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From a catalog:
Vantage VSH455 Series
Designed for the fusion og modern electric style, the highly flexible Vantage VSH455 thin-line, “semi-acoustic electric” guitar has been
designed to enhance the inherent creative potential of your musical development. A rosewoodfingerboard with pearl dot position markers
and cream celluloid bindings on the fingerboard, edge of the body top and back and F-holes complete the luxurious look of this guitar. The
VSH455’srich and varied sound is produced by two custom-engineered Vantage #610PF Alnico 5 humbucking pickups while two individual push/pull
switches located in the tone controls activate coil tap circuitry so that the player can shift to a more biting, “metallic” sound. Available
in a choice of high-gloss finishes.
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| Specifications |
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From the 1979 Catalog:
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| Scale length |
24 3/4 inches |
| Number of frets |
22 frets |
| Neck (material & construction) |
Three-piece laminated hard maple set-in design with adjustable truss rod. |
| Fingerboard |
Bound rosewoodfingerboard with brass nut. |
| Body (material & construction) |
Laminated ash top, sides and back and maple center block with walnut strips. |
| Pickups |
Two Vantage #610PF custom-engineered humbucking pickups. |
| Controls & switches |
Two volume controls.
Two tone controls (individual push/pull switches for coil tap operate from tone controls).
Pickup selector switch. |
| Machine heads |
Chrome-plated, die-cast precision tuners. |
| Control knobs |
Non-slip speed knobs. |
| Bridge & tailpiece |
Wide-travel, tunomatic-style bridge with brass saddle inserts and stop bar tailpiece. |
| In production |
1979 |
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(The guitars may have been modified by it’s owners over the years…)
