because of the playing of James Burton, but it turned out he was Tele-player ;-) (From Bacon's Stratocaster book).
@@Teflon_75 Hank Marvin had the first Strat imported into the UK. Paid for by Cliff Richard.
I watched the Dio Rainbow in the Dark video featuring Vivian Campbell. Through others research it was determined he was playing one of these, the Rapier 22 which I assume the 2 stands for 2 Humbucker style pickups. The very rounded edges of the body stand out.
I purchased a brand new Rapier form Sid Watkins in 1970 from his Chertsey store. Wished I had kept it now!
Once there gonna be a Rapier 22 reissue, I might part from some of my cash.
I had lovely memories when I played an original more than 24 years ago.
Paul Weller has a white with black scratchplate Rapier 22 in the early Jam days.
great looking guitars- a blast from the past
I had a red glued neck Watkins rapier from the 60's
You know what? They sound legit good.
My elder brother still has a Rapier 33 that he bought in the mid sixties at the Watkins shop in Balham, I think he paid around £32 . We used to go there quite regularly. My favourite anecdote at the time was that Charlie would impose a fine of 2s/6d for anybody playing "House of the Rising Sun". Famous player of a Rapier, Danny Kirwan. Happy daze.
Love the sound from this guitar 🙂
By the way neither of you mentioned the zero fret!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd be interested in your thoughts - I never had a problem with it and the action was super low.
I had a Watkins Rapier 22 in the mid to late ‘60,s. I bought it at a very good price as it was part of a consignment to the USA which was last minute cancelled. Unusually, it was in Ice Blue, similar to the 33 Lee is holding, which was only available on export models. As far as I remember, the only difference between the 22 and 33, was the number of pick-ups. Good guitar for the money.
I also had a 22, I lusted after the 44.
I used to view these in the Bell’s catalogue c.1970. I think I once played one of the originals. I seem to remember it being appalling. These new ones are probably really good.
The first thing i ever bought off ebay, back in its very early days was an mid 60's Watkins Rapier. I seem toremember i paid about 24 quid for it or something ridiculous. It was in a very shoddy state and even after some work it remained, well less than satisfactory if im being very nice! Like you say, the quality could be very hit and miss. Still it was my first real vintage guitar and for a frankly obscene price never to be repeated.
They remind me of Mosrite guitars
Very cool looking axes. A sad reminder that design hasn't improved much, if at all in half a century
It has improved. But marketing keeps telling people to buy wonky looking classics with neck heels you could situate your posterior in; meanwhile the big companies buy up the actual innovators and let them gather dust. Granted, said innovators weren't necessarily competent on the business side. But hey.
My late cousin "poison Bob" had a lefty rapier 33 in our first "beat group" as my dad put it lol he was too tight to get a Tele or strat it sounded ok once I set it up (a step up from the awful Jedson Tele he started with
I just bought the 22
Guy's if memory serves Dave Simpson was talking about this brand some time ago, so you may want to talk to him about them, just a thought as he is working with you now.
I have a 1964 Rapier 33. It's pretty complete with the strange buttons and vibrato. The lettering has gone from the headstock, but you can still see a 'shadow' of the original transfer. It pre-dates my early years of playing a bit, but I do remember them from the Bell Music catalogue. They were often named as the first instruments of players that influenced me. As a playable instrument, it's not very good.
Oh i just finished watching and Lee, when you mention being the first 'famous type' to play the Rapier i remembered that in fact Hank Marvin played a Rapier prior to Cliff bringing him his first (the first in fact) Strat over from the US. So there is a very worthy name already associated. Just to let y'all know 😉
I want one of these. I was gonna build a Strat similar to this and now I don't have to.
Do you think anyone will attempt to recreate the Copicat?
You can get tape echo pedals but they cost a lot of money…I remember hearing the Copicat used by a local duo and it sounded fantastic…
Danny Kirwan
I have an original Watkins Ranger 2 but it needs a bridge.
Anderson's I love this Burns I'm a lefty I've seen one in gears for music fiesta red are you getting any lefty's in your shop I want 1❤
I got the sunburst as my burns is that blue and my ibanez is white lol
Love the look of them, would be cracking for a punk or grunge band shame there’s no lefties
There are Leftys.
hey Lee and Pete Happy Holidays! I just purchased a Squier Contemporary Jaguar HH ST in Shoreline Gold from Anderton's! Can't wait 'til arrives here in the States!
