The Vantage Logos
1978?/79:
Angle “Vantage” lettering (V-100 model only)
V-100
1979/80:
Horizontal “Vantage” lettering (vivaldi font):
700VP
1980 – 1996:
Big “V” logo + vertical “Vantage” lettering (vivaldi font) some slight variations of the “V” and the size of lettering over the years:
VS-600B
Avenger models (6 tuner on one side) carry their own “Avenger” lettering:
AV-330
1992 – 1996:
Either Big “V” logo + vertical “Vantage” (vivaldi font)
635V
or (more often) Samick’s trembling “Vantage” lettering” (first commercial use: April 1992)
111T
or Samick’s “Trembling V”.
955BA
718
1997 – 1998:
Late Samick’s “uppercut V”/Vantage lettering (mainly for Indonesian made instruments).
VIS-10ACE