Vintage Midge Ure Sig

Lixarto

I'm liking this:

http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageelectric/V100MU.jpg

xmrchi

To be fair, Vintages stuff for the price point is great quality, I used to own an acoustic Bass and it was fantastic to play and sounded ace.

I now have a Giltrap 12 string signature, and again for the price point nothing comes close.

EricTheWeary

He has used Vintage for a while, on one of the Princes Trust concerts he is using a Lemon Drop IIRC.

thermionic

It means nothing to me.

dogload

thermionic said:

It means nothing to me.

Quality reply!

Islandape

thermionic said:

It means nothing to me.

Vienna Guitars

Bucket

Vintage do seem to have been upping their game recently. Even my old V100 from about 2009 was a great guitar (my dad uses it now).

I really like the look of this new Lemon Drop.

http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageelectric/V100PGM_13.jpg

This Junior is cool too. They even do it in blue!

http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageelectric/v120tb.jpg

Their prices are creeping upward correspondingly...

breakstuff

I've been eyeing that Junior too @Bucket.The blue one does look nice.

I've got a Lemon Drop and it's a great guitar.

p90fool

Bucket said:

Vintage do seem to have been upping their game recently.

I hope so, I've never played one which didn't look and sound utterly vile, despite all the hype.

close2u

Midge & Trev interview:

http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/interview-midge-ure-tells-us-about-his-new-vintage-signature-guitar/018957

RocknRollDave

Interesting...When i saw Ultravox supporting Simple Minds just before Christmas, Midge Ure had an impressive selection of guitars (which sounded great, too). From where i sat, i thought they were Gibsons, but I guess they might have been Vintage, then...?

Heartfeltdawn

Who's Midge Ure?

*I'm only 12, honest*. 

DrBob

Funny that in that interview Midge goes on about the importance of getting the trem to look right on the guitar given that he used to think nothing of slapping a Kahler on a big Yamaha Jazzer..

Evilmags

Heartfeltdawn said:

Who's Midge Ure?

*I'm only 12, honest*. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXka6NQvMdA

The best selling single to make number 2 IIRC. He was also briefly in Thin LIzzy...

Evilmags

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqAh7EGFev4

with Thin Lizzy

57Deluxe

,,,remember growing your first moustache?? Always a wispy Midge Ure affair... Steve Wright made a career-look out of it though...

JayGee

nd then of course there's Band Aid and this little low-key benefit show...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gNh2E4xn3E

As an aside we (myself, @MattG, and the rest of the family ) saw Midge on one of his "intimate moments" solo acoustic tours a few years back. 

There's something a little surreal about seeing someone who you last saw playing Wembley Stadium taking the stage at Braintree Institute (which is pretty much a village hall) in front of a couple of hundred people. Absolutely brilliant night though, one bloke, one acoustic guitar, one spine chillingly awesome rendition of Vienna  - had to be seen to be believed!

not_the_dj

JayGee said:

 had to be seen to be believed!

“No Mr Dempsey, you have to believe it before you can see it!”

littlethoughts

That Junior looks great.

RocknRollDave

JayGee said:

nd then of course there's Band Aid and this little low-key benefit show...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gNh2E4xn3E

As an aside we (myself, @MattG, and the rest of the family ) saw Midge on one of his "intimate moments" solo acoustic tours a few years back. 

There's something a little surreal about seeing someone who you last saw playing Wembley Stadium taking the stage at Braintree Institute (which is pretty much a village hall) in front of a couple of hundred people. Absolutely brilliant night though, one bloke, one acoustic guitar, one spine chillingly awesome rendition of Vienna  - had to be seen to be believed!

When I saw him do Vienna, he quite rightly received a round of applause after every chorus.

gubble

Now wrong with a Vintage V100.

I've used my V100 Paradise (AFD Clone) at every gig for over two years now. Other than replacing a dodgy tuner it's been a wonderful.

ON the QC front i recently compared it back to back with an idential model that was brand new. I have to say mine was better finished in all respects, and also weighed a fair bit more.