Vintage V6 ICON Electric Guitar – Distressed Ventura Green

Step onto the stage with the soul of a well-traveled road warrior with the Vintage V6 ICON Electric Guitar. Designed in the UK by legendary guitar guru Trev Wilkinson, the Vintage ICON Series bypasses the decades-long waiting period for a true relic instrument, offering the look, feel, and magical resonance of a prized, gig-worn classic right out of the box.

Dressed in a faded, heavily relic’d Distressed Ventura Green finish, this guitar boasts a premium wood configuration and hardware suite that outperforms many instruments at double its price point. Featuring an ultra-vibrant body wood selection, a worn satin fast neck, and custom-calibrated Wilkinson single-coil pickups, it stands as the definitive choice for intermediate players, blues enthusiasts, and gigging musicians looking to capture classic, organic vintage tones with modern engineering reliability.

Product Highlights

• Resonant Eastern Poplar Body: Built with a lightweight and structurally resonant eastern poplar body. This tonewood selection provides excellent sustain, outstanding acoustic vibration transfer, and a balanced tonal spectrum with a highly articulate midrange response.

• Masterfully Distressed Finish: Replicates the natural wear-and-tear of a vintage guitar that has survived decades of smoky bars, endless touring, and intense stage performances. The worn spots, artificial checking, and aged hardware give it an instant heirloom character and a broken-in physical feel.

• Wilkinson WVC Vintage-Voiced Vibrato: Outfitted with Trev Wilkinson’s signature WVC double-locking specification vibrato bridge. Featuring authentic bent steel saddles for historic tone crunch and a staggered string-hole block that maintains proper break-angles, this bridge provides classic vibrato action with excellent tuning recovery.

• Custom-Voiced Wilkinson WVS Pickups: Loaded with a calibrated trio of Wilkinson WVS Alnico V single-coil pickups in an SSS layout. The staggered pole pieces deliver an authentic, glassy bite, while the reverse-wound/reverse-polarity (RWRP) middle pickup completely cancels single-coil hum in selector positions 2 and 4.

• Lightning-Fast Hard Rock Maple Neck: Features a bolt-on maple speed neck carved into a highly comfortable soft “C” profile. The back of the neck features a smooth, distressed satin finish that completely removes friction, allowing your hand to slide effortlessly up and down the registers.

• Traditional $10\text{”}$ Radius Lignum Rosa Fretboard: Built with a smooth, premium Lignum Rosa fingerboard featuring 22 medium-profile frets. The traditional $10\text{”}$ radius bridges the gap between old-school chording comfort and flat modern solo layouts, allowing for wide, choke-free string bends.

• Wilkinson WJ55 E-Z-LOK Tuners: Equipped with innovative Wilkinson E-Z-LOK staggered tuning machines. This mechanical design allows you to anchor your guitar strings quickly and tightly through a dual-hole layout, dramatically boosting tuning stability during aggressive string bends or heavy whammy play.

• Graph Tech NuBone Nut Integration: Upgraded with a precision-cut Graph Tech NuBone nut. This high-density material ensures frictionless string movement, eliminating annoying string binding at the headstock while optimizing overall note definition and acoustic sustain.

Specifications

Tonal Configuration Mapping (5-Way Switch)

• Position 1 (Bridge Pickup): Activates the bridge single-coil. Sharp, bright, and highly articulate tone optimized for cutting country twang, biting classic rock leads, and aggressive surf riffs.

• Position 2 (Bridge + Middle Pickups): Combines bridge and middle single-coils in parallel. Yields the iconic, hum-canceling “quack” tone made famous in funk rhythms and smooth blues phrasing.

• Position 3 (Middle Pickup): Activates the isolated middle single-coil. Balanced, woody, and punchy character that fills out clean rhythm work and handles mid-gain overdrive excellently.

• Position 4 (Middle + Neck Pickups): Combines middle and neck single-coils. Delivers a deeply hollow, fluty, and warm hum-free voice that is ideal for expressive modern RnB or soaring neo-soul leads.

• Position 5 (Neck Pickup): Activates the neck single-coil. Deep, warm, and highly vocal character that provides liquid-smooth sustain, fat jazz voicings, and iconic blues solo roundness.

Why Choose the Vintage V6 ICON?

The Vintage V6 ICON represents a global benchmark for authentic relic performance, offering a massive competitive edge over standard factory models. While typical entry-tier guitars often suffer from sharp, unpolished fret ends, low-grade ceramic pickups, or modern glossy necks that stick to your palms, the Vintage V6 ICON prioritizes real, organic player comfort.

The integration of custom-calibrated Alnico V pickups means your dynamics translate directly into ringing sustain, while the staggered E-Z-LOK tuners and Graph Tech nut ensure your tuning stays locked tight through heavy string bends. By pairing Trev Wilkinson’s legendary hardware blueprints with an instant, road-tested relic design, this guitar delivers the spirit, tone, and feel of a legendary $1960\text{s}$ icon at a fraction of custom-shop prices.

Capture the magic of an authentic road-worn legend. Available now at Guitar Paradise!