I bought this bass as a backup to my Hohner B bass and have regreted that purchase to this day. All I can really say is that this thing is a piece of particle board poppey cock. Where do I start, the best sound I have coerced from this future firewood bass has been that resembling two pieces of cardboard being rubbed together. the pickups also emit a strange hum that would scare small children like a fat man covered in tar wielding a rubber chicken. When I wrote to vantage regarding the poor tone they responded with the advice that a particular run of vantage basses at their Korean factory had been recalled about a year ago and that my bass should not even be available. However they ever so regretfully stated that they could not refund my money because I was not the original owner. In fact when I mentioned I had bought it for 92 dollars they were insulted. I now fear this bass will end up in the hands of those who know no better so stay away from this model! And have you ever heard of a bass only having 18 frets? What the hell were they thinking. I may be a novice bassist but I can still tell a Donkey Terd from a bronze banana.

Construction	48%
Playability	18%
(one for each fret)
Appearance	38%
Sound	0%
(only Tony Levin could make this sound good)
Value	60%
Cust. Service	5%
Overall	23%