Vantage VIS-2G

This fully acoustic dreadnought-bodied guitar was made in Indonnesia.
It has fourteen playable frets, however some of these are a bit dodgy as described later.

The guitar is beautiful for strummin especially considering its low price, gives a nice bright sound, however it isnt the loudest and could do with a more punchy bass.

The action on this guitar was great for a beginner, its so easy to play that its a pleasure every time I pick it up.
The finnishe is a fairly standard laquered top which looks OK, but this guitar isn't one that will stun people with its looks.
The more I have played it the more I have realised a number of flaws in its set uo, a number of the frets give out very tinny and unclean sounds when plucking or soloing, and the fretwork towards the high end of the fingerboard is truely atrocious with buzzing around the 12th fret quite common along with frets not actually changing the pitch of the note! It was these reasons that forced me to look for a better guitar.

This guitar is a beast in terms of reliability, its been around the world with me, I've dropped it kicked it you name it and this guitar has been abused in that fashion, but yet it still plays exactly like when I first got it. The finish hasn't started to wear off even after 6 years of hard playin, a bonus in such a cheap guitar.
It withstands live playing quite well howver the lack of volume can be a major problem.

It also holds its tuning well even after aggressive playing.

Never had to deal witht the company.

This guitar is perfect for the beginner who isn't prepared to shell out large amounts of cash on a first guitar. It will last and stand up to a large amount of battering so would also be ideal for kids to learn on.
Its such a shame though that it has a few defective frets otherwsie this would be a great little guitar in the bargain bracket.

I have owned this guitar since 1998. It was an 'entry level guitar' at a local shop. I believe I paid 300$ for it. I believe they are made in Korea. In 1999 the neck became twisted, an required another 100$ in repairs. The lacquer is slathered all over the place, the sound is muffled at best. I had a pickup installed, which does actually produce a nice sound. The neck is a little chunky, however the guitar has a nice feel to it. Plywood back and sides.

I used the guitar while in guitar class for 2 or 3 years. The sound on the brighter side of boring. Not rich/full sounding.

Action high, and varied. Top is so-so. Finish flaws around neck, lacquer globs on soundhole. Replaced saddles, reset action, neck needed adjustments for proper setup.

I don't 'gig' or play ina band. I have started down a 'classical' path of study, although the guitar suited me well during high school guitar.

Never delt with the company. Luthier bills in excess of 200$ to straighten neck (on a 300$ guitar...)

Been playing for 6 years. Wish I would have shopped around... although it has held together nicely after the repairs. You get what you pay for.