Is Vintage VRS100 a good beginner guitar?

I currently have a very bad chinese (no brand) strat clone. I payed around £80 for it, so just imagine how bad it is (the electronics doesn't work proparly, the sound keeps cutting off, the neck is bent, I have to tune it every 20 mins I play... ).

So I looked arount for a better guitar around £300 and found some good reviews about Vintage brand. Out of all the models I like the look of VRS100 the most. Also considered the V100 but I guess it would be a bit too heavy for me.

So does anyone have experience with Vintage VRS100? (or VRS110C which is a fixed bridge version, and that is the one I would actually prefer if I can find a place to buy it).
Would you recommend it? If not, what other guitar would you recommend?

I own two vintage guitars and i would recommed them to anybody. they blow the opposition away in this price class. they are definitely better than any ephiphone and up there with a mexican strat. i got a brand new v100 for 150 british pounds and a v6 advanced from fox music uk, for 120.