Maple is the chosen wood for the Vintage VSA500P Twin MW90 semi-acoustic Vintage Sunburst or Natural Maple. Fitted with a Tune-O-Matic bridge and trapeze tailpiece, a pair of Wilkinson® MW90 pickups deliver warm, sparkly, single coil characteristics played clean, or play dirty for that unmistakable punchy, mid-range, overdriven single coil bite with the snarl of a humbucker.
Looking elegantly understated with bound neck and body the Vintage VSA500 Series semi-acoustic guitars, have a very easy and accommodating feel that facilitates all styles, from fingerpicking to excessive string bending.
VSA500P Features:
Body:
Maple body with maple top provides resonance, tone and ‘correct weight’ comfort. The VSA500 features Vintage's unique, offset double cutaway evolutionary body shape, ingeniously-designed offset heel and enhanced treble side cutaway to improve upper fret access and playability.
Bridge:
Wilkinson Tune-O-Matic bridge with trapeze tailpiece provides superb tuning stability along with adjustable intonation for each string.
Pickups:
Two Wilkinson MW90 double coils provide thick and rich tones.
Controls:
Dual master Volume and Tone pots with three position pickup selector switch.
Machine heads:
Grover® 102N machine heads.
Neck:
Mahogany, set-neck.
Fingerboard:
12" radius fingerboard provides positive feel and superior playability.
Scale Length:
24.75" / 628mm.
Frets:
22 Medium Jumbo profile frets add to comfort, accuracy and overall positive feel of the Vintage VSA500.
Nut:
43mm Graphtech NuBone for smooth and friction-free string bending and tuning.
Scale Length:
628mm / 24.75".
Headstock:
Classic Vintage headstock design for balance and visual appeal.
The VSA500™ is an original Vintage® ReIssued Series guitar, designed and created by Trev Wilkinson and the UK Vintage design team.
