Description

Designed by 12-string guitarist and vintage guitar expert Paul Brett as a fitting tribute to the pioneering blues era of the 1930’s and in particular, the legendary Blind Willie McTell, the Vintage V5000SB-12 Statesboroâ ™ oozes pure nostalgia from every pore. Featuring a solid spruce top, with maple back and mahogany sides elegantly mated to a mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, the Statesboroâ ™s rosewood bridge with bone saddle and bone nut provides excellent intonation and tone, with plenty of volume. â œUsing the designs of the legendary Stella guitars crafted by Oscar Schmidt in the early 20th century,⠝ says Paul â œVintage and I have created a homage to the iconic model that Willie himself played. Obviously we have updated various elements to morph into todays market, but in essence, it looks like and certainly sounds like a big blues machine of that era.⠝

Available in both acoustic (V5000SB-12) and electro-acoustic models (VE5000SB-12 – with the addition of a Fishman PRO-REP-102 Rare Earth Humbucker soundhole pickup system) the Statesboroâ ™ is ideal for traditional blues pickers and is also able to handle many other styles and tunings, depending on string gauges. Supplied with Kinsman Hardshell case.

Paul Brettâ ™s string gauge suggestions.
“On my Statesboro I use 11 to 50’s tuned down a tone but with the bass pair dropped to C. If i used heavier strings I would only tune down to B, never to concert pitch to avoid damaging the guitar”. Â

V5000 Features
Top:
Solid spruce.

Sides:
Mahogany.

Back:
Maple.

Neck:
Mahogany with maple veneer headstock.

Binding:
White.

Scale length:
675mm/26.5″.
Bridge:
Tech wood.
Saddle:
Bone.

Nut:
50mm bone.
Machine heads:
Chrome with cream buttons.
Strings:
High quality US made.
E – 0.10/.10
B – 0.14/0.14
G – 0.23/0.08
D – 0.30/0.12
A â “ 0.40/0.18
E â “ 0.50/0.26

Tailpiece:
Metal trapeze style.

Case:
Kinsman hardshell case included.

The Statesboro™ is an original Vintage® guitar designed and created by and the UK Vintage design team.