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EdHunter
 Post subject: Vantage Explorer?
PostPosted: Tue 06 Sep 2011 04:04 AM 
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Hi,
I'm new to the board and need your help.

I own an explorer style guitar (but it has sharper edges). The colour is nearly white (maybe from the ages it is now a dark white) with completly black neck.
The headstock says it's a Vantage. The plate where the neck is bolted has a big "V" "made in Japan" and a 6 digit serial (I'm her at work so for now i just remember it says something like D520085).
The electronics contains 1 Vol, 1 treb. (pull), 3 pu on/off., 1 Humbucker /bridge , 2 SC / middle/neck

Anybody any idea what this guitar is? I don't find anything about it.
I don't think it could be a rare and expensive one...but i like the sound...
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Corsair
 Post subject: Re: Vantage Explorer?
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Welcome here, Ed - we live for pictures here, eh so if you could whack a couple up, that'd help quite a bit with any identification, eh!! :)

Is it one of these, perhaps???

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 Post subject: Re: Vantage Explorer?
PostPosted: Tue 06 Sep 2011 06:37 AM 
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Hi Corsair,
no it's no Invader. It looks more like a mix Invader/Explorer and with HSS PU's. Never seen anything like her....

Pics are coming up this eve, because I'm at work...
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Mmm, another Mats mystery! Stay tuned. Film at eleven. :hyper:

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Hi Ed, welcome to the forum!

Before the japanese Vantage production had to close it's doors in february '87, they've made some (few) guitars, not to find in the '84/'85 catalogue. One example is the Invader 5 from 1986. Your guitar could be from those last days of Uncle mat (1985/86)!

I'd really like to see pics of your guitar!
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black neck:
The '84/'85 catalogue has introduced the "graphlex neck" on some models.
It ain't a graphite neck, it's simply a "graphite coloured" neck.
Think this was vantage's reference to the then very popular kramer guitars.
http://www.matsumoku.org/ggboard/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=4985&start=0

BTW, the "Invader 5" from 1986 has got a HSS pickup configuratian too!
There's a test review of this guitar in one of my 1986 FACHBLATT music magazines.
I wouldn't be surprised if the Explorer's hardware is similar! :loon:

Let's wait for pics..... :D

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Bloody hell!! What a beast; you could put an eye out on that!! SO cool.... dunno anything about it, but very very cool!!!
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Weird, wonderful and dangerous at the same time.
Klingon warriors would love it! :loon:

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