The Vintage Jerry Donahue V58JDAB Hellecaster is a testament to Jerry Donahue's status as 'The doyen of the string benders' and a founder of Hellecaster. His exceptional skills have graced stages worldwide with major artists.

For several years, Jerry's 'guitar arsenal' has included the Trev Wilkinson-designed Vintage ICON Series V52, which he and many other prominent players hold in high regard.

Acknowledging the essence of Vintage®, Jerry issued a challenge to create a guitar to his specifications that would leave him completely satisfied. Trev Wilkinson eagerly accepted this challenge.

With unique Wilkinson single-coil pickups custom-wound to Jerry's precise formula and his custom-wired five-way switch and circuitry, Trev has crafted an instrument that fulfills Jerry’s vision—a single guitar capable of emulating a vast array of the most recognizable solid-body and semi-acoustic tones.

With a mere flick of a switch, the V58JD effortlessly transitions between soaring blues tones, rich dark midnight jazz tones, 'woman-tone,' the elusive 'in-between quack-tone,' and country twang.

Regarding playability, the classic vintage-style one-piece fretted maple neck with a 7.25” fingerboard radius completes this genuine player's guitar.

Jerry states, "Out of all the special guitar projects I've been involved in during my pursuit of the perfect guitar, it's an undeniable fact that the V58JD, created by Trev Wilkinson and Vintage at an unimaginable price, is an extraordinary guitar that I use daily."

• Pickup selections
  Position 1: (neck-Wilkinson custom design WJDTn) Offers the rich, sparkling neck pickup tone of the traditional three-pickup guitar with that unmistakable single-coil sound that echoes the soaring, majestic blues tones of the '60s and '70s.
• Position 2: (neck with custom special capacitor) Exudes the instantly recognisable tonal quality associated with the iconic full-body jazz guitars. Kick in an overdrive and capture the classic late '60s ‘Woman Tone’.
• Position 3: (neck and bridge pickups with customised parallel wiring) Produces an enhanced, more contemporary version of the customary middle position timbre on the classic two-pickup guitar.
• Position 4: (Neck and bridge combined with a capacitor and resistor in a controlled degree of reversed phase) Offers the popular ‘in-between quack tone’ found in this position on three-pickup guitars.
• Position 5: Utilises a Wilkinson custom design WJDTb pickup with symmetrically staggered polepieces for great string balance and a special wind for increased sustain to capture the amazing gutsy lead sound found on the very best of those traditional two-pickup guitars!