WOW ... you just did it right .... these funky cleans are just adorable! A stunning guitar getting even better ... great demo .. as always!

Dave , thank you so much for the de-wax tip , i,m going to do my lemon drop . U have just confirmed what i have suspected about these pups being choked with wax , as mine dont sound like i imagine a les paul -- in my head. Your treble bleed mod sounds superb and just makes such a difference to already - a great guitar. Please do a diagram or show how its done.

Such an immense tone of the neck pickup with the volume and tone rolled down (4:14)! And beautifully played, as always!

I come back to this video review each time I revisit my own Lemon Drop. Always enjoyable to watch the videos you have made with this mod l guitar, Dave. I have one of the initial batch of these models, the relived one. I, too, have added a scratch plate and replaced the knobs! I felt no need to take the pup covers off as the guitar has lots of clarity and mine has no issues with treble loss when using tone or volume controls. Maybe it has different pots? Weirdly, having owned a couple of Telecasters, this guitar reminds me of that same cutting rawness when clean. The guitar is very "vintage" sounding in this respect; dynamic, cutting and quite rich. Certainly the best LP guitar I have played and closest to the sounds I was inspired by from the sixties. I periodically have a hankering for a thicker neck profile, but have to admit that mine(which resembles the shaved neck Page had on his number1) is very playable and I get the same tones as other guitars. Guess it is in your fingers for better or worse. I have checked out a number of other examples of this model since I bought mine 5 years ago and there seem to have been some significant changes over the years. Mine doesn't have your neck heel chamfer and still has the "replacement" Grover-style tuners. It stays in tune well, which means I won't change them. What I would say to anyone thinking of getting one of these, is that they are very reactive to the amp you play. Without saying what they are, I can say that the three amps I have cover the low watts lunchbox head, medium watts EL84 combo, and high headroom clean 100watts range, and the guitar reacts very differently to all of them. It likes volume, especially clean. I think it is a good guitar with a great range to complement your own personal style of playing, rather than just being a good match for the Green/Moore/classic British rock genre. Rock on, Dave. Love your playing.

Sounds great mate . It's amazing what great sound you can get - I did some wiring mods and put in bare knuckle pg blues pick ups after doing the magnet swap original epihone ones on an epihone Les Paul gold top. Was a good project .

All of us pre-geriatrics loved the "Brown Sugar" teaser at 6:11

Blimey there's a whole load of different tones there!

Well done Dave. Your passion comes through as always. Very helpful and informative. Great sounds man! Keep on keeping on...

Nailed the Fleetwood Mac tone at 4:36.

I love Vintage, great guitars at a great price. I have 3 at the moment, looking for V6 icon maybe next!

Sounds great. Brilliant sounding guitar. 100 percent agree about the wax. Unpotted or minimal potting gives much better harmonics- like taking a blanket off the speaker. Personally I’m not keen on the treble bleeds, much prefer 50s wiring. One thing I do like is passive bass cut on humbuckers to get spank like a telecaster without hum

I have a 2013 version in distressed.. The earlier models have the regular neck heels and the correct body curve around the pickup switch going into the neck joint.. This makes all the difference to the looks thus giving it more of the les paul look... I believe they had to use the newer funky neck heel when the ran into problems with Gibson... They probably sound the same though... They are a great gigging guitar as the pickups are voiced so well.

Hugely interesting, I love hearing what people have done to their guitars!!! Keep up the vids crazy Dave!!! 😉

Excellent, David. This Vintage really looks and sounds the part. Well done. :) The treble bleed mod sounds great. I'm going to mod my Fender Telecaster '72 Deluxe in the next couple of months - new 3-way switch, four new pots, 500k in place of the 250k pots and a couple of Orange Drop capacitors. Basically, so I can have more control over the volumes and tones. The 250k pots are ok, but I use a couple of pedals (Evil Eye Fuzz and I'll be purchasing an EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold power-amp distortion pedal soon) and those pedals rely more on the guitar's controls rather than the pedal's controls since they only have one control each - Fuzz for the Evil Eye and a Master Volume for the Acapulco Gold. The 250k pots currently in don't give the versatility I need. The 3-way switch mod isn't really needed, but the current one is just noisy and I'm not keen on the feel of it, it doesn't feel reliable, so I'm going to replace that with an enclosed unit/3-way switch. The Guitar in it's current form is just generally noisy and not in a nice way (grounding issues?...) but it sounds great when played. :)

"Hope you like the video", man how could we not fabulous playing could listen all day ,thanks Dave \m/

Very good demo Dave, I bought one of these when I was actually supposed to be just buying new strings, played it, and was mightily impressed.. enjoyed the vid . Subbed, 👍

