Vox Constellation IV V274 Electric Bass Guitar (1968)
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Vox Constellation IV V274 Model Electric Bass Guitar (1968), made in Recanati, Italy, serial # 358626, cherry polyester finish, laminated maple body, laminated maple neck with ebony fingerboard, original black tolex hard shell case.
The Vox Constellation IV was a direct descendant of the 1966 Vox Wyman bass, with the same teardrop-shaped hollow body and very narrow neck. Bill Wyman's endorsement deal was relatively short-lived, by 1967 the bass no longer bore his name but Vox continued with the same basic design. The Constellation has the typical evolved Vox appointments for that year; wider-cased metal covered pickups (with more output than the earlier design) and a very large headstock with larger long-stemmed tuners and a giant VOX logo made of individual gold plastic letters.
This model also has a special addition-the elaborate onboard transistorized effects introduced by Vox in 1967. The distortion circuit is particularly good, adjustable from a sizzly fuzz to a white noise maelstrom, while the Treble-Bass boost is also quite effective. There is also a "G" tuner, more important in the pre-electronic tuner days of 1967 but still working! These second generation 1967-68 Eko made models are some of the nicest Vox instruments in terms of build quality and fretwork, this is a fast-playing and good sounding if rather eccentrically styled bass from the company's later '60's line, a distinctive instrument by any standard!
Overall length is 45 in. (114.3 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, and 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 30 in. (762 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/2 in. (38 mm.). This bass is very clean overall; there are some minor dings and scratches and a fairly light case of the standard Vox finish checking. It is complete and all original except a metal cap has been lost from one knob. There is still very strong color to the cherry finish, with hardly any fade. There is one cleanly repaired small stress crack visible on the back of the maple neck around the 13-14th fret area, completely solid and again absolutely typical of these instruments. The neck is perfectly straight, this is petter preserved than most of these and remains a very nice playing and sounding Vox Bass, with the added fun of the electronic effects. Excellent - Condition.
The Vox Constellation IV was a direct descendant of the 1966 Vox Wyman bass, with the same teardrop-shaped hollow body and very narrow neck. Bill Wyman's endorsement deal was relatively short-lived, by 1967 the bass no longer bore his name but Vox continued with the same basic design. The Constellation has the typical evolved Vox appointments for that year; wider-cased metal covered pickups (with more output than the earlier design) and a very large headstock with larger long-stemmed tuners and a giant VOX logo made of individual gold plastic letters.
This model also has a special addition-the elaborate onboard transistorized effects introduced by Vox in 1967. The distortion circuit is particularly good, adjustable from a sizzly fuzz to a white noise maelstrom, while the Treble-Bass boost is also quite effective. There is also a "G" tuner, more important in the pre-electronic tuner days of 1967 but still working! These second generation 1967-68 Eko made models are some of the nicest Vox instruments in terms of build quality and fretwork, this is a fast-playing and good sounding if rather eccentrically styled bass from the company's later '60's line, a distinctive instrument by any standard!
Overall length is 45 in. (114.3 cm.), 13 in. (33 cm.) wide, and 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 30 in. (762 mm.). Width of nut is 1 1/2 in. (38 mm.). This bass is very clean overall; there are some minor dings and scratches and a fairly light case of the standard Vox finish checking. It is complete and all original except a metal cap has been lost from one knob. There is still very strong color to the cherry finish, with hardly any fade. There is one cleanly repaired small stress crack visible on the back of the maple neck around the 13-14th fret area, completely solid and again absolutely typical of these instruments. The neck is perfectly straight, this is petter preserved than most of these and remains a very nice playing and sounding Vox Bass, with the added fun of the electronic effects. Excellent - Condition.