This is a rare opportunity to own a great playing, great sounding piece of UK guitar history. UK made Phantoms rarely turn up for sale and Mark Is are the holy grails. Its original headstock logo and bridge cover - often missing - are still intact, its satin cellulose paintwork and satin chrome hardware are in fantastic shape for a 55 year old instrument. One of less than 100 made during '62 and early ’63. The 1966 US Vox catalog described the V210 Phantom IV Bass as follows: Rugged and powerful solid body in striking Phantom design fast neck with ebony. This early 1962 Mark I Phantom Bass is in great original condition and They stood head and shoulders above anything else Vox was producing at the time. I believe the one that I used was made in Italy, although I'm not sure if all of them were made there. This is definitely one of the coolest looking bass guitars that I've played and recorded with, and it has a huge sound to match. The build quality, playability and sound of the Mark I guitars were excellent and The Vox Phantom IV V210 is a vintage bass guitar, first manufactured in the 1960's. The earliest production models - The Mark I series - were hand built in small numbersĪt the Jennings Factory in Dartford, Kent. The Vox Phantom has become one of the most iconic guitars the 1960’s. Their first offerings were simple copies of Japanese made Guyatones or Fender solids which Jennings had started importing to British shores a few months earlier.īy 1961 Tom Jennings was acutely aware that Vox would need its own identity andĬommissioned a new and groundbreaking design: Jennings Musical Industries -JMI- began production of Vox branded guitars in early 1960.
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