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VOX MARK XII. ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC TEARDROP. 12 string. SUNBURST. VERY RARE. 1966
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Description Condition: Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Brand: Vox String Configuration: 18 String Model: Mark XII Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy Body Type: Semi-Hollow Body Color: Sunburst Dexterity: Right-Handed
Description VOXMARKXII1966ACOUSTICELECTRICGUITARGOOD CONDITION.NOTE: PLEASE LOOK AT OUR OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE GREAT GUITARS.VOX:As I have already shown by my relish for Burns guitars, I have a definite bias in favor of UK guitars from the 1960's. Why?Quite simply, because I remember them. They have become part of my life experience because I experienced them directly through the music of those who played them, i.e., Beatles, Rolling Stones, Shadows, et al.Honestly, can anyone who loves the music of those times, hear the word "VOX" or see those three letters on a guitar or amp, and not be taken back to the avalanche of UK groups that changed the culture of music and popular life forever? They gave us the music, the look (hair/boots/jackets), and the excitement that America, and the rest of the world, needed to wake up from the doldrums of the 1950's in music and in our lives. I believe the music of the Beatles, and those following them, marked the real end of World War II for the world. Finally, we were allowed to enjoy ourselves without guilt and fear of conscription.But for VOX, it is a story within a story.The first story is one of amplifiers. Hearing them behind the Shadows and seeing them behind the Beatles. A background story.The story within was the introduction of an art form which was unfairly labeled a "guitar".As with Jim Burns, the VOX designers had real imaginations. From those real imaginations came real iconic art pieces with strings and electronics that made "artful" music, but more importantly brought the usually drab and distant guitar to the frontline. The guitar became fashionable. While we were seeing the black and white images of the Beatles with their VOX amps, we started staring at Brian Jones in full color playing a VOX guitar (colorful white) -on the frontline (and keeping with his defiance of the ordinary, we saw him play the Firebird-another art piece). A guitar never looked better. It became a member of the Stones. That was carried over to Bill Wyman, with one of the first "artist" designed guitars, the VOX WYMAN BASS (did he play it or not?-who cares) which defined "coolness" to an extreme (understated like Bill but so cool-just like him). From there, we saw the Hollies, Fang from the Raiders, and others who really understood that image was important to a rock star and that VOX was the new and fresh object that best fit that image. And it sounded pretty cool as well.In my personal collection of guitars I own 100+ VOX guitars and a lot of VOX amps and keyboards. I bought them because I like them but also because they have been a very good investment for me. From that winter's day in the early spring of 1965 when I sat alone in a movie theater with five other people in a small North Carolina town to watch the T.A.M.I. show and waited anxiously to see the Stones come on-only to be knocked out of my seat by James Brown -not because he was great-I knew he was great-but because he was one of our guys-who came to town and played at the Armory-and then to see Brian step out playing that white VOX teardrop guitar was the beginning of my own personal cultural revelation and revolution. And I had to have one-and now I have several of them.But do they qualify as "vintage collectible guitars"?Without question, they are "vintage" both in age and culturally. We remember Brian Jones and his on stage appearances with the Stones playing his VOX on the Ed Sullivan show and in the TAMI show. Those images surpass a simple definition of "iconic". They are defining images of a cultural mash up-the freedom of the Stones to wear what they wanted and play whatever guitars they wanted and to be simply unruly. After the incredible freshness of the Beatles in their Black and White (and gray) matching suits and matching haircuts, the "odd out teens" needed a "way out", or as is so cliché today, they needed an "ALT". The Stones were their (our) ALT and they are still, fifty years later, our ALT.And helping them along the way was the "ALT" VOX guitar.So, yes, I believe without a doubt that ALL VOX GUITARS are collect
Description
| Condition: | Used: An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Brand: | Vox |
| String Configuration: | 18 String | Model: | Mark XII |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: | Italy | Body Type: | Semi-Hollow |
| Body Color: | Sunburst | Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
Description VOXMARKXII1966ACOUSTICELECTRICGUITARGOOD CONDITION.NOTE: PLEASE LOOK AT OUR OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE GREAT GUITARS.VOX:As I have already shown by my relish for Burns guitars, I have a definite bias in favor of UK guitars from the 1960's. Why?Quite simply, because I remember them. They have become part of my life experience because I experienced them directly through the music of those who played them, i.e., Beatles, Rolling Stones, Shadows, et al.Honestly, can anyone who loves the music of those times, hear the word "VOX" or see those three letters on a guitar or amp, and not be taken back to the avalanche of UK groups that changed the culture of music and popular life forever? They gave us the music, the look (hair/boots/jackets), and the excitement that America, and the rest of the world, needed to wake up from the doldrums of the 1950's in music and in our lives. I believe the music of the Beatles, and those following them, marked the real end of World War II for the world. Finally, we were allowed to enjoy ourselves without guilt and fear of conscription.But for VOX, it is a story within a story.The first story is one of amplifiers. Hearing them behind the Shadows and seeing them behind the Beatles. A background story.The story within was the introduction of an art form which was unfairly labeled a "guitar".As with Jim Burns, the VOX designers had real imaginations. From those real imaginations came real iconic art pieces with strings and electronics that made "artful" music, but more importantly brought the usually drab and distant guitar to the frontline. The guitar became fashionable. While we were seeing the black and white images of the Beatles with their VOX amps, we started staring at Brian Jones in full color playing a VOX guitar (colorful white) -on the frontline (and keeping with his defiance of the ordinary, we saw him play the Firebird-another art piece). A guitar never looked better. It became a member of the Stones. That was carried over to Bill Wyman, with one of the first "artist" designed guitars, the VOX WYMAN BASS (did he play it or not?-who cares) which defined "coolness" to an extreme (understated like Bill but so cool-just like him). From there, we saw the Hollies, Fang from the Raiders, and others who really understood that image was important to a rock star and that VOX was the new and fresh object that best fit that image. And it sounded pretty cool as well.In my personal collection of guitars I own 100+ VOX guitars and a lot of VOX amps and keyboards. I bought them because I like them but also because they have been a very good investment for me. From that winter's day in the early spring of 1965 when I sat alone in a movie theater with five other people in a small North Carolina town to watch the T.A.M.I. show and waited anxiously to see the Stones come on-only to be knocked out of my seat by James Brown -not because he was great-I knew he was great-but because he was one of our guys-who came to town and played at the Armory-and then to see Brian step out playing that white VOX teardrop guitar was the beginning of my own personal cultural revelation and revolution. And I had to have one-and now I have several of them.But do they qualify as "vintage collectible guitars"?Without question, they are "vintage" both in age and culturally. We remember Brian Jones and his on stage appearances with the Stones playing his VOX on the Ed Sullivan show and in the TAMI show. Those images surpass a simple definition of "iconic". They are defining images of a cultural mash up-the freedom of the Stones to wear what they wanted and play whatever guitars they wanted and to be simply unruly. After the incredible freshness of the Beatles in their Black and White (and gray) matching suits and matching haircuts, the "odd out teens" needed a "way out", or as is so cliché today, they needed an "ALT". The Stones were their (our) ALT and they are still, fifty years later, our ALT.And helping them along the way was the "ALT" VOX guitar.So, yes, I believe without a doubt that ALL VOX GUITARS are collect