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Now, proving that time, and a good guitar
range never stands still, here are the new
colour additions to the Vintage range!
Vintage V300BK
Vintage’s V300 acoustic remains
one of the biggest sellers in the
range. The user-friendly dimensions
of the V300 lie somewhere between
a parlour and a concert size
instrument, meaning it can offer a
remarkably sweet and well-balanced
sound. As ever, the guitar has
a solid spruce top and nato
laminate body top lurking
under a new Gloss Black finish,
with mock tortoiseshell
scratchplate. A price tag
of only £169.00
means it’s sure to
carry on being a
best-seller.
Vintage V300VSB
Same fine build specifications,
performance and dimensions as
brother V300BK, but here with
a fine 2-Tone Sunburst finish
and black scratchplate.
Sunburst is the
classic coloured
guitar finish,
always a looker
and remains so
here. Again
£169.00 rrp.
Vintage V400CSB
Echoing some of the more
fiery red sunbursts of the ‘60s
and ‘70s in particular, the
Dreadnought-sized acoustic
Vintage V400 is
wearing a brightlyhued
Cherry
Sunburst finish.
With a solid spruce
top, nato laminate
body and nato neck, the V400CSB
retails at £159.00.
Vintage VE300N
Well, if you’ve got a sweettoned,
smaller bodied acoustic
guitar, what’s the next logical
step? Make sure it can be
plugged in, as with the
VE300N - now available in
Natural finish! The build
specification of this guitar is
20
the same as the acoustic V300’s
above with a Fishman Ion+ preamp
and Sonicore pickup installed, the
perfect way to amplify those sweet
sounds. £209.00 rrp.
Vintage VEC350FVSB
A popular and characterful cutawaybodied
acoustic, the VEC350
guitars are surprisingly versatile
instruments that feel easy to
get on with. Easy to amplify
too, thanks to the onboard
Fishman Aero preamp
system.
The VEC350FVSB
now adds another
finish option, a classic
Sunburst sprayed over a flame
maple veneer makes this version
a real looker at £229.00 rrp.
Vintage VEC500BL
The Vintage VEC500 guitars have
a definite across-the-board
appeal, with their
Dreadnought body shape
featuring a cutaway for
easy upper fret access.
A solid spruce top
matched to
a nato
laminate
body give a
highly useable sound in any
number of styles, plus the guitar
can be plugged in via a Fishman
Ion+ preamp. Many people cite
Blue as their favourite guitar
finish so that’s the newest
addition to the VEC500
range. £209.00 rrp.
Vintage
VEC800VSB
Another very
capable cutawaybodied
Dreadnought
series electro, and the
Fishman preamp system really helps this
guitar make the most of a tone-filled solid
German spruce top and mahogany laminate
body. Again, this Vintage Sunburst finish
is a welcome addition to the other models
in the range. £289.00 rrp.
Vintage VJ100CSB
Another popular acoustic guitar
shape is the very traditional - and
big and curvy - Super Jumbo, lovely
shape. Solid spruce top, mahogany
laminate body, mock tortoiseshell
scratchplate and now a lively Cherry
Sunburst paint job really adding
to the ‘good looks’ factor.
Only £189.00 rrp makes this
Super Jumbo a
particularly
irresistible
buy.
Vintage
V1300BK
This high-spec folk series
acoustic guitar features
solid spruce top and solid
mahogany body, with
mahogany neck. The
contrasting herringbone
centre rosette looks
very smart against the
new High Gloss Black
finish. £339.00 rrp.
Vintage V1700VSB
With a solid spruce top matched here to
exceedingly attractive solid flame
maple back and sides, this is an
impressive-looking Jumbo acoustic.
The only thing that could make this
guitar better is a High Gloss 3-tone
Sunburst, and that’s exactly what it
gets.£579.00 rrp.
Vintage VE1300BK
The electro version
of the V1300BK folk
electro. High spec
solid spruce top and
solid mahogany
body, fitted with
Fishman’s Aero
Blend preamp,
and now in
High Gloss Black.
£419.00 rrp.