The new acoustic and electro-acoustic guitars all feature mahogany back and sides and spruce tops at entry-level price points
(Image credit: Vintage)
NAMM 2022: UK guitar brand Vintage has unveiled a new line of mahogany and spruce top acoustic guitars, dubbed the Historic Series.
The line focuses on quality tone woods at affordable price points, and it’s a range that aims to do one thing well: namely, provide players a solid wood, user-friendly construction with few frills.
As such, all of the instruments come in a Vintage Sunburst finish and choices are limited to parlor, orchestra, folk and dreadnought body sizes, each of which is available as an acoustic or electro-acoustic.
Image 1 of 4
Vintage Historic Series Folk V130VSB(Image credit: Vintage)
Vintage Historic Series Dreadnought V140VSB(Image credit: Vintage)
Vintage Historic Series Orchestra V160VSB(Image credit: Vintage)
Vintage Historic Series Parlour V180VSB(Image credit: Vintage)
Every guitar in the range uses the same materials in its construction, featuring a classic combination of mahogany on the back, sides and neck, paired with a spruce top. The neck features a 20-fret, 649mm scale length design, with a 43 mm width at the nut that is standard across the range.
Aesthetic flourishes come in the form of split-block inlays, gold headstock logo and black/white/black binding. There’s a three-a-side headstock, with tulip button machine heads, while the electro variants use a Vintage-branded preamp with three-band EQ and volume dials, plus a built-in tuner.
Vintage has kept things simple on the price front, too, with all the acoustic models costing £179 (approx. $224), and the electro-acoustic variants £229 (approx. $288).
Matt is Features Editor for GuitarWorld.com. Before that he spent 10 years as a freelance music journalist, interviewing artists for the likes of Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, MusicRadar, NME.com, DJ Mag and Electronic Sound. In 2020, he launched CreativeMoney.co.uk, which aims to share the ideas that make creative lifestyles more sustainable. He plays guitar, but should not be allowed near your delay pedals.
