Vintage Gold Top Les Paul in the house!

[markb]

Tracing noise, especially when you've got a lot of pedal links, is a nightmare. Great to hear you found the problem. Singles will always be noisier than 'buckers but hey, it's the sound of rock 'n' roll

FWIW I tried a Vintage gold top a few weeks back. Not bad but it had a couple of obvious setup issues, too little relief in the neck (fretting out in the middle of the board) and the tailpiece too low causing the strings to foul the back of the TOM. The shop guy came over at one point and said "isn't it great?". I thanked him for his indulgence and left. I think with a little time spent on it (I'd need about half an hour) it could be a good guitar but his price wasn't that great anyway.

[ZMAN]

I recently came back from a 26 day trip to Maine. My daughter had a baby boy!
I had brought a Strat and a small Vox pathfinder to noodle on but I missed my LPs.
I grabbed my Classic Gold top and then played my Standard and finally I grabbed the Vintage Gold Top. All I can say is that the Vintage Goldie felt really nice. That Fret job and the complete pro set up has made a huge difference. For some reason the noise is pretty well gone. I was using my radial hot british and my 65 Deluxe and she sounded amazing. I am now even more happy with this guitar. It has that raunchy p90 tone and is just about the perfect weight. If you get a chance to play any of the Vintage icon series you should look past any set up issues. It can become one of your favourite guitars. And for under 600 Can. total they are good value.

[Blaze]

I recently came back from a 26 day trip to Maine. My daughter had a baby boy!
I had brought a Strat and a small Vox pathfinder to noodle on but I missed my LPs.
I grabbed my Classic Gold top and then played my Standard and finally I grabbed the Vintage Gold Top. All I can say is that the Vintage Goldie felt really nice. That Fret job and the complete pro set up has made a huge difference. For some reason the noise is pretty well gone. I was using my radial hot british and my 65 Deluxe and she sounded amazing. I am now even more happy with this guitar. It has that raunchy p90 tone and is just about the perfect weight. If you get a chance to play any of the Vintage icon series you should look past any set up issues. It can become one of your favourite guitars. And for under 600 Can. total they are good value.

Congrats for the baby Boy Gran_pa..

I had a friend s Gold Top a good while ago,it was a great privilege to play on this 70 s Gibson ,still a dream to get one in the futur..

I should quit my musician job or sell half of my gear to stack enough cash to get one..

[bigG]

Congrats for the baby Boy Gran_pa..

I had a friend s Gold Top a good while ago,it was a great privilege to play on this 70 s Gibson ,still a dream to get one in the futur..

I should quit my musician job or sell half of my gear to stack enough cash to get one..

I hear that, Blaze. I'm thinkin of selling some amps and guitars. Go w fewer toys, but higher quality. Plus, I'd free up alot of floor space in my apartment...we'll see.

And, congrats on the birth, Zman! I'm a grandpa x 4!!!! Grandkids are way cool, 'cause they go home w mommy n daddy!

[ZMAN]

Thanks guys. This is the second one in less than a year. My Son and his wife also had a little boy. The only problem is my grandsons are 600 miles apart.
I went the route of downsizing a little to get quality guitars. All I ended up with was a lot of quality guitars. Now I can't figure out which ones to sell.
I recently purchased a Gibby Goldtop Classic and I like it a lot. The little Vintage goldtop is pretty impressive though.

[Tibernius]

If you get a chance to play any of the Vintage icon series you should look past any set up issues. It can become one of your favourite guitars. And for under 600 Can. total they are good value.

I managed to get a new Vintage VRS100 PRS-style in white a while ago off a certain internet auction site. It was sold as a second ("B" stock) since it had a slight mark showing through the finish (which happened to be in the same place your arm is when you play the guitar standing up, so it's as good as invisible).
When it arrived it was set up awfully; the tremolo wouldn't move, the neck had too much of a curve and the action was over 4mm.
After setting it up I managed to set it to the same as PRS recommend for their guitars: 2mm action on the high E, 2.5mm on the low, 2 semitone maximum raise on the tremolo. Not bad for a guitar that cost me £60. :

[Mark The Outlaw]

I have just bought a Brand New V100 Les Paul Gold Top....it cost me less that £200.00 DELIVERED....first guitar I have ever bought 'unseen' but I figured for that money I can always resell it,..and the reviews HAVE been good.....

What can I say...this guitar is amazing....REALLY well made...finish is good..(a few blemishes but...hey...for THAT moey..who would complain)...sounds GREAT accoustically....the stacked 'P90's' sound brilliant through my Laney VC30 Valve Combo...but through my Reissue Blackface Twin Reverb it sounds like a guitar ten times the price....so far I can't find ANY fault with it at all....I suppose time will tell..!!!....But I think this guitar will be around my neck for a long time to come!!!!

[FrankenFretter***]

I have just bought a Brand New V100 Les Paul Gold Top....it cost me less that £200.00 DELIVERED....first guitar I have ever bought 'unseen' but I figured for that money I can always resell it,..and the reviews HAVE been good.....

What can I say...this guitar is amazing....REALLY well made...finish is good..(a few blemishes but...hey...for THAT moey..who would complain)...sounds GREAT accoustically....the stacked 'P90's' sound brilliant through my Laney VC30 Valve Combo...but through my Reissue Blackface Twin Reverb it sounds like a guitar ten times the price....so far I can't find ANY fault with it at all....I suppose time will tell..!!!....But I think this guitar will be around my neck for a long time to come!!!!

Very nice. I wish I could find a US distributor near me. I suppose I could always order one and have it sent to BCDon, but I'd probably never see it again.

[mapka]

I was interested in one of Vintage's Gretsch copies. I went to JHS website and emailed the distributor in the USA that they had listed. Never got a word back. I ended up doing some investigating on my own (going to EBay and finding dealers with Vintage stuff for auction), After spotty communications with two dealers (one I guess lost interest cuz I never heard back whether they could get the model I wanted) I found out that they could not get this model for me. I wrote Vintage in the UK and told them that their USA partners were really dropping the ball. They said that they forwarded the email to their US distributor and that the distributor would contact me. That was a week ago!

The one dealer who did work with me said that the guitar would be almost 1000.00 dollars! Not really in the inexpensive range anymore

[omegadot]

Ahh, sexy guitar porn.

[Tibernius]

The one dealer who did work with me said that the guitar would be almost 1000.00 dollars! Not really in the inexpensive range anymore

Well the white one's £749 ($1,150) over here and the orange one's £699 ($1,070), so that's actually not that bad a deal.
Bit silly when you can get a real Gretsch for that much though...even if it is the budget version.