Jeff Purchon Testing Vintage Lemon Drop LV100

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Uploaded by on Sep 11, 2009

Jeff Purchon tests out his new guitar from Vintage Guitars (based in the UK).

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  • Could not disagree more. 'Garbage' is inappropriate. For $500 or less you can not get perfection. I had to tweak the string length to set it up but that is all. In terms of playability and tone, the Lemon Drop is excellent. I have compared to my buddy's $5000 LP custom and in terms of tone and weight around my neck, I prefer the Vintage although the custom is far superior as a work of art. I have not tried Kelly probably because I am a lefty and few manufacturers look after us lefties.

  • It is comparable but not superior. The LP has an edge for sustain over any other guitar given its sheer weight and wood density. The LV100 is lighter but still a neck-through body and the same geometry. It is really about tone more than sustain, but it is extremely respectable for sustain too.

  • An Epi is also good for the price but these guitars seem to have more character. In the case of the Lemon Drop, it has its own great tone and emulated what has to be one of the greatest guitars ever. The original Peter Green was reported to have last changed hands at $1M! This guitar is not so far off it and only costs $500 or less!

  • It has 2 conductor wiring. SInce making this video I reversed the wiring on the neck pick up to give it some extra honk. The neck pick up is now in upside down as per PG as well as being reversed and I think it sounds even more like the real thing. I have played out a lot with this guitar and like it even more. I especially appreciate that it does not weigh a ton like most LPs do.

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  • Love the demo Jeff, great tone and playing!

    

  • I've got a have dozen guitars. 2 fenders, one jackson, les paul studio. If this guitar is considered garbage then the rest of my collection is also crap. This guitar is simply a gem for the money. Just ask some of the groups that have used it right out of the box such as UFO. Any articles done by some of the major guitar mags have written glowing reviews on the lemon drop. As for resale this baby isn't going anywhere. Great value.

  • Great playing and smashing tone. Thanks for uploading this.

  • Excellent review and video, thanks.

  • Thanks for your response

  • Is the sustain on this guitar comparable to the gibson les paul ?

  • Great guitars or just a bad copy for beginners???

    I see more and more Gibson LP fans with this guitars in their collection is that it is so good, right?.

    Better  than an Epi???

    thanks great job! great sound! great feel!!!

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