I bought one used online from Guitar Center. Was super surprised. The fret work is perfect, it plays great, holds a tune all day, and sounds better than any Fender.
I don't know if I just got lucky ?..But I bought one of these back in 2016 for $500 American dollars and I'm telling you it has been one of the most used and enjoyed guitars in our house of 2 sons who play in bands and me as well. It has been played live and even in a small studio setting to overdub some guitar parts, and it has never failed to sound good and playability wise, inspiring each of us in what we played. I love this POS . Lol. Mine needed minimal setting up with no issues concerning intonation or any fretboard problems. The neck is a joy to play on.. As my youngest son stated one time while playing it..The neck just feels like "Home". And I agree. Just my OP, though..Others might think otherwise. 😂
2016 was also a longgg time ago already and there was alot less emphasis on the drop shipping then which had a huge impact on the general QC, could also be that the dealer you got it from did some finishing work to it. Then also, being a numbers game theres always just going to be good and bad of any kind. Glad you got a good one and its still being enjoyed 🤘
@Pauly's Guitars & Gear Oh yeah, I'm sure you are correct on all those points. I think I just happened to get a really decent one. I gravitate towards playing it more than the several Fenders, Epi's and the one real Gibby we have. Lol. Take care..Loved your review BTW.
Yeh make enough guitars and theyll be some better then average and some below just a numbers game, just a shame more isnt done to show the magic that these things can have when well sorted out, youd think they would want them all that way so players got it from the first go
I think I’ve said before but the electrics on mine were not good at all . The pick-up selector was the worst thing . The neck was quite nice to play actually though . I gave mine away to a busker . Great video , cheers 👌🏻
The sound of it right out the box is great, BUT I had two problems: 1. the wiring, besides the affordable (but good) components, is where the good price comes from. I have had issues with the switch. It often happens that it tilted the sound of the pickups. And it made bad noises. 2. the intonation off the 12th fret was horrible 3. I had view tonal dead spots in higher positions. These problems all together, forced me to bring it to a dealer to let it be fixed. It cost me another 250€. I couldn’t fix it by my own 😬
I hear you man thats exactly what I've been harping on about for all these Vintage vids haha. Theres great guitars in there they just need coaxing out - and If I was in charge of these guitars.... id make sure people didn't need to do that. but it's just the way of things I guess
Welldone Pauly! This thing sounds like a 2000$ Strat. Looks great too . I guess the sale and setup. offered by Richard' s Guitars of Avon makes it worthwhile.
Yeh they atleast bring the best of them out of the guitar and present them finished. But you do pay a higher $ for it. JHS do have the ability to do a fantastic job in-house up in Leeds but….. its all money isnt it.
Chunky frets. I like it! I don’t think we have these in the US. As for rosewood or pao fero boards on my cheap Squier bullets, I use a couple of drops of beard oil. I’ve even used coconut oil and haven’t ruined one yet. I really should invest in some fretboard conditioner tho.
I use baby oil. Important: it has to be mineral based oil! (Labeled as paraffinum, isopropyl palmitate). Natural oils get rancid and sticky over time. Mineral oils do not alter. It happened to found 19 years old baby oil from my son in my closet, and it was still as fresh as the first day I bought it. For the price of one little bottle of 100ml lemon oil (wich is basically identical, but with scent), you get 500ml of baby oil, wich can be used for multiple purposes. 😊
@@lone-wolf-1 Dang bro. Great discovery! I’ll buy some vintage baby oils asap! Or just go look through my mother’s house which is perhaps the more sensible option. Love you man!
@@Factory_Muff Hy! No need to be vintage. Drugstores or supermarkets have them in their cosmetic department. Just bought 500ml of „Penaten“ here in Germany, my son‘s vintage one was used up. Glad, if I could help.
@@lone-wolf-1 I was joking about the needing it to be vintage part. Just jokes. I just uploaded a short of me playing a 1961 vintage amp with brand new capacitors but old tubes. I don’t care about vintage years so long as the values of the electronics are the same as spec. Same goes for baby oil. I thank you again for putting me on to the mineral oil. Check out my short if you get a chance. Peace!
I agree with your summary. I bought a V6, and had very sharp frets, crappy setup, and a knot in the body. I still like the guitar, but it took a bunch of fiddling.
It was a constant issue selling Vintage guitars. They were set up at the factory and not checked before being sent out to dealers and customers in the uk. Any issues were expected to be solved at the dealerships.
