Vintage V65 Icon Vibrato review

A new heavily relic’d and very affordable offset from the cheeky chaps at Vintage

Vintage V65 Icon Tremolo
(Image: © Future / Olly Curtis)

Guitar World Verdict

This V65V is far from shabby, even though that’s what the finish suggests. Boutique in style, budget in price? We’d say so.

Pros

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    Affordable, quality build.

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    Good weight.

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    Very thin finish.

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    Tuning stability.

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    Credible single‑coil voices.

Cons

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    Very derivative in style.

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    Some would prefer a little more neck pitch.

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    Hardly realistic ageing.

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During a time when low-end electric guitars are continually surprising us with their build quality, style and sound, this Jazzmaster-ish knock-off from champions of the underdog Vintage is perfectly timed. 

To be fair, the V65 has been around a while in both hardtail and vibrato forms, but for 2022 you can get it in two ‘distressed’ colours. Thank goodness Vintage didn’t call it ‘aged’ because the body mangling is laughably inauthentic, and we did wonder if our courier was responsible. 

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