alyctes Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I suspect this is quite unusual - no doubt someone with actual knowledge will be along soon I'm not going to go and see it, because I already have too many basses (one in, five out rule now in effect ) https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/vantage-bass-guitar/1183007152 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I think £400 is a bit hopeful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 That was my guess, though I would also guess that it's not outrageously overpriced and that the seller will have to bring it down. Is £300 a realistic estimate, or am I completely off track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Hard to gauge price on something so uncommon - Vantages seldom turn up in the UK and I can't remember the last time I saw a set-neck twin P. Think this is a VP-710B, if Google's correct. Sub - £300 would be nice but this is pretty much unplayed-looking - looks like it's lived in its case under someone's bed for the last 35 years. Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyerseve Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Yeah double P Vantages are very rare and this is the first one I've seen with 2 Ps and a set back. Sadly the bridges in the set necks are totally naff and the rest of the hardware isn't up to much either. However I think they still have the dimarzio pups so shouldn't be terrible. I am lucky enough to have a 1980 Vantage double P but mine is the top of the range model with neck thru, 18v active EQ. I changed the EQ for an Aguilar OPB3 and the pups for SD 1/4lbers, now it is an absolute tone monster!😈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 [quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1472677005' post='3123280'] Yeah double P Vantages are very rare and this is the first one I've seen with 2 Ps and a set back. Sadly the bridges in the set necks are totally naff and the rest of the hardware isn't up to much either. However I think they still have the dimarzio pups so shouldn't be terrible. [/quote] Agree about the bridges - as well as being a clunky, dated fudge of a design in the first place, it seems Matsumoku used a batch made from cheese on a lot of basses from this period - I've seen numerous examples that have bent, distorted or cracked under string tension. This was my Westbury Track 2: [sharedmedia=core:attachments:72631] Tuners should be decent on the Vantage though, they'll be Vantage-branded Gotohs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1472679273' post='3123318'] ... it seems Matsumoku used a batch made from cheese on a lot of basses from this period ... [/quote] I like cheese, but there's a time and a place for everything... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archy Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 I have one of those (and have had several Vantages), and apart from the bridge (which was also bent) everything is more than decent! An epiphone 3-point bridge fits them perfectly, and they come along from time to time for not much money so it's easily replaced In my opinion, £300 is what it should be going for, and you get a LOT of bass for your money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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