Thomas Blug and Trev Wilkinson

[Jimmmeeehhh]

would sticking a pair of Fender Pickups in this make it sound even better?

[jackblaxx]

I'm very surprised ..usually I'm a big fender lover ..and I'm sponsored by Godin guitar ..bit the icon v6is one of my main on stage this month and it not a flavor !!! And it cheap tooo !!! Around 350$ on eBay ! Have fun

[KofC666]

I just bought this guitar and i only can say PERFECT !

[AlexCaptainCrush]

@KofC666 Hey man I'm interested in buying this amp. But, I was wondering, isn't a 60watts amp way too loud to be played at home? Tube amps usually have to be pushed over 4/10 master volume to produce their best.

[stratthead]

TB's so great. Such a monster. Anyone know if I can get the dummy coil? I don't need the whole guitar. It'd be nice to have the DC to use in my strats. I've read it's hard to get them to work without degrading tone, but they seemed to have tuned this one well.

[awesomejohnnet]

Hey Vintageshred71 let me ask you a question brother..

the dummy coil, is it only connected to the bridge pickup or is it also connected to the neck pickup as well?

Thank you, I am a big fan of Thomas...

[vintageshred71]

@awesomejohnnet it's connected to neck and bridge pickups - thanks for watching.

[awesomejohnnet]

@vintageshred71

And thank you for making such a fine guitar in Thomasa name for such a wonderful price.

Please set up a dealership in Turkey,

if you dont have one I will coordinate on for you.

please send me you contacct details via PM.

[vintageshred71]

@awesomejohnnet - I've sent you a msg.

[themanfromutopia1]

I played a vintage tele and it felt great very good quality,but I think their pickups lack character... it could be just a case of not my thing but the strat in this vid sounds a bit muffled not snappy enough.

[stephen102]

ok i want a VRS100 NECK on a strat guitar. but you cant get the necks induvidualy as there not bolt on. what do i do would the VINTAGE company custom build me a vrs100 nech bolt on if i gave em the money. i need that neck on a strat becuase i play 10 times better with that neck than any other guitar. iv looked into gettin a vrs100 with strat pick-ups but thats not possible. any help?

[colmonic]

@stephen102 Tricky one mate I must admit. I don't work for vintage or anyone but I think they probably could't make you a one off' just due to creating tooling and manufacture costs involved. Also I'm not sure where the components of the guitar are made. You could try to get a Luthier to copy the neck for you or build one to your spec. Check online or google you might find one close to you where you could meet up/chat/email. I' m really sorry I can't be of more help. Best I can think of :}

[vintageshred71]

@stephen102 it's unlikely that Vintage would be able to make a one off model with a VRS neck and V6 body. Your best bet would be to get a VRS and asked a luthier to customise it with single coils for you.

[MartyMartin87]

Is this his job to give good comments about this new Vintage Icon Strat because they want to sell it or is it true what Thomas says??? Im searching after a Fender '61 Strat to get the Nils Lofgren Lead sound. And this is the only guitar that sounds as close as Nils' Strat. Did you ever heard about Nils Lofgren?

[mikeallenpugh]

Mine arrived the other day. Not too bad, but the setup was by far the worst guitar I've ever had. Desperately needs fret dressing too. Tone control doesn't really do alot and as for the Bucker function....hardly anything noticed even at high gain. For the money paid, I'm not going to complain much, but this thing is desperately in need of a full setup and there's much to do. Not even my Lemon Drop needed this much setting up!! Will be a decent guitar once I get everything sorted.

[vintageshred71]

@mikeallenpugh Where did you buy it from Mike? Sounds like you should send it back for a replacement.

[mikeallenpugh]

@vintageshred71

Hi. I bought it from a mail order shop in Scotland. Really helpful.

I send some constructive feedback to JHS just to comment on it and wondering if I'd had a bad one. The comments back from person remaining nameless was enough to make me get a coffee. My comments weren't welcomed. So, I may well have a duff one which is a shame. Sounds great though.

