Vox Mark III

Vox Mark III

The Mark VI is a electric guitar made by Vox. The instrument is also known as the Vox Teardrop, but this is not the official name.

History

In 1962 Vox introduced the pentagonal Phantom guitar, originally made in Kent, England but soon after made by EKO of Italy. It was followed a year later by the teardrop-shaped Mark VI, the prototype of which was made specifically for Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, using a Fender Stratocaster bridge.

The Mark VI was released in three versions, as a 6-string, a 9-string, and a 12-string.The 9-string had three wound strings and three pairs of unwound strings.

The guitar received an international prize for best design when it was released.

Vox discontinued the production of guitars in the seventies, but copies from the teardrop guitar are being made by other producers and are still available. For a limited time in 2007, Vox reissued only 50 copies of the guitar worldwide. By 2008, the guitar will go back to being a sought after as a rarity.

Mark VI

In 1962 Vox introduced the pentagonal Phantom guitar, originally made in England but soon after made by EKO of Italy, the Mark VI. This guitar can be seen in Joy Division's video Love Will Tear Us Apart.The Mark VI had 6 strings or 12

Mark XII

In the mid 1960s, as the sound of electric 12-string guitars became popular, Vox introduced the Phantom XII and Mark XII electric 12-string guitars as well as the Tempest XII, also made in Italy, which featured a more conventional body style. Vox produced a number of other models of 6 and 12 string electric guitars in both England and Italy. Guitar effects pedals, including an early version of the wah-wah, used by Jimi Hendrix, and the Tone Bender fuzzbox pedal, used by Jimmy Page of the Yardbirds, were also manufactured.

External links

* [http://www.voxshowroom.com/us/guitar/korg_guitars.html Korg teardrop guitars]


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