In this video we’re testing out the tonal differences between three Les Paul style guitars from the Vintage brand!

The first guitar in the comparison is the Vintage ICON V100MRBK, which has two classically voiced Wilkinson humbuckers, and is the most standard Les Paul style guitar of the three. Secondly, we have the mini humbucker-equipped Vintage ReIssued V100WR, which is a take on the Les Paul Deluxe model. Finally, we have the Vintage V120, which is like a Les Paul Junior in that it features a single bridge P90, the stacked Wilkinson W90SK!

Vintage V100MRBK: [ Ссылка ]
Vintage V100WR: [ Ссылка ]
Vintage V120: [ Ссылка ]

I know that sound differences in guitars are about more than just pickups, but these three six-strings are otherwise fairly similar: they all have mahogany bodies and necks, and they all have pretty standard Les Paul neck specs (24.75” scale lengths, 12” fingerboard radiuses, and 22 medium jumbo frets).

Because they’re also all Trev Wilkinson designed, all Vintage and all around $400-$500 or so, I thought this would be a great way for us to see how these guitars react to my amp and playing, and how the different pickup types handle the different styles of music. So, today I’m putting the trio through their paces with some choice pop, folk, rock, indie, hard rock, punk and metal riffs! I would love to hear which guitar you guys think sounds best, so please let me a comment to tell me which is your favorite!

Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:

00:00 Hello!
00:28 Intro and what we’re doing today
01:29 V100MRBK specs and info
02:27 V100WR specs and info
03:27 V120 specs and info
05:14 Why this test is a good one to do
05:48 Today’s rig and plan

Clean Sounds
06:32 Reference chords on all pickups
07:08 Poppy barre chords
07:55 Poppy indie ringing chords
08:34 Country strummed chords
08:54 Country ballad arpeggios
09:33 Country lead sound
09:56 Funky rhythm chords
10:38 60s pop rhythm tone

Overdrive Sounds
11:08 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
11:55 Groovy classic rock riff
12:21 Airbourne inspired classic rock riff
12:54 More classic rock rhythm sounds
14:02 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
14:18 Indie rock rhythm chords
14:47 Indie octave chords
15:12 Indie rock barre chords
15:36 Indie pop arpeggios

Heavier Overdrive Sounds
16:11 Classic hard rock riff
17:05 Hard rock riff
17:22 Glam rock riff
18:02 Alt rock riff
18:27 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
19:10 Pop punk melodic lead sound
19:26 Punk rock power chords
20:07 Progressive rock riff (Drop D)
20:55 Chunky modern hard rock power chords (Drop D)

Heavy Distortion Sounds (all in Drop D tuning)
21:19 Metal chugging riff
22:05 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
22:18 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang
22:55 Hardcore punk riff
23:11 Lead sounds
23:46 Classic heavy metal/sludge riff

24:21 My thoughts – which was your favorite guitar?
24:51 Why I like Les Paul type guitars
27:22 Clean sounds analysis
28:07 Overdriven sounds analysis
29:23 Metal sounds analysis
30:01 Do I miss a neck pickup with a Les Paul Junior?
31:41 Other differences between these guitars
33:03 Tip: newer Vintage guitars have better specs
33:35 What other single cutaway guitars are out there at this price?
34:26 Which of these guitars should you buy?
35:55 Final conclusions and goodbye

My setup was as follows: I ran the three guitars into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, using my Revv G3 pedal for the heavy distortion sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.

Here’s some links to those bits of gear:

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H&K Black Spirit 200 head: [ Ссылка ]
Greer Lightspeed: [ Ссылка ]
Revv G3: [ Ссылка ]
Focusrite 4i4 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!): [ Ссылка ]
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Enjoy!

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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.

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