Deep Thought Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 [quote name='Deep Thought' post='365126' date='Dec 28 2008, 08:32 PM']I remember reading that Captain Sensible plays a Vintage Viper (SG copy) and swears by it.[/quote] Talking out my arse again-just looked up the page I saw it on, it's actually a LTD (budget ESP) Viper he plays-not a Vintage. As usual, ignore me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-khag Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I bought a job lot of gear a few years ago and it included a 5 string vintage musicman copy... Really nice looker and sounded good to me but Ive never got on with 5 stringers so sold it. the guy I sold it to still has it and its his main axe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaNoFuNkY Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 gota agree with Bassmonster - I bought the Vintage Fretless bass as a cheap way of starting out sans frets. I love it! Its a VERY playable bass with a great sound for the money. In fact, scrap that, its just a very playable, good-sounding bass. I have only ever heard good things about this model, although I haven't tried any of their other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkReaver Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Someone I knew had a Stingray copy of theres, and I used it for a gig once. Wasn't too bad if I remember. Does anybody else want one of [url="http://www.jhs.co.uk/spongebob.html"]these[/url]? Just for sh*ts and giggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVTele Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 A SpongeBob Squarepants Flying V ukulele? - now there [i]is[/i] a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkReaver Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 A thought of awesome no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PVTele Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Any Flying V worries me a bit - but a yellow uke? Eeek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 [quote name='PVTele' post='367033' date='Dec 31 2008, 01:12 PM']A SpongeBob Squarepants Flying V ukulele? - now there [i]is[/i] a thought [/quote] got that for my grandson for xmas... he loves it... I am the coolest granddad of them all... also got my granddaughter a Hannah Montana acoustic guitar... yeah well, it's a phase she's going through, but if it gets her playing I'm all for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 That V1004DX and the V1004SP look very nice. In fact, if i see one second hand around £250 i'm gonna bag it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 [quote name='clauster' post='365330' date='Dec 29 2008, 10:07 AM']As with any mass-produced "copies", there's no reason why you can't find one as good as the original if you get out and try enough of them - (received wisdom from a guitarist / pro-sound engineer acquainatce of mine when I sneered at his Squier Strat. He reckoned he'd tried at least 70 before settling on that one and with a set of replacement pickups put it on par with his US Strat).[/quote] my uncle thought my les paul copy from the 70s played better than his real thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkReaver Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 [quote name='Paul Cooke' post='367148' date='Dec 31 2008, 03:26 PM']got that for my grandson for xmas... he loves it... I am the coolest granddad of them all... also got my granddaughter a Hannah Montana acoustic guitar... yeah well, it's a phase she's going through, but if it gets her playing I'm all for it...[/quote] I wish you were my grandad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee4 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I've got a bit of GAS for the EST96A(I think),the MM copy. It's that or a Bass Collection Speakeasy.Any thoughts on the relative merits of either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmachine2112 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 hiho,i recently got myself a vintage v4 for a knock around and all i can say is after tweeking the neck , the action,and adjusting the pick up heights.this is a very nice bass. It has a different sound to my ricky n the musicman but for the price it is great value and you can gig with it as the sound is good.I am playing it through a marshall mb450 n a roland combo n have no complaints. It is the precision copy i have just to clarify things. A question-has anybody put a seymour duncan quarter pounder in one of these.what do you think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizbat Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 For what it,s worth, their six strings 'bounce' really well. They take about five throws before they really start to come apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 [quote name='wizbat' post='368447' date='Jan 2 2009, 01:39 PM']For what it,s worth, their six strings 'bounce' really well. They take about five throws before they really start to come apart.[/quote] Pretty tough then, as I've known Fenders and Gibsons fall apart as soon as they contact with the deck once! Was this yours means of relicing the instrument by the way... a bit radical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizbat Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Our guitarist wanted to trash a guitar during one of our videos and the vintage was just sitting there at the time. You can see the throw about halfway thru and the bounce in the closing scenes. It,s on our website, video is for'Burn'. The neck of the guitar is hung on my wall where I,m sitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) i am very happy with my vintage icon v4. Only complaint i had was that the pickups were not really the tone id like, but i swapped them out for some JV squier's, and now it plays and sounds as good as any p bass, and is very light too Edited September 9, 2009 by Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I've just bought the natural 5 string version of that bass for £50, looking forward to receiving it as the 4 string version of it was great There's nothing worse than a brand snob, most basses these days are very well put together and are well up to gigging. Plus there's something cool about finding a great cheapo bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Reading through this thread for the first time (missed it pre-resurrection) and the one thing I remember about trying several Vintage guitars a few years back is that they were all incredibly heavy. The Les Paul I tried must have been 12 or 13 lbs. Did I just get unlucky, or were the others heavy too, but you guys aren't fussed about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='594034' date='Sep 9 2009, 04:55 PM']Reading through this thread for the first time (missed it pre-resurrection) and the one thing I remember about trying several Vintage guitars a few years back is that they were all incredibly heavy. The Les Paul I tried must have been 12 or 13 lbs. Did I just get unlucky, or were the others heavy too, but you guys aren't fussed about that?[/quote] When i tried it against a mim p bass in the shop, the vintage felt about half the weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 [quote name='Happy Jack' post='594034' date='Sep 9 2009, 04:55 PM']The Les Paul I tried must have been 12 or 13 lbs.[/quote] Their Les Pauls are mahogany-bodied (like the real thing), so they're bound to be heavy (like the real thing ). Their P- and J-style basses are "Eastern Poplar", so they'll be naturally lighter per cubic inch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I played a Vintage 'Lemondrop' (the Peter Green LP copy) in Sheehan's in Leicester about 2 years ago and almost took it home - it's action was simply excellent. Not sure as to whether it was due to the guitar or the way Sheehan's set them up. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRJAKESK8 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 (edited) I have a nice Vintage SG copy gu*tar called ernie, hes good for his second hand 50 quid EDIT* hes a heavy fecker! Edited September 9, 2009 by MRJAKESK8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Have to admit, I dismissed them as 'yet another budget line' when I first saw them, but that was before I encountered a Vintage SG copy that a friend had.... fantastic guitar, very much on a par with the Epiphone G400 (which I rate highly), but at a fraction of the price. I'm actually very tempted by one of those, even though I don't have any real call for an SG type.... Overall, I think they're hard to be for the money and certainly you need to spend a fair bit more to better them. Really solid, working instruments. I did look to them for a P Bass project recently, but unfortunately they don't seem to do a maple board as an option (at least, not left handed anyhow) - a deal breaker for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Chat Noir Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 [quote name='EdwardMarlowe' post='594824' date='Sep 10 2009, 03:48 PM']Have to admit, I dismissed them as 'yet another budget line' when I first saw them, but that was before I encountered a Vintage SG copy that a friend had.... fantastic guitar, very much on a par with the Epiphone G400 (which I rate highly), but at a fraction of the price. I'm actually very tempted by one of those, even though I don't have any real call for an SG type.... Overall, I think they're hard to be for the money and certainly you need to spend a fair bit more to better them. Really solid, working instruments. I did look to them for a P Bass project recently, but unfortunately they don't seem to do a maple board as an option (at least, not left handed anyhow) - a deal breaker for me.[/quote] I have a Vintage SG that I dropped some Bareknuckle Warpigs in, along with some Kluson tuners... now it stays in tune and has a very Sabbathy tone! It's always funny to have a guitar where the pickups in it are worth more than the rest of the instrument combined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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