Nice looking Vintage Brand Archtop

[garybaldy]

I was watching this on Ebay UK yesterday . Went for £330. Wondering now if I should have gone for it!!

[osloutah]

Any chance it's related to the IYV IJZ-500?

[garybaldy]

Any chance it's related to the IYV IJZ-500?

Looks like it!

[frabarmus]

Cool!
I thought Vintage made Les Paul copies only. Didn't know they made archtops too.

[supersoul]

There's a Vintage brand Casino copy for sale near me, or at least that's what it looks like. P90s and the fretboard joins the body at the 16th fret.

It's the worst brand name as far as searching for info! And how is it vintage when it's just a copy? But maybe the brand is a sleeper who makes good stuff for cheap, who knows

[garybaldy]

Cool!
I thought Vintage made Les Paul copies only. Didn't know they made archtops too.

I'm beginning to regret not bidding on it.

[AllanAllen]

There's a guy in my area who has a Vintage telecaster. It's a perfectly fine guitar.

I think the cheap trash guitar era is over(teisco, kay, silvertone, you know the brands). You can get a copy of whatever you want for less than $1,000 on ebay as long as you don't care if it was assembled in the USA. Some of them will even lie on the headstock.

[nyc chaz]

I know someone who has the Vintage SG.It felt and sounded just as good as a regular SG,didn't know that Vintage made archtops.

[garybaldy]

I have 3 solid bodies. A Geoff Whitehorn sig, a Mick Abrahams sig, and a strat type with 3 stacked 'p90s'.

[supersoul]

I have 3 solid bodies. A Geoff Whitehorn sig, a Mick Abrahams sig, and a strat type with 3 stacked 'p90s'.

wow, are those all Vintage brand? I dig the slanted bridge humbucker on the right!

[garybaldy]

wow, are those all Vintage brand? I dig the slanted bridge humbucker on the right!

Yes all Vintage brand.
The one on the right is the (British guitarist) Geoff Whitehorn signature. Amongst many others, he was the guitarist with the later Procol Harem. There was a more up market version by Fret King.
The middle guitar is the Mick Abrahams sig. He was in Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig and later had his own band. Mine doesn't have the original pickups.
The one on the left is the AV6 (I think) with stacked p90s. One of the knobs changes them to single coils.

[Hammertone]

I know someone who has the Vintage SG.It felt and sounded just as good as a regular SG,didn't know that Vintage made archtops.

Vintage doesn't make guitars. They contract with Chinese factories to make guitars or alter standard models to their specifications.