- Excellent value for the price
- Comes with top-notch Wilkinson parts and electronics
- Superb craftsmanship for the price segment
- Very lightweight, resonant and playable instrument
- No string-tree, which is a lot better for tuning stability
- Not so easy to supply, so better get one when you can
Hello there, back again with another cool guitar review for you! This time, we will be looking at one of the most affordable, yet already upgraded Stratocaster clones: the Vintage V6 reissued Stratocaster!
Table of Contents
For those who have never heard of the Vintage brand, here is a short introduction. Vintage Guitars is a UK-based guitar company that mainly focuses on iconic guitars. They are all designed in the UK but are made in Asia. You may have already heard of JHS, which stands for John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. Basically, Vintage is owned and managed by JHS, and they have been around since 1995. Note that this company, JHS, is not the same as the JHS pedals company.
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Around 2018, I had so many life changes and almost found myself without any guitars. Most of the time, I was planning where to move and almost lost all my instruments and audio gear. However, I always needed a guitar next to me so I could play and at least keep my fingers in shape. With this in mind, I started looking for affordable Stratocaster clones. Fortunately, someone was selling his Vintage Reissued V6 Stratocaster in sunburst colour, and I was immediately hooked on the look and feel, as well as very competitive tech specs! 
What Makes Vintage Brand Guitars So Special?
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would already know that I used to be a musical instruments industry professional and had the chance to play and test hundreds of electric guitars while working for MyDukkan.com. I often mentioned this to point out that my opinions regarding electric guitars had been shaped profoundly after having had this real-life experience in the business.
You can almost take this as a straight fact that clone instruments are affordable, but they always need basic modifications, upgrades and setups to become really playable. It’s almost always true that if you prefer affordable clone electric guitars, you will spend money and time on these! 
In one of my older posts featuring my SX SST62 Stratocaster, I also mentioned these factors when buying a clone instrument. However, this is not the case with Vintage brand guitars! When I first saw the tech specs, I really couldn’t believe it. They almost come as upgraded! When you buy any Vintage guitars, they always feature high-quality components and hardware even though they are made in the Far East! Let’s quickly have a look at the tech specs below. 
Tech Specs
| Vintage V6 | Tech Specs |
|---|---|
| Construction | Double Cutaway, Bolt-on |
| Body | American Alder |
| Fretboard | Rosewood (Post-CITES) Lignum Rosa |
| Neck | Hard rock maple |
| Nut | Graphite nut |
| Nut Width | 43mm |
| Scale | 648mm (25.5") |
| Radius | 254mm (10") |
| Frets | 22 Medium |
| Pickups | Wilkinson WVS vintage-voiced Alnico V |
| Bridge | Wilkinson WVC |
| Tuners | Wilkinson WJ55 patented E-Z-Lok |
As you can see, it’s a typical, much-loved Stratocaster while offering very nice Wilkinson hardware and pickups! Unlike other Stratocaster clones, you don’t even need to worry about tuning stability, terrible stock pickups, or bad electronics, etc. It’s very comfortable to play and sounds exactly like a Strat does! I was able to record some videos with my Vintage V6 Stratocaster. Unfortunately, I don’t have it with me anymore, but here are some videos that will show you the potential of the instrument.
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At the moment, I have a Fender American Standard Stratocaster, and I love it big time. But I must confess that some of the guitar tones that I was able to get with my Vintage V6 were even better than my US-made Strat! I’m not just trying to say that it’s better than an original Stratocaster; however, it definitely had a distinct sound to it, and I still miss it! 🙂 Just as a side note, as I have mentioned in the tech specs table, Vintage has started using Lignum Rosa material to replace rosewood fingerboards. The one I got was made way earlier than CITES regulations were in effect, so I can confidently say that this was a rosewood fingerboard.
For these videos below, I directly plugged my Vintage V6 reissued Stratocaster into my RME Babyface PRO using Positive Grid Bias FX (’94 Match DC amp). I used La Bella Vapor Shield strings and my lovely Chicken Picks! In the first video, I played some random stuff featuring all pickup positions.
Vintage V6 Reissued Stratocaster Sound Demo (no talking)
Here in the second video, I played one of my original themes called “Un Dive“. This time I was using the same setup but with La Bella Blues Benders strings and Peavey Revalver 4, along with TC Electronic M30 reverb and Mokafix Audio Cream Tube.
Vintage V6 – Quick Demo (no talking)
How do you like the sound of this extremely affordable yet authentic Stratocaster? I’m sure you will keep an eye on Vintage brands from now on! 
Pricing & Availability
Unfortunately, Vintage guitars are not easy to find online. As I mentioned, I got mine back in 2017 as a used item, and had to sell it before I relocated. But I think it was still a rare thing to see these guitars in the Turkish music market. Now, it seems like your only option is to either visit their official website or Reverb.
Fortunately, there are many Vintage guitars on Reverb; you can check out the current offerings and already get yourself one using the links.
Check out the Vintage V6 Reissued Stratocaster on Reverb here
I hope you enjoy the videos and my brief review! Thanks for visiting my blog, and I will hopefully see you in the next piece of content here!