Lemon Drop Ladyland! Love it (-8

Wasn't aware of the treble bleed Mod. Will have to try it. Was always not happy with with how dark some of my Gibsons sounded. Great playing as always. 🎸

Yeah the volume pot was very annoying...i got a treble bleed installed today...gonna pick it up tomorrow, this will be so awesome! Its such a great guitar! peace

As usual, great video Dave. I like what you've done to the Lemondrop, it does sound a lot brighter which, in the middle position, gives it more "quack", I have the "relic" version, it came out a year before the version you have. I agree with you, the original Peter Green was stock and should be sold with the correct volume and tone knobs not the Gary Moore modifications. Would it have been easier to use a hot air gun or an hairdryer to melt and remove the wax from the pickups, just thinking about the delicate wires. "Oh Well", as usual. 🤘🏻

Love your outlook on guitar, love your vids👍 Not sure how to do the treble bleed but it sounds great👍🙂♥️

Pup covers...no.... Treble bleeds... YES! Hmm, the pup covers are SO much part of that classic LP look.

wow ! the bridge pickup sure got the typical "Les Paul quack" !! sweet tone !

Great sounds... Very good & vintage setup!!! Cheers Dave ;-)

Very nice demo as always.

Sounds excellent! You nail the PG sound dude!

damn the Zep songs at 6:35 :D great guitar and playing mate

Have you tried the Vintage AFD Paradise? I got mine after selling my V100 and have to say the Paradise is incredible for the money. Beautiful neck, pick ups are excellent and the Wilkinson tuners do everything you could expect of them. On top of that it looks great. I would recommend anyone who has stayed clear of Vintage to give them a try. A good one is more than a match for the best Squiers and Epi's

The strat in the back. Me likey

Sound great mate,I've got the road worn.It needs abit of a set-up on it.Keep well Dave.

It's a live in your hands, Dave))) Thank you

1:49 - I thought you were going to say “flip the pickup around the right way.” 😳😂 I bet you’re right, though. No wax = PAF sound. 👍🏻

Just watched the journey from unblocking to now, this guitar will soon to be purchased! By far the best review on KZfaq! The tones you ranged gave a great insite in what can be achieved! New sub but I'm going to enjoy going through your channel and watching more videos! Keep it up man! Ps where abouts are your from? Ta!

treble bleed is a super easy, inexpansive and very useful mod! I'm running all of my guitars with it now. but it took me a few tries to find the right capacity for each ;) lovely guitar btw!

De-waxing mine as we 'speak' - in tthe oven, #75C. Would NOT recommend trying this in a gas oven in case there's any flammable vapours. Mine's an earlier model, both p/ups are black bobbined. May be that later ones/non-reliced have a zebra, may just be they pop in whatever's at hand. Once the p/ups are finished cooking, swapping the magnets for A4s and will be wiring it up with the Page wiring... so I'll have a Green/Moore/Page LP Replica.

I own a few Les Pauls and I have to say this guitar here sounds fantastic.

You might want to take a look at a 50s wiring scheme, rather than introducing extra stuff into the circuitry. Also, one of the areas where eastern made guitars save on costs is stuff going on under the hood. Take the back plates off and the horrors are there for all to see; nasty, cheap plastic wiring and tiny cheapo pots and grotty caps. The good news is that quality replacements will not break the bank and are well worth doing. CTS (or other US made) pot shafts require a very minor enlargement of the control holes in the top. A very simple job. Unless the dealer has already done it, swap out the strings from new. Chinese guitars are generally fitted with Chinese made strings in the factory. These are pretty awful and suitable only for slicing cheese. Original equipment switches are usually quite poor, as well, and worth replacing with a Switchmaster or similar. Wilkinson pickups are very good indeed. Things can be improved here a little, but quality replacements can cost about £200 or more. Is it worth that kind of outlay? None of these improvements are essential (except the strings). Everything is already fine straight out of the box after a decent setup. I up-specced my Vintage over time (I have an original Lemon Drop) including new wiring and fitting Bare Knuckle pups and love it more than ever. They've quite understandably saved money on stuff. The maple top is a thin veneer rather than the full cap and the poly finish is so thick it's like a plastic membrane. I think the relicing sucks - it's just a variegated paint finish done by template, not wear. I'm not a huge fan of artificial relicing, even when it's done well. Nevertheless, it's a great guitar and they really are superb value. I own three Gibson LPs, and I'll very often reach for the V100. My first Les Paul type guitar was a MiJ Columbus LP copy. It was a shocker, really. A bolt-on neck with a nut made of chewing gum, humbuckers that weren't really, poor quality electrics and fittings, and a plywood body. Absolutely no comparison.

I personally would'nt change anything on the lemon drop, but "to each his own". Still a nice guitar though. Rock on !!

