I have never tested the lock on the center latch and I recommend you don't as well, just in case the locking mechanism might stick. It even includes the key for the locking center latch. It includes the original latches, hinges and handle. The interior of the case measures about 42" long at it's longest point. It is covered in black pebbled vinyl and features a soft green cloth covered interior. This is an original JMI Vox hard shell guitar case, made in Great Britain, specifically and exclusively designed to fit 1960's era Vox Phantom (UK models produced from 1964 through 1968 or the Eko/Italian V209 Phantom) six string guitars.
Vintage Style Strap for Hofner Beatle Basses.
#VOX PHANTOM SERIES#
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#VOX PHANTOM PROFESSIONAL#
It was decided that this new professional guitar model should feature a body shape that would be unique, iconic and immdiately recognizable as a Vox instrument.
Vox then moved on to develop a professional grade guitar. Vox would not be likely to attract the professional musician with these models. They had inexpensive ferrite "bar magnet" pickups and lacked an adjustable neck truss rod. The body shapes of these early Vox guitars resembled those from Fender in America. Click here to see a JMI magazine ad from 1961 featuring some of these early Vox guitar models. Others featured bodies and necks manufactured for Vox by Stuart Darkins Ltd, a UK furniture maker. Vox entered the guitar market in 1961 with a series of student grade instruments with names such as the "Stroller" and "Clubman." Some of these earliest guitars were built for Vox by Guyatone in Japan.
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