Hi, this is my first post but I've done a bit of lurking over the past few days looking for info on a Vantage I picked up in a thrift store. I thought I'd post about some other guitars I have in my collection because there is so little information about them on the internet.
I have four nice through-neck guitars (two lead, two Bass) branded as 'Lincoln'. From looking around these forums it would appear that these are re-badged 'Fernandez' guitars, made in the Kawai or Tokai factories.
I found my first one about ten years ago at a car boot sale (sort of flea market) here in England for £35 (about $50). It plays beautifully, the contoured body is very comfortable although the sound quality isn't amazing (though quite good for that brash Shellac-type tone if you like that sort of thing). A couple of years ago I found a matching bass on eBay being sold by someone a few miles away, then another bass and another six-string on ebay (identical to the other two). They show up rarely on eBay, I search fairly regularly. I'm probably the only person in the world obsessed with this brand, but they're so nice to play and I thought I would get a spare just in case! I gig one of the basses regularly.
I have some photos on Flickr here if anyone is interested in seeing what they look like:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lincoln&w=9399947%40N03Hope this is of interest to someone.
John.
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