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Vintage Electric 2014stV4_Layout 1 20/01/2014 16:59 Page 17 VintageReIssuedV6 “Wilkinson re-designed every component to his exhausting specs... it was a stunning success.” The Wilkinson WVC vibrato bridge featured on the Vintage V6 is a masterpiece of detail. Positive location, 6 screw design provides return to pitch accuracy; perpendicular bend, high grade steel saddles enhance tonality and ‘snap’. Ground base plate corner provides authentic looks. Stagger drilled cast block significantly enhances return to pitch accuracy and classic vintage tone. Australian Guitar magazine Balanced set of Wilkinson WVS vintage-voiced Alnico V pickups, with staggered, chamfered edge pole pieces, for authentic tone and contemporary power. Reverse wound, reverse polarity centre pickup provides hum cancelling in switch position 2 and 4. V6SSB Sunset Sunburst Medium profile frets add to comfort, accuracy and overall positive feel of the Vintage V6. American alder body provides resonance, tone and ‘correct weight’ comfort, enhanced with correctly radiused contoured body. Push-in delrin-bushed arm with variable tension provides the arm feel that suits your style. Vintage V6 tone layout also provides extra versatility with bridge and neck controls. ed in association wit sign h De es Tr ev Wi lkins o n Desig n A s s oc ia t LV6SSB Left Hand Sunset Sunburst “It’s rare for a guitar to feel truly effortless The Vintage V6 Series offers an extraordinarily high level of specification, with many built-in custom shop level features. These include the revered Wilkinson WVC original specification vibrato featuring authentic bent steel saddles fro that classic sparkle and tone; precision machined pivot points for total ‘return to pitch’ accuracy and a stagger-drilled sustain block to prevent string hang-up. An adjustable, ‘vintage bend’ push-in arm completes this definitive vibrato system. 16 Attention to authentic tone continues with the use of a matched and calibrated set of Wilkinson Alnico V single coil pickups, using a reverse wound/reverse polarity middle pickup for clarity and dynamics and featuring true vintage-style chamfered edge polepieces. With one volume and two tone controls, the second neatly wired to work on both middle and bridge pickups, the 5-way lever switch and control circuitry are configured for maximum tone, evenness of response and output for supreme versatility. (especially w