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Wilkinson is way overlooked. They make some pretty great stuff

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Wilkinson pickups are no joke. Absolutely serviceable.

Vintage is an incredible guitar brand people in the UK are already turned on to how awesome these guitars are man they are awesome Max!

Always vouched for Vintage when I was a guitar salesman. I have a Vintage Les Paul, about 12 years old that plays and sounds like the Dickens, and I have had less problems with that than nearly every other guitar I've owned.

I have their hendrix strat and it easily has the best neck of any guitar I have ever owned and I am 58 years old and into and playing guitars since I was about 16. To some degree just the feeling in my hands reminds me of a 1964 Gibson SG I had when I was in my mid 20s. Obviously I am not talking about the tone but just the tactile feeling of the wood of the SG. These are awsome guitars for the money. It can be hard to find them online. I got mine in a pawnshop. I had no idea about the company previously.

Yes!! So glad this brand is getting attention. I have a Gibson, Fender, Epiphone, and a Vintage. The Vintage is my GO TO guitar. I've got the Peter Green model, and it plays like butter. Sustain for days!!!!

That distressed sunburst with the chrome covered humbucker has a George Lynch-esque vibe!!! Beautiful guitars as always. Keep rockin'!!! 😎👍🎸

I’ve seen these guitars a lot on reverb and was always curious how good they were,not bad for the price and they offer at least 6 to 8 models left-handed which is 5 more models than Charvel or Jackson offer, just wish they offered that strat style guitar with the humbucker in it left-handed but I appreciate them giving us a variety unlike a lot of big name companies

I owned a Vintage Icon V6 years ago and it was a killer guitar. The relic’ing they do really does it for me. Came well set up, too. Glad to see the name getting out.

*Dude, the segment in which you were talking about the name (and I agree. It can absolutely lead to confusion) had me cracking up!* *BOTH Strats sounded so insane, especially when you were rattling off those '80's-style riffs. I absolutely LOVE that relic'ed Strat, however. I would LOVE to get my paws on one of their Tele replicas or basses!!* *Thank you for the awesome playing and in-depth review, Max!*

Highly recommend to check out their Les Paul copies, they have a Peter Green/ Gary Moore "Greenie" replica, complete with long tenon neck construction & out of phase PAF humbuckers by Wilkinson, a really cool Slash "AFD" model & great L/P Custom clone in classic white. And their white Thomas Blug Strat model is awesome.

Great video man !! Great discovery (although I'm almost certain that I've seen them around a couple of times) I should really give them a try sooner than late. Love how you did add more of your personality in your videos as well compared to those i've watched years ago. Cheers!

JHS in the UK (John Hornby Skewes) have been selling Vintage as their house brand for over twenty years - I bought one when they first started and reviewed it on Harmony Central..... eons ago. P.S. "Vantage" was a brand from the old Matsumoku factory in Japan - the name was sold to Samick in Korea after the japanese factory fire. - The Japanese ones are epic and the Korean ones solid decent kit. Have fun

Bro thats some really great technique and smooth playing in the intro... awesome review as well. Keep rocking guy!!!!!

Great video as usual Max. I can confirm, these are great instruments. One of my customers brought me one to do a string change and setup. I was identical to the sunburst one. I was absolutely blown away at how good they are for the money, or at any price point. I plan to get one for myself.

Vintage Guitars have realy nice Les Paul copys as well. All with long tenon construction.. Great instruments.

I’ve got 2 and they are fantastic. Can’t recommend them enough (in fact I have recommended them to friends who have lived them too!)

Great review. I’ve had great results with Wilkinson hardware and classic Alnico pickups.

I’ve had a vintage V6, Thomas Blug strat that has some pretty trick wiring in it also from the factory. It’s a copy of a 61 Strat. I love it plays beautiful..My only complaint with vintage guitars is I wish they’d used a harder nickel in their frets seem to be wearing the frets out kinda quickly. They’ve been around for quite a while, I totally get where you’re coming from with the name though. Great review as always keep it up and thanks

Bought my first Vintage branded guitar in 2003, great instruments, even toured with 2 Vintage LP models. Great guitars!!

The distressed strat sounded fantastic and after years of experimenting I love vintage trems set up to float,,these guitars are a major bang for your buck !

Wilkinson hardware is surprisingly nice! Came on my Carvin guitar and I can't complain.

My dad owns a Vintage v100 (Les Paul Model). I love this guitar. Neck feels awesome, great pickups and playability. Feels like I meet an old friend every time I play it. Vintage builds great guitars! Absolutely keeps up with my Fenders and Gibsons - and you don't have to worry about scratches 😎🎸

Thank You for doing this video for this brand - i was curious about their quality and specs when i first saw them for sale online a few years ago .

