Vantage 818GDT

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The Vantage 800 Series includes the same specifications as the 700 Series, but with solid, flat alder body with multiple binding and tiger tail top & matching bound headstock, bolt-on maple neck, bound rosewood fingerboard, dual locking Floyd Rose tremolo (KKT-3), 1 volume, 2 tone controls & 5-way switch, optional mini coiltap switch & optional gold hardware.
Specifications Data

Body: Tigertail on top
(W/Multiple Binding)
Alder
Neck: Bolt-on Rock Maple neck with scarf joint
Rosewood fretboard with dot inlays
Inlays offset after 9th fret
Silk-screened Vantage logo
“Tiger Tail” headstock veneer
24 frets
25.5″ scale
Binding: Double-ply body (front)
Single-ply neck and headstock
Electronics: One AlNiCo humbuckers, Two single coil
Molded plastic pickup covers
5-way switch
1 Vol, 2 Tone
Hardware: Gold hardware (G)
Schaller style tuners
Wide fish shaped truss rod cover
Metal knobs
“KKT-3” Licensed Floyd Rose locking 2-point tremolo (DT)
Zero fret locking nut (DT)
Finishes: Amber (AM)
Tobacco Sunburst (TS)
In production 1991-
Country

Sources:
Catalog of 1996
Wiki-Samick


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Pictures:
(The guitars may have been modified by it’s owners over the years…)