COVER STORY
GEAR REVIEW
It’s a fair estimate that most of us don’t
have pockets deep enough to afford
the original and upon hearing the jaw-
dropping price Metallica axe man paid for
the original our guitar community lost all
hope of ever capturing Greeny’s black
magic tone. Well, wipe away those tears
and look no further. Vintage Guitars has
made a dream come true for Peter Green
fans with their faithful V100 ‘Lemon Drop’
tribute offered up at substantially less
than a grand. Can I get a big “it’s about
time!” from everybody?
The back story: Vintage Guitars’ Trev
Wilkinson, who had a once in a lifetime
opportunity of seeing and holding the
original guitar first hand, designed V100
with the same attention to detail and
love Peter Green put into every note
he played, right down to the reversed
neck pickup, battle-scares, wear marks,
and miss-matched volume and tone
knobs. This could only be accomplished
by someone who truly respected Peter
Green, and Trev is that guy. A huge fan
and proponent of Green, Trev put a ton of
heart, soul, and sweat into recreating the
legend’s identifying guitar and tone for us
mere mortals to get a piece of.
FEATURES
The guitar starts with a base of all the
usual suspects - Mahogany body and
set in neck, curly Flame Maple top with
veneer finish, Rosewood fingerboard, and
24.75” scale neck. The hardware includes
Wilkinson tuners and humbucker pickups,
and a Tune-O-Matic bridge. Weight-wise
V100 parodies a Les Paul. The neck profile
is a wide ‘C’ shape and slightly thinner
feeling, rather than the chunky baseball
bat feel of an old Les Paul.
But V100s impressive diversity and mojo
is in the pickups. The neck pickup exudes
sweet, savory, and soothing jazzy tones
with a heartwarming calm, and a quick
flick of the toggle switch to the bridge
position inflicts the polar opposite, with
MAY / JUNE
DIGITAL EDITION
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