I absolutely love Wilkinson ez lok tuners. I've fitted them to a couple of my guitars and I'm super happy with them

I’ve had a few Vintage models for years (V100 lemon drop and V100 gold top with P90s, an original V60 that got them in trouble with Gibson and the redesigned model). I’ve also sold a ton, as they set up beautifully, as they’re basically well made budget guitars. The Icon series is a step up in quality. I picked up a V6 recently, with three P90s, in a Strat configuration. Great sound with a really lovely neck.

Thanks for the tip on this brand and the demo! I've been kind-of-sort-of itching to buy a tele or tele-style guitar (you know how it is!) and see they have a great selection, and, like you said, at a great price for what they offer. And thanks everyone here who own a Vintage axe and commented :)

We had Vintage Guitars in our old shop, i loved to play their triple p90 Icon. Had that in my hands every day, even though the neck felt a little skinny. Also swapped some Wilkinsons from one i had to another beater that i needed to have the pickups in.

Amazing video as always. Keep up with the amazing content.

Don't overlook their acoustics, either. Bought their "Statesboro" 12-string and have been absolutely in love with it from the sirst strum.

What I love is the variety of tones. Turns on distortion. I hear a lot of background noise from the pickups they sound quite shrill, but it could be the pedal he’s using

I've owned and gigged a v6 for some years now. Excellent player! Rock solid tuning stability. It's my cheapest guitar, but hands down favourite.

I had a chance to try these guitars out at a store called Music Unlimited in Kingston Ma a couple years ago and they were excellent guitars! Really great playing and sounding guitars.

hells yes, dude, Vintage brand guitars are fabulous. my shop was a dealer for them for a while. great quality, amazing feel, highly recommend.

Those are awesome Max. I always love your take on guitars. Wish you would have opened them with the suit & sword though.

Nice looking and sounding Strats. Great playing as usual. You make every guitar sound amazing. I'm looking for an HSS Strat. I will definitely check out their website.

Really love my Vintage reissued sounds awesome! The Wilkinson parts are very nice and excellent value. However mine needed lots of work! Frets, bridge, saddles, neck and a complete setup! Every screw needed to be tightened besides the pickups!

Nice review! I think it's quite cool, that the Vintage brand didn't blow up (yet) due to that naming. Always, when the quantity of demand and production rises, the quality of the more reasonable priced instruments goes down. Happened before, happens right now with brands (i could name a few) and imo it's hard to expect the opposite ;)

Hey Max! You should make a video where you show all of your guitar collection to remind us some other great guitar companies that exist and we might not even be aware of!!

Vintage guitars have a series called the Icon Series. When I want to find the vintage website I search for vintage icon.They make a great Tele called the Jerry Donahue V58. It is a great signature guitar. Trev Wilkerson owns vintage and all of his parts are used on these guitars. One of the reasons why these are so good.

I have a Vintage VS6 SG style guitar and its my favourite. Red and gold. Looks really classically classy! The build quality matches Gibson any day and plays beautifully. They really do make excellent guitars.

I purchased a set of Wilkenson M series single coil pups off Amazon in 2021, was very pleased with them at right under $50.

These guitars are really fine guitars and I’m a guy who has custom shop fenders which I love ..but I have 😊😊 gigged with these with a good tube amp..they do the job…I have the Thomas Blug one..it’s really nice..🤙🏻

I have the Vintage Thomas Blug signature strat - phenomenal. My favourite. Cheers, Max.

My number 1 gigging go to workhorse is a Vintage V100 Les Paul style guitar. Great quality wood and hardware, good pickups, long neck tenon. They are great value for the money guitars

I owned a Vintage SG (VS6) and it was one of the lighter and more resonant guitars I played. Fit & Finish was very good, it was a firebreathing monster!

I have a VS6 (strat style) and a VS6 (SG) for several years. I hand picked them at a small shop in Kansas. They have been excellent. The fit, finish and components are very good. They have a "Thinline" reissue that I have yet to find. Now in Houston, I have been unable to find a dealer.

I'm a very proud owner of their Lemon Drop model based on Greenie... amazing guitar and one I'll never part with. Now I want a v6 too!

I put Wilkinson pick-uos in my kit Tele and they really sound great even with overdrive,not muddy at all!

Nice playing Max! Rad af bro!

I've got one of the 3 single-coil strats and the Tele. They are FANTASTIC. My best friend had the Tele and after playing it I had to get one for myself.

"Communication Breakdown" (14:57) 😋😆😂 Good one, Max! 👍🙂

Great job on the review! Yes, $ for $ those are definitely higher end quality guitars!!! Love this stuff! And thought the same about the " Name " !

I agree with everything in this video I never argue with the big MAXX great playing btw love your channel as always ❤🖤💎🤘🏻

I currently have 2 JHS Vintage guitars in my collection, a very old V6 (*strat) pre the Reissued and ICON series that has all the Wilkinson hardware that I have converted to a baritone with a new neck and a V58JD (*telecaster) Jerry Donahue model. I have previously owned 2 further VInage guitars, the V6 JMH (which I sold to someone learning as their first electric) and an AV6 (excellent guitar I should never have sold). Vintage guitars are superb, I always buy one before buying a Fender because I just can't bring myself to pay for the name. The V58JD is so good it completely negated my intense dislike of Tele's! Really glad to see you featuring these guitars and yes, the name could be better ;)

You can never go wrong with alder body/maple necks. I have always heard great things about these.

I own a v6 and I love it. The neck feels incredible and it has that strat sound which beefs p really easily for rock. When I get a little more cash I’m definitely getting another.

The Wilkinson stuff are so underrated and get for the guitarist looking for something that is solid and don't break the bank.

I played one of the lp versions today with the dual p90s. Love the tones

now that you've mentioned Vantage, might be worth to give that brand a 2nd look, if you can cop samples of it. they have a pretty diverse model line - from Strats/Teles/Les Paul bodied planks to V's, stars and Explorer styled bodies.

I’ve had 3 of these 2 strats and a “lemon drop” relic’d Les Paul. All were great guitars (that I eventually got rid of to get the “real thing”. They all played and sounded great. I had 2 V6 and at the same time a mim player strat. I never touched the player strat again once I got the v6’s. They just felt and sounded so much better than the player strat. That said, I would never buy one of these new. You can get them all day long for $200-$300 bucks. If you buy a new one for $599, the minute you take it out of the box it’s worth $300. The player strat I bought as a floor demo, kept it for 2 years and sold it for a little more than I paid for it. So, my only advice is get a used one.

Actually found a shop outside kc that stopped selling Gibson because of qc issues and then wanting too much showrooom space and started carrying vintage . They had a lemon drop lp from vintage that was amazing !!

I have the Firenza red one myself. Also modded a classic vibe with the bridge and tuners from one

Sounds good. I have a Wilkinson trem with the cold rolled steel block in my partscaster - I have no complaints, it sounds really good. And the machine heads as well.

I have 3 Vintage Advance guitars and 2 Vintage Reissues a Strat and les Paul style, great value and pickups, all purchased 2nd hand , can't go wrong for the money. Great demo,

Gonna have to try one. Thanks Max!

I don't even have to get past a MAX intro before giving him a thumbs up 😊

I have the V100 and V6P (photo of them is my You Tube icon) the price ,the quality it's incredible , the name issue I've heard that before, and that has been discussed many times, another solution is adding the JHS so it will be JHS Vintage, the gig bag is brilliant I have that gig bag well made and sturdy , really cool to see a positive review, ACE Frehley band members play Vintages, yes they are more that ready to gig , these are not my last Vintages I'm looking at their Telecaster Line next,

I live in South East TX. and there are plenty of places to go buy or just check them out ! Gonna go this weekend . Thanks for the Video Metal MAX !!!!

I have the VINTAGE V6 REISSUED NATURAL ASH and I'm very happy with it (I have also other 6 strato including one '74 and one '83); I'm agree with you even just finding the official website is a nightmare!

I definitely agree on the name issue. I found an 80s style “vintage” guitar in the past on sale and I wanted to learn more abt it. Except trying to look for “vintage hh guitar Wilkinson trem” gets me nowhere to the actual guitar

You're getting some great tones out of those axes. I like Wilkinson bridges paired with locking tuners. You get the tuning stability of a Floyd Rose without the time-consuming process it takes to change strings.

Had several of these over the years and currently have a Thomas Blug signature V6. They’ve been a big thing in the UK for several years- the problem now is they’re so popular the price has shot up with that and with inflation. All that said still great guitars in the main. Definitely recommend the PGM / Lemon Drop

They were hard to find. The main company they are under is another company. They did reach out to me a few hours later. I have the worn black v6, I love it.

Wilkinson sound incredible. I purchased a Wilkinson loaded pickguard (tortoise shell) and the "classic strat" tone seriously impresses! bought it to refurb a older squire strat and the SSS are amazing. I have a Vox digital amp and to push the strat tones I use a zakk wylde over drive with the volume all the way up and the gain rolled all the way off. I can manage sounds very similar to SRV 'Lenny' from the album. Cant go wrong with the Wilkin. Absolutely best for the money.

I had a double cut LP style back in the Day from Vintage. Mainly because I was playing with the guitar market heavier from like 2014-2017 and using Wilkinson parts in stuff for fun. Thing was king of a boat anchor but was a nice instrument. Could pretty much only get it from a distributor in Texas then haha For some reason it makes me think of the days where you could snag MIMs on Craigslist for under $300. Good times.

Actually I didn't have any trouble finding it. These look like a great find. V120 ICON! Good review of these. Thanks.

