A short article to thank Chris for fulfilling the order for my Vintage Icon series V100MRJBM Gold Top
Well it arrived and wow! Chris allowed me to open the box up in the shop – that’s how confident he is of the way these guitars are packaged by JHS. I had read somewhere that someone had bought one of the Vintage range guitars and actually arrived in tune – so much for making sure that the instruments are boxed correctly. Ahem, mine did need tuning, but who’s complaining – not me!
The guitar felt like I’d owned and used it for years – that’s the aging process that JHS uses on these guitars to give them the authentic feel of a true vintage instrument. I said before that it isn’t to everyone’s liking, but for me it’s ideal.
Plugging it in produced pleasing results; what a sound this guitar has. Truly amazing sound quality thanks to the Wilkinson pickups. Each note is clear and the power and tone is phenomenal.
After getting the guitar home and reading more about JHS guitars, I discovered that many of the guitars have celebrity status. Recent Vintage/Fret King endorsees include Paul Weller, Graham Oliver (Saxon), Mick Abrahams (Jethro Tull), John McCoy (Ian Gillan), Bernie Torme (Ozzy Osbourne and Gillan), John Verity (Argent) and Geoff Whitehorn (Procol Harem, Paul Rogers, Back Street Crawler).
Chris also told me he spoke to Graham Oliver at recent show. Graham described the Vintage Icon Lemon Drop as being a very comfortable instrument with a sound uncannily like many of the original Gibsons that he owns.
Geoff Whitehorn recently sang the Icon Lemon Drop's praises describing it as a bloody good guitar that hit far above its weight.
Check out some of the video demonstrations on YouTube. Here’s one to be going on with:
