Vintage Guitars, a UK-based guitar company with some serious names backing the brand like Mick Abrahams from Jethro Tull and Geoff Whitehorn from Procol Harum, have been building these reissue guitars for a while now. Prices of their guitars are pretty cheap and the quality seems solid, with genuine Wilkinson parts used in all their guitars. The Explorer shape has been around since the '50s and has been kept in fashion by the likes of James Hetfield of Metallica. It's just that when I pick it up I feel like I want to look down and see Gibson or even ESP and I can't help feeling this is influencing my judgement. I suppose with anything established, we stick with the original in our mind as being the top of the mountain. The neck here is decent and feels comfortable, the pickups are decent quality and the hardware feels reliable.
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