Product: Vantage VL-650B
Price Paid: $300 (Canadian Dollar)
Submitted
08/08/2000
at
04:27pm
by
Chris Cain
Email: ccain<at>ehmail dot com
Features
:
8
Black w/Creme lining. Les Paul body shape. Made in Korea. Pretty heavey. Neck is a little longer than is comfortable, so it needs to be played in an upright position(think Fieldy from Korn). Two tone, two volume nobs. Two soapbar pickups.
Sound
:
9
Overall it sounds very good. Lowend can go from heavey and smooth to booming. D and g strings are kind of quiet, but when put through an overdrive they sound fine. I use it through a Boss ODB-3 Overdrive pedal, and it sounds good both clean and distorted. Sounds good with a pick. Also sounds good with slapping but pops come of kind of dull.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
No Opinion
Set up perfectly, in my opinion.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
I have never had any problems with it. It's been on some long car trips and hasn't recieved any damage, and dropped a couple of times. Strap buttons are a little small, so a straplock is needed. It is heavey so it does fall. And it's set up perfectly to land on your foot every time.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No warranty. Haven't needed it. I can't find any information about Vantage, so if anybody knows if they have a webpage, send me an e-mail
Overall Rating
:
9
My other Bass is a 5 string Ibanez Soundgear, which sounds very differant from this one, so it can be used in differant situations. If it was stolen, i'd probably go on a rampage until I found it.
