All Grown Up

Whatever you think about the copy market, so long as makers respect a few key features – and those names, of course – it’s pretty much open season and has been that way for a number of years. In fact, the always affordable Brit-owned and designed Vintage brand might well have helped to force open the doors for many more prestigious brands to follow over the past 25 years. Like it or not, this whole ‘inspired by’ market is central to today’s industry.

Owner John Hornby Skewes (JHS), one of the UK’s largest and longest-running distribution houses, is tight-lipped about exactly how it’s survived in this market, so perhaps it’s best to let the guitars do the talking… We can’t remember a previous limited-edition Vintage range but that’s what we have here: three models in one colour only, 100 pieces of each. Case candy? Well, we get a 25th Anniversary canvas gigbag and a numbered