Without getting into the debate of how old is vintage, let's say it has to at least be twenty years old...it's really just a fun exercise to see some cool stuff.
Being a honorary junkie means that I get to see a lot of interesting musical things - sometimes they are winners, other times one wonders what exactly the designers were ingesting... ::)
Here's my japanese 'vintage' combo.
1995/6 MIJ Stratocaster - Fuji-gen era (skinny neck), many mods, but looks sneakily stock. We've seen this lady before - easily my favorite instrument. Yip, that's a white sharkfin...for those Niles Rodgers moments :P
70's MIJ Elk FS-22 - Just got this (thanks Bearded Moose!). Rocking little solid state amp - looks a lot like a Fender Princeton Reverb knockoff - font, colours, knobs all VERY similar - but doesn't sound much like it. Doesn't have the sparkle I recall the princeton having - but I do still have to A/B with Wizard's authentic one.
The reverb and 'fuzz' are 70's cooooooool. And it's properly loud with the silver coned 12in speaker in small combo package. Not a practice amp - this thing can scream. Although it has it's...umm...idiosyncrasies. The cleans arn't as sparkly as you'd want for a single coil guitar (I think a treble boost pedal would help a lot). The reverb never really shuts off - even on 0, it still bleeds into the circuit. And the verb is VERY springy. The fuzz is more of a sludgy boost - not great for classic single coil tones, but itr can kinda do a SRV thing...throw it a humbuckered rock machine and it's got a lotta charm.
Right-o, that's my win-tage MIJ combo. What's yours?
