![]() ![]() Unlike nearly all production Vox guitars originally sold in the US, this original JMI-made example was actually assembled at the Vox factory in Dartford, Kent. This Phantom IV dates to mid-1965 and is a superbly well-preserved example. Controls are a master volume and tone and a large lever switch for pickup selection. ![]() The bridge is also closely modeled on Fender, as are the Kluson-style tuners. The two 4-pole pickups provide a wide range of tonal options in design they are most similar to the original 1952 Precision units, though fitted with a more Strat-like white plastic cover. Unlike the short-scale, thin-necked layout of most of the company's basses, these are built with a full 34" scale on a big wide neck closely based on the Fender Precision. The Phantom IV bass, introduced in 1962-3, is one of Vox's most imposing instruments. Along with the equally striking teardrop-shaped Mark series, the abstract trapezoidal-shaped Phantoms were born at JMI in Dartford, Kent in the early '60s. The Vox Phantom remains one of the 1960s' most iconic instruments, at least in design and visual impact - utterly distinctive then and now. Vox Phantom IV Model Solid Body Electric Bass Guitar (1965), made in Dartford, Kent, England, serial # 66740, white polyester finish, African mahogany body, maple neck with ebony fingerboard, gig bag case. ![]()
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