Yeh it's a tad over done haha, Funny enough even the Fender custom shop get those guards wrong sometimes. I would change it for a lighter mint green one
I have some kind of weakness towards V6, but had three guitars from vintage and all had to be sent back because of really bad fit and finish...frets, buzz, nut, glue all over ...so unfortunate. Experienced better quality from competitors, so still looking for a strat...maybe Azes, Classic Vibe, ...but than again the weakness for V6:-) Nice review man, thanks!
the quality of Vintage guitars has gone way downhill in the last 8 yrs. I kept my 52 tele reissue .. but the other 2 strat copies I bought I got rid of. One of my favorite cheap strats I own is a VACP samick. 3/4 scale
It does baffle me they can’t seem to get the final QC right… they are on paper still very good value (although not upto date on 2024 pricing). Mad thing is they have a properly decent tech team up in leeds to try and tackle the issue aswell… seems there only being used on new proshop models
I bought one used online from Guitar Center. Was super surprised. The fret work is perfect, it plays great, holds a tune all day, and sounds better than any Fender.
thats what I mean in the video though - once you get them with right fretwork, playing well, there's great a great instrument in them
I’ve got one of these and I absolutely love it, great guitar all round
Just about every guitar I've bought over the years needed a setup of sorts, some more than others and as you say they are just 'box shifting'.
Yeh this is true, i guess the battle is where is the reasonable line to needing a set up from the box, to just not being quite finished
Only 3 guitars I've ever bought needed no setup whatsoever out of the box , PRS SE 24 , Edwards Les Paul and Kramer Baretta Special.
Of my 5 electric guitars my Vintage Tele & LP are easily the most played. Sound great, good action, sound marvellous.
I don't know if I just got lucky ?..But I bought one of these back in 2016 for $500 American dollars and I'm telling you it has been one of the most used and enjoyed guitars in our house of 2 sons who play in bands and me as well. It has been played live and even in a small studio setting to overdub some guitar parts, and it has never failed to sound good and playability wise, inspiring each of us in what we played. I love this POS . Lol. Mine needed minimal setting up with no issues concerning intonation or any fretboard problems. The neck is a joy to play on.. As my youngest son stated one time while playing it..The neck just feels like "Home". And I agree. Just my OP, though..Others might think otherwise. 😂
2016 was also a longgg time ago already and there was alot less emphasis on the drop shipping then which had a huge impact on the general QC, could also be that the dealer you got it from did some finishing work to it. Then also, being a numbers game theres always just going to be good and bad of any kind. Glad you got a good one and its still being enjoyed 🤘
@Pauly's Guitars & Gear Oh yeah, I'm sure you are correct on all those points. I think I just happened to get a really decent one. I gravitate towards playing it more than the several Fenders, Epi's and the one real Gibby we have. Lol. Take care..Loved your review BTW.
Thanks for taking the time 🤘🤘
I have one, and absolutely love it! maybe mine was an anomaly from the factory, but I'd put it up against a custom shop Fender.
Yeh make enough guitars and theyll be some better then average and some below just a numbers game, just a shame more isnt done to show the magic that these things can have when well sorted out, youd think they would want them all that way so players got it from the first go
I wouldn't say that was harsh. You can only speak as you find. It was reasonable and constructive, for what you were given.
I think I’ve said before but the electrics on mine were not good at all . The pick-up selector was the worst thing .
The neck was quite nice to play actually though .
I gave mine away to a busker .
Great video , cheers 👌🏻
The sound of it right out the box is great, BUT I had two problems:
1. the wiring, besides the affordable (but good) components, is where the good price comes from. I have had issues with the switch. It often happens that it tilted the sound of the pickups. And it made bad noises.
2. the intonation off the 12th fret was horrible
3. I had view tonal dead spots in higher positions.
These problems all together, forced me to bring it to a dealer to let it be fixed. It cost me another 250€. I couldn’t fix it by my own 😬
I hear you man thats exactly what I've been harping on about for all these Vintage vids haha. Theres great guitars in there they just need coaxing out - and If I was in charge of these guitars.... id make sure people didn't need to do that. but it's just the way of things I guess
Have a vintage LP and its killer. Have had many really too many guitars in my life may get the v6.
Its nice to have variety 😄
Amazing playing man.
Thanks for kind words 🤘
What was the name of the music and author?
Welldone Pauly! This thing sounds like a 2000$ Strat. Looks great too .
I guess the sale and setup. offered by Richard' s Guitars of Avon makes it worthwhile.
Yeh they atleast bring the best of them out of the guitar and present them finished. But you do pay a higher $ for it. JHS do have the ability to do a fantastic job in-house up in Leeds but….. its all money isnt it.
