Vintage V72 ReIssued Custom Spec Electric Guitar ~ Flame Tobacco Burst

Description

The Vintage ReIssued Series V72FTB features a chambered body, providing a huge increase in resonance and adding an acoustic property to the guitar’s amplified tone. The V72HFTB is outfitted with a Wilkinson Ceramic Double Coil pickups in the neck and an alnico Single Coil in the bridge, making it a perfect companion for a number of musical styles.

Featuring the Wilkinson WTB bridge this classic 3-saddle design has been around for over 50 years and is still regarded as the ultimate tone machine. Staggered brass saddles offer individual string intonation, never before available in a design of this type. The baseplate itself is a faithful reproduction of the original, made from steel, very important in a bridge of this style due to the tonal effect it has on the magnetic field of the pickup mounted in it.

Whether you’re searching for your first guitar or your last, the V72 is a keeper. Play on.

V72 Features:

Body:
Alder body with Book Matched Flame Maple Veneer top combines with a chambered body for enormous resonance, tone and ‘correct weight’ comfort, enhanced with correctly radiused contoured body.

Bridge:
The Wilkinson WTB intonatable bridge featured on the Vintage V52 is a masterpiece of design, eliminating age-old intonation problems often found in three saddle, fixed bridge designs.

Pickups:
Bridge Pickup: Wilkinson WTB Alnico Single Coil.
Neck Pickup: Wilkinson WDG Ceramic Mini Double Coil.

Controls:
Single master Volume and Tone controls with three-way pickup selector switch.

Machine heads:
Wilkinson WJ55 machine heads provide simple, effective action for maximum tuning stability.

Neck:
Hard rock Maple with classic Vintage ‘soft C’ profile for instant comfort, speed, accuracy and great feel.

Fingerboard:
Rosewood for outstanding tonal transfer, responsiveness and durability with a traditional 10” radius for superb playability and feel.

Scale length:
25.5″ 648mm.

Frets:
22 Medium profile frets add to comfort, accuracy and overall positive feel of the Vintage V72.

Nut:
43mm Graphite nut, smooth and friction free.

Headstock:
Classic Vintage headstock design for balance and visual appeal.

The V72™ is an original Vintage® ReIssued Series guitar designed in the UK by the Vintage® design team.