Vintage V100MU Midge Ure, Vibrola, Gold Top Overview
Built to the express specifications of Midge Ure, the Vintage V100MU is a signature electric guitar with a classic aesthetic, and modern features.
With its carved Flame Maple cap and highly resonant Mahogany body providing tone and ‘correct weight’ comfort, the V100MU features two stacked WP90SK soap bar pickups, and employs a Varicoil circuit - allowing an easy shift between single and double coil tones, while Wilkinson's excellent Roller Bridge and Vibrola system provides the perfect mix of pitch manipulation with dependable tuning stability - enhanced by a smooth 43mm Graphtech NuBone nut, and Wilkinson WJ44 E-Z-Lok Deluxe machine heads.
A one piece Mahogany neck with a ‘soft C’ profile, supplies supreme comfort and playability beneath a 12” radius Lignum Rosa™ fretboard; outstanding tonal transfer capabilities, responsiveness and durability with 22 Medium Jumbo frets creates a fantastically positive feel to this unique, stylish, and affordable guitar.
What Vintage say:
The Vintage V100MU is a signature electric guitar, built to the express specifications of Midge Ure. A multi-million-selling artist with Ultravox, Midge's remit for his signature model was as unique as his music. As a result, the V100MU combines classic single cutaway looks with some intuitive modern advances.
Utilising a pair of stacked WP90SK soap bar pickups, the instrument employs a Varicoil circuit, allowing you to shift effortlessly between single and double coil tones, as well as blending the sounds found in between. In addition, a Wilkinson Roller Bridge and Vibrola system provides the perfect mix of pitch manipulation with dependable tuning stability.
As well as satisfying the demands of the man himself, the V100MU has been designed to find its way into the hands of anyone seeking an adaptable and agile guitar that's ready for the studio and the stage.
- Colour: Gold Top
- Body: Solid Carved Mahogany with Maple Cap
- Scratchplate: Cream
- Neck: Mahogany – Set Neck
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Frets: 22
- Top Nut: White graphite
- Nut Width: 42.5mm
- Vibrato: Vintage Vibrola
- Machine Heads: Wilkinson® Deluxe WJ44, E-Z-Lok™
- Hardware Colour: Chrome
- Pickups: 2 Wilkinson® Stacked WP90SK
- Controls: 2 Volume/1 Master Tone/Varicoil (switches both WP90's to single coil)