Talk:Vox Mark III

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If this article is entitled "Vox Mark III," it should not also discuss the Mark VI and Mark XII. Retitle the article or move them elsewhere. Badagnani (talk) 06:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

The title is wrong. It's Mark VI not III. VI stands for 6 strings, Please change the name.83.87.170.234 (talk) 21:24, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

Wrong on all counts. Brian Jones was in fact given the Mark III prototype in 6 and 12-string. Later, the instruments made by Eko that were based on these prototypes *and* what Jennings in England put into brief production. Shortly after the production models appeared, they were re-named Mark IV (the bass) VI (6-string), IX (9-string), and XII (12-string).

The prototype (actually, I'd call it a proof-of-concept build since prototypes are generally very carefully-made custom builds that are intended to show what the product will look like when in production) Mark III that Brian Jones had was in fact a crudely-made instrument, based on photographic evidence. The bridge wasn't a non-trem Strat bridge as has been reported here and elsewhere, but in fact a tremolo Strat bridge where they sunk the sustain block into the body. I *suspect* that the bridge came from a Strat where the tremolo arm broke off in the sustain block, and someone sawed-off the edge where the trem arm was. There *are* pictures where you can see just how rough a job was done there. I also suspect the neck was taken from an Eko model that had a Strat-copy (more or less - wasn't exact) headstock. Since they didn't want to have a Strat headstock, I suspect they lopped off the more defining features into that now-familiar potato-cutter headstock just because it was easier than making a new neck from scratch. If you look closely at Jones prototype though, you will see that the headstock isn't the same shape as the production models, and neither is the body shape. Though I haven't been into the prototype, I'd be willing to bet that popping off the pickup covers would reveal 1950s-era Strat pickups. When Jennings in Dartford was closed and sold off, in the auction was a box of Strat pickups. Overall, I think the Jones prototype made use of a trashed Stratocaster, an Eko production neck with the headstock modified, some quick-and-dirty chromed steel bezels and pickguard, and a body that was whipped up by a cabinet-maker. Ben-Wah-Wah (talk) 04:45, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Article makes no sense

This article makes no sense. It's titled Vox Mark III, but it seems to be about a range of guitars produced by Vox. I don't know enough about this instrument to be able to fix it... GigglesnortHotel (talk) 13:55, 20 March 2018 (UTC)