Once the pickups have been wax potted, the wax is more or less there for good. The dipping process ensures that the wax gets right into the coils. You may have removed the surface excess. This will make them look tidier, but any sound difference would be illusory. The wax is still in the coils where it will remain. It's here where wax potting actually does its work. It stops the windings clanging together, particularly in scatter wound pups. If you really want to hear a difference, you really need to use pickups that have never been wax potted. Unpotted pups may have a tendency to be more microphonic at higher volumes, but I have not personally found this to be a particular problem. Similarly, there is some controversy about whether removing the covers has any real effect to the sound. If they are made of pure nickel, this will have no audible effect. However, if the covers are made incorporating ferrous metal, they will probably interfere with the magnetic field of the pickup. I'm not sure what covers Wilkinson use, but given their price point, I'm guessing that they're probably not pure nickel (edit: I've checked it - they actually are!), but plated brass or similar. Perhaps not as good as nickel, but near enough.

great demo, I own the mk 1 lemon drop, they are great guitars

Nice, Dave! One of my favourite players on You Tube!

Hello Dave! I agree with the wax potting thing,I would never use wax potted pickups! Cool video anyway,take it easy man! Don W.

Wax on wax off Dave San

Excellent setup on that animal.

funny, just planing to buy this guitar. :-).

great video, nice guitar and Awesome Skills

It would be great if you could make a video on how to take off pickup covers☺

Mate I have watched this video so many times ...told I need a "one in one out" policy now on my guitars ... Seriously considering "dumping" my SG ☹️. You should seriously consider doing Peter Green tuition days my friend ....👍 keep up the great posts

Fantastic sound Hey how does it work that you get a thin sound with tone on 2?? On my strat treble bleed works just by rolling down the volume. If i roll down tone it gets dark again. Why did you roll down the tone and still have a trebly sound? Please explain i want to do it also.. Cheers

Very good! Man .. I wanted your information to help me .. I bought a les paul PGM from this one and I want to put capacitors and treblee blade. Have you just placed the treble blades and kept the original pickups? the sound was very good! I would like to know which upgrade you have made so that I can do mine too! I do not understand in the video why I do not understand English very well! Thank you!

Great guitar. 5.20 -5.29: The Police! And that with a Les Paul.

ITS REMINDS ME HE LOOKS LIKE DAVE SIMPSON! HEY DAVY; ROCKN BLUESLY ROOLY !

THANK GOD some one who likes the scratch plate left on there LP!

Great vid Dave, as always. Enjoy watching them. I saw a photo of the original guitar and saw that the strings are wrapped around the bridge. can that be done on that guitar, without any need to change physically the bridge ( cutting to look like the nut) for string stability and would that make that or any guitar with that bridge any more resonant.

Mr Dave if you decide to get rid of the tuning pegs ill buy them off you.i need some new 1s for my 97 epi have done for years. Cheers!

Hello mister Simpson. Thanks for your interesting videos. I'm very interested by that guitar. Can you tell me what modifications have you done on that guitar? I have seen that you have changed the pick ups but i don't understand what are the other elements that you have changed (sorry i'm french and i'm way more better in wrting english than listening someone speaking english and try to understand what he's saying!)...Thanks a lot

Hey Dave, great channel! I share your love of Vintage guitars, got me a Vintage V6 sunburst after trying a Fender American Strat and deciding I prefered the V6 and being £800 better off! Can't quite place your accent, but definitely somewhere in West Yorkshire?

dave do u thing that a regular knob toggle switch gibson will fit in this guitar or i have to buy another one from another brand thanks mate

How do you remove the wax and not have that make the pickups microphonic?

Great video, great guitar!

Hi Dave great Demo as usual, the guitar sounds excellent, liked when you dropped into the Peter Green sound which was so authentic. Keep up the good work.Please can I ask the cherry guitar on the wall behind you on your right is it a Starcaster ?

Great video Dave!!!! I may have missed it in the comment section, so can you please explain how you did your treble bleed? I know you said you might have done it wrong but if that many different tones come from being wrong I don't want to be right lol. Thanks Dave. Bob

Howdy Dave. What model greenbacks are in the Marshall cabs? I know you've said in one of your videos before but can't seem to find it.

I use a hair dryer to get rid of wax. The wax will just drip out if you hold the pickup up.

Hey dave I agree there are no rules and each one does his thing and although you might get a bit more top end without wax on the Pups but they will become super magnetic and you'll have tremendous string pull which basically just kills your tone and almost uncontrolable feedback...the worst of it is the string pull it will kill, slaughter your sustain but hey it's your guitar.

Thanks for your quick answer!

