![]() The Vox Apache Series expanded the concept of the travel guitar by incorporating a battery operated "drum box" and a 1 watt amplifier with twin speakers into the instrument. Their compact size made it possible to stow the instrument in the overhead luggage bin of an airplane. Prior to the introduction of the droplet shaped Vox Apache 1 guitar, travel guitars were typically small bodied acoustic guitars with short scale necks. In 2012, Vox introduced the Apache Series "travel" guitars. The sales of these American made instruments waned by 2001 due to a steep $1400 retail price. In 1998, Vox reissued the droplet shaped Mark VI guitar, calling it the Mark III. Pickup selection was controlled by a three position toggle. The 1963 Mark VI "Teardrop" guitar had three single coil pickups, similar to a Fender Stratocaster. Along with the coffin shaped Phantom, the lute shaped Mark VI "Teardrop" guitar was immediately recognizable as a Vox instrument. As a result, Vox developed two unusual body styles for their professional models. ![]() ![]() Their new professional guitar models would need to have unique and iconic body designs that would make them immediately recognizable as a Vox instrument. When Vox decided that they also wanted to introduce professional level instruments, they determined that "copy cat" guitar designs would be unacceptable. These earliest Vox guitar models were student level solid body instruments with Fender influenced styling and features. ![]() Vox produced their first guitars in 1961. ![]()
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