60's VOX MARK XII ACOUSTIC Teardrop Mod.V258 Sunburst, 12 Strings, Vibrola, made in Recanati, Italy, code VA233
Very sweet all original example in the coolest hollow double bound bodied Tear
Drop shaped style w/a bound “F” hole in the classic 3-tone Sunburst finish its
bound/dot inlaid neck the feels very comfortable, its 12 tuning machines tune
well, its original mirror-like metal pickgard & control plate are very clean &
tidy, its Tremolo unit is perfectly usable. Its 3 White bar pickups have a very
bright tone similar to a Rickenbacker: sounds super cool. She’s exceptionally
clean overall condition & very user friendly, comes with its original teardrop
hard case.
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Overall length is 42 in. (106.7 cm.), 12 in. (30.5 cm.) width, and 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 13/16 in. (46 mm.)
One of the all-time great "posing" guitars, the
teardrop-shaped Vox Mark XII is still utterly distinctive and an instant 1960s
classic. Like most Vox-branded instruments sold in the US, this one was built at
the Eko factory in Recanati, Italy. Vox's parent company JMI (Jennings Musical
Industries) in Dartford, Kent was already overstretched by 1964 supplying Vox
amplifiers to the UK and world markets. So, instead of expanding their meagre
guitar-making facilities, Jennings outsourced the great bulk of instrument
production to the Italian firm. These Eko-made Vox guitars are more consistent
than their English cousins, and in many cases are better-playing instruments. By
the time Thomas Organ in California took over American distribution of JMI's
products in 1965, nearly all Vox guitars sold in the US would be of Italian
parentage. The teardrop-shaped Mark series was originally a stylistic outgrowth
of the trapezoidal-bodied Phantom line; indeed, the earliest model was called
the Phantom Mk.III. Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones got one of the first
hand-built prototypes, and the exposure the model received in his hands in
1964-5 was quite enough to quickly make it the most sought-after Vox guitar,
especially in the US. The solid-body "Mark" series soon expanded to include a
full family of 6, 12, and 9-string guitars as well as a bass. The Mark XII
features three standard single-coil Vox pickups, the bright sound of which is
particularly well-suited to a 12-string. The wiring rig is derived from the
Stratocaster, i.e. master volume, two tone controls, and a three-way switch. The
vibrato was developed from JMI's "Hank B' Marvin" unit and is basically a close
copy of the solid-body Bigsby. The Mark XII is one of the better-sounding '60s
solid-body 12-strings and one of the few to be equipped with a vibrato -- for
better or worse! This very sharp black-finished Mark XII is a '60s icon and an
eminently posable and playable guitar!