Vantage guitars

[EugeneSmasher]

Hi,

My cousin has this Vantage made-in-Korea guitar. Its basically a H-S-S, with a Floyd Rose or some similar double-locking tremolo. It's body is contoured, slightly arched-top and quite thin at the edges, quite similar to an Ibanez Saber.

I'm wondering what background Vantage guitars has because this guitar, as I've inspected, is well-made and even sports a distinctive, beautiful finish. Worse thing is, it has a locking tremolo, and my cousin needs me to re-string it for him.

Anyone has any knowledge of Vantage guitars that you can share with me?

Thanks in advance

 

[bin4christ]

i've been told vantage was made by the factory that makes samick guitars. these were told by people, so please dont quote me.

it's well-built eh? i've seen a few lying around in shops selling used gear and yahoo auctions. going for real cheap too..

 

[FREEKILL9566]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantage_Guitars Wah, quite a history, I saw one at beez, didn't know was from 1950's one.

Cheers,
WWH

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Feels well built, but thats on the exterior. I've never managed to find the time to test its sound.

Not even sure if it will explode when I re-string it.

 

[vantage428]

Hi there,

I used to own this guitar and I'm very satisfied it served me for 4 years. This model is not anymore in production, but for the distinction that this was made from Korea will speak for its quality. It has a thin fast neck and solid body. Maybe with the exception of the pick-ups, overall at is a good guitar.

For the stringing of the floydrose (licensed) is a bit tricky since its a floating one, I did twice myself. I use only the 0.09~0.42 gauge since I dont want to mess up with the tremolo spring adjustment. I replaced the string one at a time (starting from the 0.09).

Hope this helps. Rock on!

 

[EugeneSmasher]

It definitely felt well-made But its tremolo is gonna pose a problem since I've never even touched one of those before.