I would avoid the older issues of Vintage LP they are decent but bad qa mine has terrible frets from like ~2010

Indeed, I like it too, but not a great fan of the name and logo. But ive played today one of those SGs, and it sounds and plays really great, and looks awsome. Even my friend was super impressed, and he owns a Gretsch white Falcon and a Gibson LP Studio light

Midge Ure

@@harvey1954 autocorrect fail. Fixed.

I have both and my vintage is a far better player ,solid guitar !

@@gw2031 ...and the Vintage brand is less coin.

super light? its super heavy

Lol nice to meet you too

Gary Neuman would disagree!

Oh no, it sounds muddy on the bridge pickup then, that sucks. Should have bought a gretsch instead!

"...and with six strings! Go ahead, count 'em."

I honestly didn’t even notice until I was editing the video lol

If you want to play guitar while floating down the river then look for Riff Rafts.

Line 6 hx stomp

The quality felt higher to me on those vintage guitars than hb but the price difference reflects that. I think the real question is would I buy an epiphone or a vintage and honestly I’m not sure. That sg was pretty cool.

The neck broke in half??? Like in the middle???? That’s a new one lol. There’s a few models on amazon, otherwise they have a dealer locator on their site I think.

He broke the neck TWICE?!?!?!? His guitars need an intervention,… from him!

My go to guitar brand these days. Don't like new Gibsons as they are overpriced in the UK and I have one Vintage Tobacco Sunburst Les Paul that craps over every Gibson Les Paul I've ever owned or played. Sure, there are amazing Gibsons out there owned mainly by plastic surgeons, investment bankers and lawyers but as a musician for 46 years now, I'm not spending wanker money on a guitar that is priced like real estate. Fender still make some great guitars to be fair and the Classic Vibe Squiers are fine guitars. It's all too audiophile for me as I grew up in the punk era with shit gear and shit amps so maybe I have low standards but I frankly don't care. It's only rock and bleeding roll after all 😂

@@martin-1965 Oneof the best rock and roll guitarists I've ever played with had an old kay semi acoustic (not semi solid) with a single cut, kleenex box pick ups and a bigsby on it, what you would not choose to play. but my point is that it was what he'd had since the early sixties and couldn't afford anything better. He made that guitar sound beautiful and that has always stuck with me, the fact that price is not the deciding factor. My most expensive guitar is a Heritage H555, if you know about Heritage, you will know the quality. But I am now seriously considering a Vintage Les Paul Junior and Gold Top. I am like you with regard to Gibson, I've had four of them but would never buy another one new. As you say, they are building them for plastic surgeons and highly paid lawyers. Once a guitar gets beyond a certain level, it all depends on who has it in their hands and I think Vintage are now past the required level. I'm also considering a Schecter for the same reasons.

@@markfahey3921 Totally mate and the Vintage Gold Top is definitely on my list so I have - ahem - the complete set (almost) of Vintage Les Paul copies. I can't really justify buying the Gibson I want, which would not be cheap, and most if not all of my time is spent recording at my small home set up, so having a range of cheaper guitars to choose from gives me more inspiration and sounds. I am on the look out for my dream Fender Stratocaster but there's no rush and you can get an amazing beast of a Strat for sub £1k second hand which is much better value than Gibson. It's a great time to be a guitarist and especially a young player starting out 😎

@@martin-1965 Hi Martin, as far as Strats go, if you want a killer strat, get a second hand Made in Japan tokai strat. I have two Japanese Tokai's. the Tokai version of a Les Paul and one of a Tele, both Japanese - incredible guitars for the money, but both stand up equally against their Amarican brand counterparts. In fact the other guitar player in the banc I play in has one of those RI Les Paul's, it cost him near enough £6000 - ok, it's better than my Tokai, but I can't see £5250 worth of difference.

Yeah, rather than fully pushing the bounds of that vaccination, maybe have a lavalier mic handy Ryan. ;P

wow, really, live in fear

@@tankdarla637 You know what they say, "If you can smell their gum, your as good as done!"

@@charlie-obrien i do not know what you mean?

Absolutely true. That was my first guitar. Plays and feels better than many Gibsons. Doesn't sound better though, but that's something an electronic and hardware upgrade can fix.

I have one too and that neck is fast!

bummer

@@60CycleHumcast exactly. But that blue SG makes me intrigued for a 4th try :D

what were the probs u found? mine has to arrive next week and to know what to check on it :d

@@cechichan Two of the 3 pieces (VS6, V52 and V6 Icon) had really bad fretboard and raised frets in a way it was really unplayable, not just a minor issues, but really like 1mm higher frets than others, you could stick a paper in betwen fret and a fretboard. Inlays were polished like only on 50%, other half was scratched, looked like a half/moon, nut slots with glue... Quality control could not pass this. I was already considering if it could be a counterfight clone or not how bad it was. Worst wast the V6 icon on two spots (12th fret, 5th fret), including a major glue residues on the fretboard, and flimsy truss rod screw with a lot of white glue all around the headstock. V52 was second with only 1 bad fret on the 15th position and a lot of glue on headstock. Best of the bunch was VS6, with fairly straight neck and frets, but than again this one had serious lacquer cracks on the neck and body and to me it seemed the electronics are not good because the tone was way different than I saw on most reviews. I was soo disapointed because I fell in love with the Vintage guitars and they got very good reviews on YT too.... Could be all fixed, but honestly I never had such issues with cheaper guitars like Squier or Harley Benton, so I was not happy and returned. Probably a bummer, but three times....:( :( ? Still planning on their guitar purchase, but I must absolutely check and inspect personally. Good luck with yours!!

@@LookieChannel Mannn thats so sad to hear....im sad for u that u had to go thru that to be honest. Would be cool if mine will be okey xdd, i only owned schecter guitars( absolutly amazing brand even tho the really great ones are 800-1000$, cant speak too much about the cheaper ones). Hope u get someday a good one and come back here and share the experience :D Ill update u about mine too man, take care and play on

I gots the samw one.600 bucks

I saw Paul Brett touting them then a few years back I found an non distressed one for $300. I love it. Only issue I had was the thumb screw thing for the input jack was incorrect so when I first unplugged it the thing fell apart. I had the right spare piece and stuffed it back together in couple of minutes. I have gigged with it in serious heat and it held tuning nicely.

I am a semi pro player. I saw the same video you refered to and I was surprised that the guy had a problem with the workmanship. In a live situation it would be hard to tell the difference between the Vintage VHS guitars and the original Gibsons and Fenders. I own Gibsons and Fenders and some other high end brands. I also have several Vintage VHS branded guitars and I am very happy with all of them. If you get one used you can get a great deal. My 355 was a 10th of the price of a Gibson and about 90 percent as good so for 400 bucks it was a steal!. It is better than my old Gibson 325 from the 70s. The Vintage VHS guitars sound better than Epiphones and are more like the upscale Elitist models which were made in Japan. You can always upgrade the pickups and pots to improve them and then it would be really hard to tell the difference. It's always possible to get one that had been poorly finished or bad soldering but you can have that with higher end guitars too.. In the 70s Fender and Gibson struggled with quality issues and in some cases put out some pretty substandard products. I will say this. The Vintage VHS guitars stay in tune better than most Gibsons i have owned. The Wilkinson hardware is good quality and in the end if your guitar stays in tune you can pretty much fix any other short comings with these guitars but there aren't many to fix.

@@johnsaunders2822 I believe it is Vintage JHS (John Hornby Skewes)