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. The Phantom IV Basses had the 'trapezoidal' body which is so in demand today. The finish has a cool stripped cracked patina showing its vintage state. The pickguard has shrunken a bit and is cracking (like most are). One of less than 100 made during '62 and early ’63. Made in Italy around 1969 this bass comes with original teardrop hard case. 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. The build quality, playability and sound of the Mark I guitars were excellent and 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. And then my dad gave me this a few years ago, he said as he brought out a Vox Phantom IV Bass, a beautiful, white, five-sided baby from the 1960s British. 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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