Vox Mark III Mini Electric Guitar - Teardrop - Marble

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Vox experimented with several built-in effects and electronics on guitars such as the Cheetah, Ultrasonic, and Invader. Ian Curtis of Joy Division is known to have owned two white Vox Phantom VI Special effects guitars which had push button switches on the scratch plate to activate the effects circuits.

Come the new wave, the Cure’s Robert Smith would play a Mark VI when assisting as guitarist with Siouxsie and the Banshees, and, later still, Coldplay’s Chris Martin would strap on a Mark VI. Vox created some of the most interesting guitar designs of the twentieth century; guitars like the Vox Phantom and teardrop-shaped Vox Mark are every bit as iconic (and at the time, futuristic) as American guitars like the Gibson Flying V or Explorer. Aswell as the iconic body designs, Vox were highly innovative in their use of new electronics, fitting guitars with built-in distortion, frequency boost, wah wah, tuning etc. NAMM 2020: Vox reveals its new Cambridge 50-watt modelling combo amp". MusicRadar. Future plc. 7 January 2020 . Retrieved 27 July 2020. Vox is a British musical equipment manufacturer founded in 1957 by Thomas Walter Jennings in Dartford, Kent, England. The company is most famous for making the Vox AC30 guitar amplifier, used by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Queen, Dire Straits, U2, and Radiohead; the Vox Continental electric organ, the Vox wah-wah pedal used by Jimi Hendrix, and a series of innovative electric guitars and bass guitars. Since 1992, Vox has been owned by the Japanese electronics firm Korg.The V251 connects to a mains power-supply unit via DIN plugs and a four-conductor cable (power, guitar output, organ output and common). The PSU in turn has individual amplifier outputs for guitar and organ. Vox determined that "copy cat"guitar designs for their professional models would be unacceptable. Their new professional guitar models would need to have body designs that were unique and iconic, making them immdiately recognizable as a Vox instrument. To help accomplish this styling goal, Vox entered into a contract with the London Design Centre in 1962 to suggest guitar body shapes. The result of this initial effort was the "coffin" shaped Phantom VIguitar. In 1964, Tom Jennings developed a relationship with Sepulveda, California-based Thomas Organ Company, which began importing English Vox product lines to the United States. A shift in focus to transistors came with Jennings' decision to sell controlling interest in JMI to the Royston Group, a British holding company, and move some manufacturing to Erith, Kent. The Traveller, Virtuoso, Conqueror, Defiant, Supreme, Dynamic Bass, Foundation Bass and Super Foundation Bass lines were developed and introduced during this period. Jennings remained as chief executive officer until 1969. [20]

Available in a choice of three eye-catching colours, and sold complete with a custom carry case, Vox Mark III Mini electric guitars are the perfect chic sixties revival guitar for musicians at home and on the road. Effortless playability The vibrato tailpiece found on this Mark XII would be odd on any 12-string, and not very desirable from a tuning standpoint. Regardless, it’s a cool visual feature and makes for some bold and unusual sounds. The"Mark" series guitars and basses had the largest commercial success of all Vox guitars produced during the British Invasion. By 1965, the popularity and world wide demand for Vox guitars caused JMI to supplement UKproduction at Eko in Italy. Soon after Vox entered the guitar marketplace with student grade models in 1961, their development of professional level instruments commenced.Vox also pioneered the first radio microphone system, which freed singers from having their microphone connected to their amplifier or PA by a cable. Legendary in the history of the electric guitar, these instruments are ready to retake the spotlight The new MARK III/MARK V GÇô not just a reissue; a legend

The factory authorized and licensed production of the 50th Anniversary MkIII Guitar ended in 2008 and was limited to about seventy instruments. No further production was authorized by Vox after 2008. Vox expanded the "teardrop" line to include the V252 Mark VI"thin line"electro acoustic guitar, the V231 Mark IXnine string guitar, the V223 Mark XII twelve string guitar, the V224 Mark IV bass guitar and the V248 Wyman bass. Vox had experimented with Japanese manufacturers at the end of the sixties with the Les Paul-style VG2, and in 1982 all guitar production was moved to Japan, where the Standard & Custom 24& 25 guitars and basses were built by Matsumoku, the makers of Aria guitars. These were generally regarded as the best quality guitars ever built under the Vox name. They were discontinued in 1985 when production was moved to Korea and they were replaced by the White Shadow models. A number of White Shadow "M"-series guitars and basses are clearly marked as "made in Japan", suggesting a phased production hand-over.Tom Jennings set up a new company in his old Dartford location, joined later by Denney. Jennings Electronic Industries operated for several years, making an updated and rebadged version of the AC30 along with other amplifiers, as well as a new range of organs. [21] The Mark is an electric guitar made by Vox. The instrument is also known as the Vox Teardrop, but this is not the official name. The Vox Mark came in three variations, a 6 string (the Mark VI), a 9 string (the Mark IX) and a 12 string (the Mark XII)

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NAMM 2017: Vox launches 3 'revolutionary' Nutube MV50 guitar amps". MusicRadar. Future plc. 12 January 2017 . Retrieved 27 July 2020. Rose Morris bought Vox in 1978 before its distribution deal with Marshall ended. The company attempted to reinvigorate the Vox brand, continuing to build the AC30 along with several new and modern amplifiers. [19] Korg/Vox evolved the Valvetronix line from 2010 to 2019, pushed the emulation capacity to 33 different models in the VT+ Series, added a premium VTX 150 variant with professional-grade features, and revised the modeling engine called Virtual Element Technology (VET) engineered to more accurately represent classic sounds. Vox mobile and desktop software were introduced with the 2015 VT20X and VT40X, offering players the ability to further customize sounds. Brian Jones was a fan early in his Stones career, playing a custom Vox that introduced the public to the Mark III's strange 'teardrop' shape. He made quite an impression - the likes of Tom Petty, Robert Smith of The Cure and Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian have since been spotted wielding one - and now Vox, in all its wisdom, has reissued the Mark III. With their innovative body shapes, the Teardrop guitar and Phantom guitars that appeared in 1960 were dominant presences in the world of uniquely shaped guitars. Even today, many musicians are mesmerized by these guitars, and their perpetual popularity causes them to sell for high prices on the used market. The strong demand for reissued models has been met only by limited run production models and the VOX Apache series of travel guitars, which added yet another chapter to the tale of these instruments.