I was shopping for my Evh wolfgang on black Friday when I came across a used Vintage SG wine red with 3 humbuckers. It looked and felt exactly like Gibson, I mean the binding on the neck, the frets, everything literally felt like a Gibson with a different logo. I know this because I grew up playing my fathers 1976 les paul deluxe. The neck on this guitar blew me away I almost bought both guitars. I went back the next day to buy a cable and the guitar was gone. I searched just like you looking for where to find another one and found a dealer on the website, but have yet to stop by. Great guitars!

Great review!

I’ve got a Vintage vs6 SG style, with the Wilkinson pickups, I really like it , great guitar

my favorite part is that they actually call the bridge its correct name (vibrato) on their site instead of tremolo

I have three Vintage (Brand) guitars, Les Paul with Zebra Humbuckers, V6H and a Midge Ure Signature with P90's. Pretty hard to find in Germany, but I love them all! Doing the hell of a job, always reliable, killer tone. They will be used for most of our recording.

Love my 2010 Black relic vintage icon Max, i would put it up to any guitar anyday !!

They may be a secret in America but they are readily available and all over the place in the UK. I have owned 5 or 6 different models over the years and currently have a Vintage Lemon Drop (with the Peter Green out-of-phase sound as standard). As good as any Les Paul I have had. I happen to agree with you about the name though. I always thought that they should simply be called Wilkinson since Trev Wilkinson was behind the design. His name carries much more "heft" and makes more sense.BTW there was a company called "Vantage". They were made in Korea and I have one!!

Hey thanks for bringin this up on your show i absolutely love them. And they make lefties didnt know about this company

Thank you again for another killer video! 😊❤️

I have a Vintage V6 icon SSS strat and it sounds better than any sub 1.5k Fender I’ve tried in a store. The finish and attention to detail was in some places sloppy, with a nut that stuck out a bit and some paint on the neck that needed sanding, but after fixing those things the guitar is smooth and much more inspiring than its Squier or MIM strat counterparts. It made me love strats again -- the neck pickup nails it, and the bridge pickup is highly usable and versatile thanks to it having its own dedicated tone knob (no more ice-pick tone unless you want it). HOWEVER, the quality control on these guitars is extremely variable, so I would recommend only buying these guitars either a) from an online store with its own strict QC, or b) after seeing the actual guitar first. I once went to a store that had 3 Vintage T-style guitars and 2 Vintage strats: the T-style guitars didn’t feel that good and one of the strats was embarrassingly badly put together, while the other strat was the BEST strat I’ve ever played in a store, beautifully finished, very stratty and perfect in every way (and the same price as all the others, go figure). I also just tried a Vintage T-style in the used section of a Guitar Center and it was more inspiring to me than any of the Fenders (or other guitars I tried in that store, period), and I’m strongly considering going back and buying it, even though I don't normally like teles. As another KZfaqr has said, they make the best guitars for the money and the worst guitars for the money - definitely worth checking out and worth the risk to get a good one.

So I have the Vintage V100 AFD guitar. It is an awesome Les Paul style guitar. I put Dimarzio Tone Zone and PAF pickups in it and I replaced the tuners with Grover Kluson style tuners. The guitar was awesome before I modified it. Now it is a Gibson killer. They used to make the V624FRBK that was a 24 fret super strat with a Floyd Rose.

Vintage have been around for years in the UK. I haven't personally owned one, but have only ever heard good things about them. Certainly a lot of bang for your buck!

Great video max, please demo the vintage v6m24 👍🤘

Dude....I would come here to simply watch you rock on untill the sun's fire burns out!! Dude...your the definition of a guitar gangster thanks so much for the amazing videos reviews and just good old rock and roll and heavy metal! o7salute

I like the name and the guitars! Have a relic'd tele and am looking for a strat style and possibly a LP style later. And yes, you're crazy...🤘🏼

Totally agree about the name. I did some googling to find " Vintage Guitars" and experienced exactly what You discripe 😀

I have heard about this brand and seen some advertised online but I just thought they were another cheap knockoff brand. I enjoyed your video. I know Wilkinson have some great, high quality part's and your video demonstrates how good they are. I will definitely check into the brand more. I agree that the name is confusing but I was assuming that it's intentions were to build their own guitar's with vintage specs and some upgrades too! Great video.

I own a couple of Vintage guitars and am so impressed with them.

I had a couple of those. Awsomely great instruments, better than Harley Benton with Wilkinson parts. The superstrat (you should definetly check it) has the Wilkinson VS50IIK Vibrato that you find on expensive instruments and an awsome reverse headstock. Great guitars.

I discovered Vintage brand at the 2008 NAMM Show and they sold me a brand new V100 Icon for $400. It's still my go-to guitar.

I’ve always liked the look of that three color burst HSS and wanted one really bad back when you could get them for around 400 .