Blue VOX Mark III

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Blue VOX Mark III

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I found this guys videos on youtube. I sent him a fan letter! Is that an original VOX or a reissue.





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He certainly likes to dress for the occasion. 8)
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scotty wrote:He certainly likes to dress for the occasion. 8)
:lol:

Hey what model is is VOX? It is a 2 pickup like the one that Brian Jones had but I thought that was a special one and most production VOX s had 3 pickups like the one in the this video below.

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It's a Phantom guitar:

http://www.phantomguitars.com



ps.....The guy is so terrible it's amusing. I know English is not his L1, but he makes Bob Dylan and Neil Young sound like the sirens. That's quite a feat!
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Browin' in the Wind...

Seems like there's a gritch in his spell-check software. 8)
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jingle_jangle wrote:Browin' in the Wind...

Seems like there's a gritch in his spell-check software. 8)
Ok,you guys try singing "Kampai" with out messing up. :lol:

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octagon wrote:Hey what model is is VOX? It is a 2 pickup like the one that Brian Jones had but I thought that was a special one and most production VOX s had 3 pickups like the one in the this video below.

As expertly played by Waitresses' songwriter, my pal, Chris Butler.
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collin wrote:It's a Phantom guitar:

http://www.phantomguitars.com
My thoughts exactly. Phantom make some pretty convincing Vox reissues. I've always been curious to how they compare to an original Vox guitar?
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JakeK wrote:
collin wrote:It's a Phantom guitar:

http://www.phantomguitars.com
My thoughts exactly. Phantom make some pretty convincing Vox reissues. I've always been curious to how they compare to an original Vox guitar?
Collin made a pretty good comparison and review here not too long ago.
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Hey whatever else you say about this guy his fashion sense and taste in music is beyond reproach. :D

Also,I think his guitar is an early '00 VOX Mark III Reissue made KORG

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It would depend on which Vox model; the 60s era Vox solid body teardrops have huge baseball necks, while the hollowbody teardrops have thin, shallow C shaped necks that play great, especially the 12 string models. I can't speak for the Phantom models, except to say that the Phantom Guitar Works Phantom RI models play and sound nicely, but I can't compare them to the 60s Vox models, as I haven't played the latter. Phantom seems to have faithfully replicated the pickup sound as well. The pickups are very Strat-like, and the bridge pickup is too bright to be used by itself on the 12 string, at least cleanly. I like to use the "out of phase" combination of the bridge and middle pickup on my hollowbody teardrop Vox 12, or use the middle pickup by itself.
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whojamfan wrote:
JakeK wrote:
collin wrote:It's a Phantom guitar:

http://www.phantomguitars.com
My thoughts exactly. Phantom make some pretty convincing Vox reissues. I've always been curious to how they compare to an original Vox guitar?
Collin made a pretty good comparison and review here not too long ago.
Yeah, long story short.......the new Phantoms are modern guitars------all the subtle nuances (and shortcomings) of older Voxes were corrected, ie roller saddles, better bridge/tremelo/electronics.

Some people want the nuances of the original Vox item, and I don't blame them------but it all depends on what your preference is. I like the older Voxes, but if I were a regular gigging player, I'd go PGW.
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The PGWs are also priced pretty nicely...
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paologregorio wrote:It would depend on which Vox model; the 60s era Vox solid body teardrops have huge baseball necks, while the hollowbody teardrops have thin, shallow C shaped necks that play great, especially the 12 string models.
I think it was you who told me that, Paul.

My dad and I were watching the music video for Tom Petty's "Refugee" and my dad, who knows nothing about instruments, asked me what guitar was TP playing. I said, "A Vox Phantom 12-string. I heard the necks on those things are wide and chunky."

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