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Guitar & Bass parts: Vox pickup

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VOX PARTS all Vox parts: Vox bridges Vox cases Vox catalogs / brochures Vox machine heads Vox bodies & necks Vox pickguards Vox pickups Vox switches & electronics Vox tremolos

Pair of Vox V1 Electric Guitar Pickup's JMI Made in the UK - 1960's

Norwich, NR6***, UNITED KINGDOM

£220

The Vox V1 pickup was very widely used throughout the 1960s, from late 1960 right through to the company's demise in the UK in 1967.
The base plate is made from pressed aluminium and is 100mm long, with a distance between mounting holes of 88mm. A simple pickup: a single coil, wrapped in waxed cloth, around a central magnet. The chrome cover is a push fit. The base plate holes are threaded for the mounting screws; the springs act as spacers between the bassplate and scratchplate. The ... more