In 1965 Vox Musical Instruments created the Vox Mando Guitar, sometimes known as the Octave Twelve
Here we have the earliest commercial example of this Mando Guitar from 1966 with the metal wrap-around pick guard and tail-piece, these were only manufactured in the UK. The later version was a slightly different design in this respect and Vox eventually moved production of these to the EKO factory in Italy. The guitar was seemingly only manufactured between 1965-1967 in the UK (the UK models ...
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