Vintage Guitars
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- Vintage Guitars VSA500P ReIssued Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar - Natural MapleSKU: VSA500PMFree Shipping$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars V100 ICON LP-Style Electric Guitar - Flamed Tobacco BurstSKU: V100MRTSBSALEFree Shipping$674.99$749.99In Stock
- Vintage VVB4SB ReIssued Series Violin Electric Bass w/ Hard Case - Antique SunburstSKU: VVB4SBSALEFree Shipping$629.99$699.99In Stock
- Vintage V100 ReIssued Single-Cut Electric Guitar - SilverburstSKU: V100SVRFree Shipping$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars VSA500 ReIssued Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar - Cherry RedSKU: VSA500CRFree Shipping$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars LV100CS Left-Handed ReIssued LP Style Electric Guitar - Flame Top Cherry SunburstSKU: LV100CSFree Shipping$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars V52 ICON T-Style Electric Guitar - Distressed ButterscotchSKU: V52MRBSFree Shipping$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars VSA500 ReIssued Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar - Gloss BlackSKU: VSA500GBKSALEFree Shipping$584.99$649.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars VSA500 ReIssued Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar - SunburstSKU: VSA500HBSALEFree Shipping$539.99$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars V62 ICON T-Style Electric Guitar - Distressed Ash BlondeSKU: V62MRABSALEFree Shipping$539.99$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars VSA500P ReIssued Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar - Vintage SunburstSKU: VSA500PSBSALEFree Shipping$539.99$599.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars V100 ReIssued Flame Top Single-Cut Electric Guitar - HoneyburstSKU: V100HBFree Shipping$499.99In Stock
- Vintage Guitars V100 ReIssued LP-Style Electric Guitar - Flamed Iced TeaSKU: V100ITFree Shipping$499.99In Stock
- Vintage V132 ReIssued Single Cutaway w/ Dual P90s Electric Guitar - TV YellowSKU: V132TVYSALEFree Shipping$494.99$549.99In Stock
- Vintage VCEG1 Canvas Carry Bag Distressed Look Electric Guitar Gig BagSKU: VCEG1Free Local Delivery$79.99In Stock
- Vintage VCAG3 Canvas Carry Bag Distressed Look Acoustic/Semi Acoustic Guitar Gig BagSKU: VCAG3Free Local Delivery$79.99In Stock
Vintage® Guitars
Vintage® Guitars brings rising musicians some of the best quality-to-value instruments around. Great to look at, awesome to play and amazing sounding, they'll take you all the way from your bedroom to the world's biggest stages and anywhere in between. Every Vintage Guitar shipped comes with a level of quality and value that no other comparably priced instrument is able to match. Too good to be true? Watch the demo and see for your self, or come down to one of Bananas At Large's two bay area locations and play a Vintage Guitar® yourself!
A Deep Dive
Back in the mid-60s, a desire for independence in business led to John Skewes forming a small musical instrument agency and wholesale business based at his home near Leeds, England. Over time, his new business steadily began to take off, and soon included throughput of some self-branded lines of musical merchandise. That effective early decision to carry self-branded merchandise continues to this day, with their signature Vintage® acoustic and electric guitars and basses which were first produced and sold in 1995. Today, Skewes is the largest family-owned independent musical merchandise distributor in the U.K. and the Vintage ‘family’ includes Fret King® electric guitars, Pilgrim® Banjo’s and Mandolins, Laka® Ukuleles, Encore® electric and acoustic guitars, and Kinsman® cases.

About the legendary designer, Trev Wilkinson
The central idea behind Vintage® is to offer accessibly priced, vintage-looking guitars with great finishes, quality parts, and features that are typically found on guitars costing upward of a thousand dollars. So, to design an industry-leading line of professional but affordable guitars, Trev Wilkinson joined forces with JHS over a decade ago. These instruments now include class-leading Wilkinson®-designed hardware.
Certain features make Vintage® guitars a “bigger bang for the buck.” Subtle changes to traditional guitar designs have been made so they perform much better. For instance, on the spring block, the holes are staggered in a way that allows the strings to leave the block and pass over the saddles at a consistent angle that helps keep those strings in tune. Trev also developed tuning keys called EZ-LOK™ that work like a locking tuner, but actually don’t require any mechanical manufacturing. There’s nothing to unwind when you’re slacking the strings using the vibrato, and they always come back to pitch. The same goes for Vintage's pickups. Trev doesn’t have a high-dollar pickup range to protect, so he can produce pickups that will sound as good as any company can wind anywhere in the world.
Trev has been described as “Britain’s one-man think tank.” Asserting that there’s always more work to be done when it comes to improving guitar playability! Vintage is here to attest to the fact that’s just who Trev is.
Today, Trev remains connected to his “fretted offspring” and continues to cooperate with JHS on a project basis in respect of product design and in an advisory capacity relation to incorporating and designing Wilkinson branded electronics and hardware for JHS guitar brands.