My first electric guitar was a Watkins Rapier 33, which cost 22 gns in 1968.
The pickups were somewhat microphonic, but other than that it was the dog's bollocks to me.
I am still looking to buy a red 33 one to replace my original that I sold for a fiver in 1973 (I was emigrating but I really, really wish I had kept it) As you say "The Dogs"
My first guitar was a Rapier 44. I paid for it £5 a week, couldn't have it until u finished paying. But I could go down to the shop and noodle on it in my lunch break, lol. My Dad was horrified to find out that I needed to buy an amp to make it work ,😊
I had a 33 for christmas paid for by my Dad and aunt Molly. He also almost had kittens when he found out about the Amp !!!
Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac used one early days (so did I)
There's so many levels of copying here it's insane.. It's a copy - of a copy, that was a copy of multiple 60's off-brands copying what they thought a Stratocaster was.
If you have a separate volume for the mid pickup do you really need a separate switch for it too. Just seems a bit redundant. Cool designs though if you are looking for something different and as always great playing from you guys : )
I'd use it. Set the pickup volume to the level you want and still being able to switch it in and out? Definitely useful.
@@captainfruitbatify Fair point : )
really cool
I've got a 60's Watkins Sapphire if anyone is interested. I've been restoring it
Cool axe.You guys sound psychadelic But, about the numbers flashing in the background..........winning lottery numbers? I've be played a few,so far they haven't done crap.
I think Tony Iommi played a Watkins before he got the Strat & SG.
I think these guitars are badass, but I can't afford one, nor do I need another.
Do these have a distributor in the US?
Would be nice if a “British” designed guitar could actually be made in, I don’t know… 🇬🇧 Britain??
The original headstock was very oversized at the end. These are much better looking.
The overall string geometry of this model is more Jazzmaster than Stratocaster!
There’s a Danelectro vibe to them
First on a comment section that never happens say something funny. Digital amps are better than valve/tube amps 😂.
You said funny, not wrong.
@@RiotBadger but it is funny though and controversial at the same time. Because we musician’s like to argue on the internet 😂.
hey, Chinese brand Soloking have this model, s500, for 100 euro less in my area
toaster pickups
zero frets
i like the blue and the white
Watkins, weren't they?
Ok
A roundel.
These look like KAPA guitars
I played a KAPA Continental in the late 60's. Couldn't afford a Fender or Mosrite. Actually wore out the frets in a R&R band. Got drafted (army) the guitar went to a band mate. Actually a good player and sound was excellent. Thanks!
Disappointing review with obvious poor prep beforehand. Should really promote these British designed guitars. I have a sit spot. My first electric was a Watkins Rapier 33 and I was the envy of my school pals. A red electric guitar !!! Cost me £15 from a neighbour. I just bought another one out of nostalgia- pretty rubbish compared with today’s guitars but I’ll fix it up AND I think I’ll by one or the new Rapiers too. (I play Eastman usually or Gibson) but can’t resist these.
Aim here...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎👍
WEM I never!
Abuse the whammy like to see what it can do.
Butt ugly (actually kinda cool).
How many tones in one guitar? I counted 11...
But sounds Amazing!!!!!
Great! Another guitar brand without any lefties........sad
They've got one now! Amazing.
Lots of tones…
More strat looking guitars with pickups from a lsd trip. Not for me
My first electric was a 2nd hand Watkins Circuit-4 (Top of the Rapier range) 4 pups, loads of knobs and switches, £25. It was shit.
Great guitars….nice playing you bastards
Once again you guys have proven no matter how ugly, un-playable and cheap a guitar is you guys can make sweet music with them.
jeezz , another ugly looking strat copy .
There's a bit more to it than that!
They are very ugly
You can tell when the captain isn't really in to a guitar brand. The fact that he compared it to a danelecto really puts the nail in the coffin 😂
Cool guitar! Too bad it's ugly as hell!
Yuck! Craziness. Love the video and presentation guys...but the guitar is crazy shit. #Pass