Vox Phantom VI

This bad boy has been with me for a while but in a dozen pieces. Over the years I've been scarfing up original parts on eBay or wherever I could find them until I had everything I needed for a complete restoration. The last procurement was the custom made pickguard with the Vox Phantom VI logo engraved in the correct script which was not a trivial acquisition. Since this is a restoration I took the liberty of making a few improvement as these old Vox's were plagued with a few design quirks that kept them from optimum performance. The first thing I changed was the zero fret; A holdover from a bygone era that's not consistent with modern setup techniques. I replaced the zero fret with an oversized nut made of high tech type of nylon that is actually harder than bone. It was tremendously difficult to cut  because of its hardness. Another quirk of these guitars was that the tone controls were wired up to rotate backwards with two tone controls located infront of a single volume control. I corrected the direction of rotation of the tone controls but left the positioning of the controls as original. The fretwork has been upgraded with wider modern fret wire and is carefully manicured. The upshot is this baby plays way better than it did back in the 60's. Playing this guitar through a clean amp with a little reverb really does sound like the Beatles due to the unique sound of the Vox Pickups.