[swingmanu]

@mikeallenpugh these things are mass produced -factory made- instruments, as are all guitars available today. So they're bound to be produced out of wood that is not dry enough. For all these reasons and many others, new instruments have to be garanteed and that warranty applies on faulty craftmanship and materials. If your neck cannot be setup properly, Vintage will come up with a replacement neck and fit it at their own expense. doesn't mean all vintage guitars are crap

[mikeallenpugh]

They'll replace the neck? Well that is a new one on me! The person at JHS literally told me to go away in no mean terms!!!

Vintage do some cracking guitars (I have a Lemon Drop and it beats the hell out of my old Les Paul for sound). I've also set up some for friends and also have recommended them to friends. Hence not crap!

[swingmanu]

@mikeallenpugh did you meet the salesùman who told you off or was that through emails? Did he check the guitar? Did you buy it as a "second" or with a very low deal? 

[swingmanu]

@mikeallenpugh "as for the Bucker function....hardly anything noticed even at high gain" What do you mean? Is it or isn't it rejectin 50 cycles hum and parasites? Humbucking, as you may not know, doesn't imply a louder output but the cancellation of external electromagnetic noise.... A dummy coil never(never!!!) increases output level, and even cut the volume down- to a certain extend.

[swingmanu]

@mikeallenpugh Setting up problems: as far as it goes now, shops hardly ever set up guitars properly for in- shop sale unless you insist on it...That's an even better reason not to buy guitars on the net!! That german Ebay salesman was supposed to spend 50 minutes on each guitar: mine arrived with two major faults that no technician could miss: toggle soldered upside down and tailpiece not grounded . they offered to fix it if I sent it back at my own expense. I did the job...

[MartyMartin87]

I never heard of Thomas Blug. . .

But these guitars are great. I had tested one Vintage Tele and I just couldn't get enough. She felt really like vintage and an old guitar. She felt like if she had a ' soul '!

[virgult]

At 5:50 he talks about a capacitor soldered to the volume pot. I think it's the typical "treble bleed" mod. I'm going to have a Vintage V6 Icon very soon, and I'd really like to know the exact value of that capacitor to put it in my guitar and get very similar results. Does anybody know?

[MrExiztence]

Thomas Blug uses a 180 pF condensator.

[virgult]

Thank you VERY much for your reply... I'll give it a shot.

[brownbigb]

@MrExiztence capacitor lol. .018 micro farad

[tomiclav]

how's the tremolo on this guitar?

[Dube230]

Thomas looks sleepy.

[iagobroxado]

@Dube230 I wish I could play like that when I'm sleepy.

[YesPloise]

I love Thomas Blug, but Trevor Wilkinson sounds like a complete plum.

"It's like two guitars in one!"

Nope, it's like a Fender Stratocaster.

"You dread ever losing this, I can say 'here you go Thomas...'"

I'm sorry, but if I just lost a £25,000 vintage Fender and then good old 'Trev' tried handing me a £400 copy, I'd probably sob uncontrollably whilst choking the hell out of him.

Fantastic guitars for the money though.

[JensHappe]

Hey, eine eigene Blug Klampfe....sehr geil.

Du hast es echt verdient. Ich wünsche mir bei deinen nächsten Produktionen wieder mehr Plate Hall und Echo auf deiner Gitarre.

das Gitarrensignal ist mir inzwischen etwas zu trocken. Aber sonst wie immer geil.

5 Stars

[mrskint55]

I have tried out this guitar amazing instrument so playable sounds fantastic .

[777josu]

Thomas is amazing. Never planned about getting a non-Fender strat (even if there's another amazing ones) but this guitar is growing on me...I wonder how good may It be...

[SwampySi]

Thomas is a great player.. but this is a terrible demonstration of the guitar.. no professional sound, camera jumping all over.. very unprofessional for a company demo.

[vintageshred71]

I agree - it was done rather ad-hoc at the Franfurt Messe in March and I had to improvise, with a single camera and built in mic.

[blackhawk1788]

when are they going to be on the market in germany/europe?

[vintageshred71]

Should be available in October, so not long now.

[kylesonfire]

i'm a big fan, are these available in the states?

[vintageshred71]

Yes, through MIDC in Canada

[organicpaul]

Sounds good, how much are they?

[viomartyr]

i believe you can get your hands on one for 300 quid.

[vintageshred71]

RRP on this model is £399

[AerosmithVault]

awesome guitar , awesome guys , Trev is a God!