What do you think this Vox Mark VI is really worth?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:57 pm

I was almost gonna pull the trigger on this 1965(?) VOX Mark VI except I would probably have to sell one or two of my guitars if I did.Anyway,what do you think this is really worth in this condition(overspray touchup,one pickup replaced,knobs are not original).I think this one was "Made In England" but I'm not sure.Also I'm not sure if the Bigsby is original or not.Anyone here have a Vox Phantom? Or any info about Vox Phantoms?I'd love to see any photos if you have one.

Will · Post by **Will** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:07 pm

$1,500 is probably fair given the rarity and Rolling Stones connection. It's not worth that much as an instrument IMHO; it's value is really in what it represents.

It falls into that interesting segment of the market made up of cool "quirky" instruments which aren't necessarily high quality, meaning it probably won't have much sustained value.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:08 pm

Did you ever hear this NPR story?

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... 6&ft=1&f=2

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:28 pm

Thanks for the posts.Loved the NPR story!Here is that Baby-Blue Vox

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Check out this vid of the earlier Phantom model.

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Ian Curtis Phantom

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Check out this 1965 Phantom VI Special.It is the same as the one Ian Curtis owned(except his was white).

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:36 am

I just found out the price of that UK made Phantom VI Special in the photos above $4995.I guess that is in line with what other dealers are charging for UK made Vox Phantoms but still,it is more than twice the value in the Vintage guitar price guide.That one is rarer I guess because it has all the built in effects.I still want a Vox Phantom or Mark VI if I could find a cheap one.I love that "Acid Flashback" kinda sound.

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soma89 · Post by **soma89** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 4:41 am

...so cool (but it'll probably be impossible playing them sitting down)

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:57 am

Mimsy Farmer digging on Sean Tolby's Vox Teardrop!

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:28 am

Ian Curtis's VOX. I read somewhere that he had another one that was black but I can't find photo of it.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 9:00 am

westtexasred wrote:Ian Curtis's VOX. I read somewhere that he had another one that was black but I can't find photo of it.

DO WANT!
Joy division - fucking fantastic!

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:59 pm

Did you every see this clip from the TV Show "I've Got a Secret"? At the end Dick Denny demonstrates the Guitarorgan.

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ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:32 pm

Cool.
Here's a pic of the phantom style kit from Astons for 150 or so quid - very tempted to try one of these!

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:49 am

I wouldnt do it if you had to sell your les paul. The novelty of owning a strange instrument will fade quickly.

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:58 am

Try this link...Brandoni in Wembley...they bought Italian "Eko" made Vox's, and sell em From their mail-order company..
http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/vox.asp

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:10 am

JJLipton wrote:I wouldnt do it if you had to sell your les paul. The novelty of owning a strange instrument will fade quickly.

Yeah,I wouldn't.Anyway this guitar is long gone. This is an old thread that I resurrected because I found the photos of Ian Curtis with his VOX Phantom Custom and I wanted to put the photos together for future reference.

I edited the first post to ad the photos of the VOX Mark VI from the ebay auction(lucky I kept them!) so check them out.

Here is a another photo I saved back them, a rare Mark VI in red.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:27 am

I prefer the phantom shape to the teardrop.
Found this on the joy division central website:
Joy Division Guitars.
1. Gibson (copy?) - as used by Warsaw (1977)
2. Gibson SG Standard (customized, "without Vibrola")
3. Shergold Custom Masquerader
4. VOX Phantom VI Special(?) This is a variation on the famous VOX Phantom model
5. VOX "teardrop" model - correct name VOX Mark VI (unconfirmed)
+ guitar effects: Boss BF-2(?) flanger
+ amplifiers: Marshall / VOX

Although it is likely that Sumner did most if not all guitar parts in studio, the singer's guitar playing allowed the increasing number of songs with both synthesizer and guitar, to be reproduced with full instrumentation in a live setting. Curtis often played a VOX Phantom guitar. He had two, one white and one black and his trademark "metallic" sound came from its many built-in (battery powered) effects. A disturbing observation is that it is the only guitar in the world shaped as a coffin, the white colour makes this all the more obvious. Whether Curtis had this in mind when purchasing the guitar is anyone's guess. A more likely incentive is that Sterling Morrison had used a similar model for "Sister Ray" and other Velvet Underground classics, and also that these guitars were unfashionable (and thus affordable in the late 1970s.)

I have a couple of books on JD somewhere - i'll have to dig them out for any pics of the vox's.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:28 pm

Thanks,That would be great !

Here is Brian with his VOX Mark VI in 1964.

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Notice how his guitar has a white headstock. That guitar at the top must have had a neck transplant.

ploppy · Post by **ploppy** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:01 pm

Apparently one of hooky's voxs' up for sale, bargain price too methinks.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vox-Phantom-six-s ... 19c4f9d787

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:50 pm

Sneaky, it's one of the Phantom Guitars reissues, not an original Vox.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:53 pm

ploppy wrote:Cool.
Here's a pic of the phantom style kit from Astons for 150 or so quid - very tempted to try one of these!

Thats awesome, I live really close to longton and I've never heard of their shop. I must check it out at some point.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:57 pm

Very sneaky - they're not made in America, either, they're made in India; it's almost as if Peter Hook is a snide, unpleasant money-grabbing arsehole, isn't it?