Vox Guitar Serial Number Dating Fender
This is tricky, Pat. Vox serial numbers weren't planned out too well, nor is there a lot of information on the rhyme or reason for the numbering that occurred in Britain or in the Italian factory. Kahin to hoga tv serial songs free download. It was in late 1964 that the Italian factory began making Vox guitars, while British production of Vox guitars continued simultaneously. It was common to have the same models built in both factories.
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Here is one bit of information that seems to indicate that you have an Italian-made Vox: British-made Vox guitars have 5 sequential serial numbers stamped on the back of the headstock (and later on the neck plates), while the Italian-made guitars have 6 serial numbers that is stamped onto the neck plates. Yours has six digits, and may I assume it's on the neck plate? Also, I have seen Italian-made Mark VI's with serial numbers very close to that of yours, but quite lower in the production sequence, so it was speculated that the those were made in 1966. Because of bad business decisions, production of Vox guitars stopped in the U.K. By late 1967.
Italian guitar production, which was controlled by Thomas Organ, continued until late 1969. I am guessing that yours was produced between late 1967 and 1968, and (of course) in Italy. Sorry to ramble, I hope this helps.