I just picked up a ridiculously cheap Vintage V100CS . One thing that puzzles me is that a lot of reviews say a one piece neck & this one has a scarf joint. It plays & sounds great tho but wondering why so if you have any info. Thanks

I have a stock Lemondrop I've just started playing again. Only mods are tuners and Tusq nut, and it is so much darker and bottom heavy. It's an early unchambered one so that may have something to do with it, easily my heaviest guitar

Hi Dave, I got the Lemon Drop Relic Lefty a couple of years ago, interesting what you've done to yours,

Great video. I think those guitars are kinda hard to come by here in the states. I'd like to try there strat style guitar as well..:-)

Hi again Dave. So regarding the pickguard/scratch plate that you added, will a standard Gibson LP size fit it or does it need to be custom made or fitted?

What is the difference between Vintage v100 mpg vs mrmpg vs pg?

absolutely wicked video

That mod sounds great!

Dave, there is a small hole in the back of the tuning peg, is this to tighten the gear inside or ? Thanks great if you could help.

love your reviews.. never heard of a treble bleed, been looking down the posts for an explanation but have not seen any, what is a bleed exactly and can it be done myself ?? also I have removed pup covers on another les paul type and had a ground problem hum afterwards, any ground mods needed if keeping covers off ?? and finally can you tell me what strings you are using on this guitar ?? thanks again and cheers from Montreal Canada, love your playing and enthusiasm

Great video! the cab is the Greenback?

I guess I'm one of the first. Just 360p for now so I'm going to way on that encoding.

Yip, defo getting one and installing these mods!

hi dave I own a vintage lemondrop and really like the neck profile on it! im going to be buying a usa Gibson les paul and I was wondering what neck would be closest to the lemondrop ? would it be a 60s or 50s[fatter] neck shape.i know you have played les pauls and would like to know your opinion. cheers terry.

tell you what chaps .if vintage changed the brand name to something a lot cooler than ...well... vintage which is also confusing with a {vintage} guitar. .sales would go through the roof. who thinks these shit names up. just call them wilkinson or something . or hornby skewes. sounds quite classy. unlike vintage which is akin to like "my mums " tomato sauce in terms of branding and marketing.

Awesome Dave

Hi Dave. What size are the stock volume pot's on this guitar?

Scraping the wax off won't remove any wax around the coils, will it, Dave? Is that zebra the original pickup? Funny they would do that for a covered pickup.

Great guitar great mods great chops. Did you do any mods on the gold top?

Hey Dave I got an old unchambered one of these lemondrops and had I known how heavy it'd be I'd have gone for a new one. I know of wider straps helping, but anything else I can do about it?

Great video, Dave. The scratch-plate, did you add it for practical or ascetic use...or bit of both?

I enjoy your videos, but you seem a touch manic in this one . Too much coffee ? Anyway , love the video !

Is the scratch plate off another Vintage? I've test fitted a Gibson one on mine and it doesn't fit - apologies if you've said this & I've missed it

just goes to show you don't need to spend a fortune on a gibson . I have a epiphone les paul plustop and I love it . have a look at iron gear picks . great tone for low cost . sounds great .

i am a lefty and they have the regular v100 base model available. would you say the base v100 is of the same quality?

you should record an album of original material.

i ended up buying a dillion les paul copy. il be sure to let you know what i thingk

Great playing... other than the reliced look is there a difference between the v100MRPGM and the v100PGM?

Hi Dave, I've just found a V100 with the distressed look, love it, plays beautifully with great tone but - on the middle switch position when I roll off the volumes slightly there's a noticeable step in tone and volume, is this normal fore these? Any comments welcome, cheers for doing your stuff matey, the gear and guitar tips are superb!!!!

I've personally found wilkinson tuners rather hit and miss. i've got the SG junior style guitar and the tuners on that were horribly sensitive. a set of klusons sorted it out. i'm surpised you've not had an issue with these tuners. definitely agree with the grovers though. could i suggest a before/after video? some say the weightier tuners affect the sustain and sound. also, if you've played any other v100 models, how would you say they differ? thanks Mr Dave! :)

I'm seriously interested in getting one of these. Are there any pitfalls to watch out for when buying? I'm also in need of selling a guitar. Other than eBay where is an ideal place to advertise?

Hi Dave! I want to bay a Les Paul Std style guitar. After researching, a Epiphone Plustop Pro became my 1st choice, until I saw your videos about a Vintage 100PG model. The Plustop pro has alnico pups with coil splitting and generally looks like a good quality guitar. What about this Lemon drop? Does it have alnico magnets,and how do you compare it to Epiphones in term of quality? Thanks, love your videos!

Wow just wow, you could do every sound with that Paul now, what value caps did you use?

As someone who lives in the states...is there anyway is can get this axe without eBay?