@@Paul-D lol..and it all adds up...guitars or groceries?😂😂
🤣 just this last week i had to choose between getting my next amp sooner or a washing machine for the family 🤣🤣
@@Paul-D lol. Handwashing makes for strong arms.
I've had a V6 for a couple of years, still my fav to play. Got it from Richard's Guitars too, they did a great job, and top-notch folk to boot.
Chunky frets. I like it! I don’t think we have these in the US. As for rosewood or pao fero boards on my cheap Squier bullets, I use a couple of drops of beard oil. I’ve even used coconut oil and haven’t ruined one yet. I really should invest in some fretboard conditioner tho.
I use baby oil. Important: it has to be mineral based oil! (Labeled as paraffinum, isopropyl palmitate). Natural oils get rancid and sticky over time. Mineral oils do not alter. It happened to found 19 years old baby oil from my son in my closet, and it was still as fresh as the first day I bought it.
For the price of one little bottle of 100ml lemon oil (wich is basically identical, but with scent), you get 500ml of baby oil, wich can be used for multiple purposes. 😊
@@lone-wolf-1 Dang bro. Great discovery! I’ll buy some vintage baby oils asap! Or just go look through my mother’s house which is perhaps the more sensible option. Love you man!
@@Factory_Muff
Hy! No need to be vintage. Drugstores or supermarkets have them in their cosmetic department. Just bought 500ml of „Penaten“ here in Germany, my son‘s vintage one was used up.
Glad, if I could help.
@@lone-wolf-1 I was joking about the needing it to be vintage part. Just jokes. I just uploaded a short of me playing a 1961 vintage amp with brand new capacitors but old tubes. I don’t care about vintage years so long as the values of the electronics are the same as spec. Same goes for baby oil. I thank you again for putting me on to the mineral oil. Check out my short if you get a chance. Peace!
I agree with your summary. I bought a V6, and had very sharp frets, crappy setup, and a knot in the body. I still like the guitar, but it took a bunch of fiddling.
Its a shame because they really could be much better and more damage is being done to the name all the time
@@Paul-DAgreed. Like you say, though, once they are made right, they are good guitars.
It was a constant issue selling Vintage guitars. They were set up at the factory and not checked before being sent out to dealers and customers in the uk. Any issues were expected to be solved at the dealerships.
I can understand that to a point, a certain point. But when drop shipping is pushed and encouraged whos supposed to do it then lol
Agree that it is not acceptable to send to an end user expecting them to pay more money to get it playing correctly. 👎🏻
Wicked Game
Always a good track to have a little jam on haha.
@@Paul-D exactly
I love the way the appear to have used curry powder to give the pickguard an "aged" look...😕
Yeh it's a tad over done haha, Funny enough even the Fender custom shop get those guards wrong sometimes. I would change it for a lighter mint green one
That missing screw is doing my head in!
😅 it doesnt come with one as an option to put the missing one on either lol
I’m out
@@Paul-D If it came with one would you fit it ? I think I would.
Probably yes lol. Im fairly certain the missing screw isnt making any difference to sound or stability though
I have a Duncan Distortion in one of my guitars with a missing b string pole screw. It's been missing for about 35 years! lol
Just googled these. They ain’t cheap man.
They often sell new for a lot under the RRP over here at least but on the used Market can be got for a real bargain
I have some kind of weakness towards V6, but had three guitars from vintage and all had to be sent back because of really bad fit and finish...frets, buzz, nut, glue all over ...so unfortunate. Experienced better quality from competitors, so still looking for a strat...maybe Azes, Classic Vibe, ...but than again the weakness for V6:-) Nice review man, thanks!
Its still so shocking the amount of people with the same story and what ive said here too, you would think vintage are killing their name on purpose!
I've experienced the same the fret work is not brilliant on my V6 but I still enjoy playing it.
what did you lubricate the rosewood with
Crimson fretboard restorative
the missing screw really isn’t there even in the official photos
Ive seen it on loads including the ones on vintage website 🤷♂️
👍🏻👍🏻
I’ve had several, sent them all back, buy cheap, buy twice
Problem is they arent really super cheap. You can get cheaper at more reliable QC. But they can be great value WHEN they end up right. Shame really
@@Paul-D agree, Harley Benton are offering equal quality for far less
the quality of Vintage guitars has gone way downhill in the last 8 yrs. I kept my 52 tele reissue .. but the other 2 strat copies I bought I got rid of. One of my favorite cheap strats I own is a VACP samick. 3/4 scale
It does baffle me they can’t seem to get the final QC right… they are on paper still very good value (although not upto date on 2024 pricing). Mad thing is they have a properly decent tech team up in leeds to try and tackle the issue aswell… seems there only being used on new proshop models