It featured 6 electric guitars, 32 acoustic guitars, 3 basses and 1 steel guitar.ĭave has always preferred active instruments, and owns a number of (almost) unique active basses, an active single pickup Victory, an active single pickup Gibson Explorer bass, and a five string Heritage bass.
The guitars were mid-priced, and built in (initially) Japan, and later Italy, by Eko. Shaftesbury was the house-brand of major UK distributor Rose-Morris, and seems to have been launched as a response to the companys loss of its distribution deal with Rickenbacker. This bass, although with a neck date of February 1966, was most likely one of the unsold Vox guitars sold on by Dallas Arbiter.Ĭheck out the bass, and the two video demos through 1960s Ampeg and WEM amplifiers. When Vox hit financial problems in 1968, unsold guitars and basses were passed on to Dallas Arbiter, who briefly sold the excess Symphonic bass stock as model 4537. It was actually a great playing bass, rather similar to the Precision in feel and sound, but was probably just too expensive compared to an actual Fender and consequently sold poorly. It was the Vox equivalent to the Fender Precision bass, and was one of the most expensive Vox guitars produced. These were great value in 1973, and because they sold so many, they are easy to find and excellent value today. The Ranger Folk was 1 14 smaller, and 1 shallower than the Ranger VI and XII - and with a narrower waist. It was the final catalog appearance, however, of the Electric XII, Bass V, Duo-Sonic, Coronado I and Coronado Bass I. Several instruments were making their first appearance amongst its pages: the Telecaster bass, Montego and LTD jazz guitars, and the Redondo acoustic. Like the previous catalog, this featured the companys guitars in a variety of interesting settings around California, from the Whiskey-A-Go-Go, to the Hollywood Bowl. I specialize in the non-teardrop and non-phantom English and Italian VOXes, especially the hollowbodies.
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