#EGMOND ACOUSTIC GUITAR MADE IN KOREA PRO#
Notably, there was only one neck-through model offered (the 928), which was a superstrat, unlike the neck-through models that Vantage is now known for (Coincidentally, Samick had built neck-through guitars in the style of those classic Vantages under various brand names during the early 1980s).Concerto acoustic 3/4 scale parlor guitar.Model #90.Made in Korea 1960s or so.Nicely grained spruce(?)top w/teardrop pickguard & fixed ebony bridge & mini dive board chrome tail.Painted black binding top,sides & neck.Mahogany finished back & sides.1 piece mahogany C neck & slotted crown headstock.Kluson style metal tuners w/bean buttons.Bass strip is a replacement honey bear near match to the original treble side crested strip.18 fret ebony board w/zero fret.1 3/4" at top nut & 23 1/4" scale.Has scuff,scratch & ding wear.6-7 cosmetic.Neck is flat & straight w/nice relief & plays clean on all frets w/low pro action at 1/8".Plays in tune w/short scale tuning consideration.Has a clangy parlor voice & easy play low action neck.Well built in the early days of Korean factory guitar building.Hard to find info on Concerto.Found a couple classical nylon stringers w/the same label.Guessing a short lived oriental jobber.Recently set up w/10 guage strings.Could be all birch top,back & sides which was common for the era. At first, a new pointy, “reverse” headstock was used, but in 1991, all models returned to classic Vantage headstock designs. However, it was largely a new lineup, mostly consisting of contemporary “superstrats”. Samick kept the classic Avenger X (and later reissued the AV), while re-creating the VLP Spirit as the DL, and the VSH as the 635V. Coincidentally, Samick had a relationship with Matsumoku dating back to the 1970s, where they were tutored by the Japanese manufacturer, so they were a fitting new home for Vantage. MTI cancelled their rights to it in April 1989. Some time that same year, Samick began building Vantages and then purchased the Vantage trademark.
This continued until Matsumoku closed in early 1987. By 1979, their guitars were mostly unique designs made exclusively by Matsumoku in Japan.įor more information on Japanese Vantages, see: and. The very first known model was a re-branded Hondo HLP called the V-100, most likely sold around 1978. MTI was formerly known as Unicord, Inc., which created the Univox and Westbury brands. Vantage was a brand started by Music Technologies, Inc. These are the models that were produced in Korea.
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