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Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:36 pm
by Sixstringer
Thought I'd post a picture of my 1966 Vox Bulldog for those who never saw one. I bought this at a yard sale about 10 years ago for 10 bucks. It just needed strings. The trem arm and bridge mute thing is missing, otherwise it's all there.
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:03 pm
by brutus
Thats great. Next to Mosrite I love all things Vox. If I ever find one of these that is complete and working as it should I'm going to get it...after I get a Celeb that is
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The Vox Ultrasonic !! Built in wah, fuzz, repeater, e-tuner, Vox always pushes the limits.
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:32 pm
by KRamone27
Those are nice guitars guys, thanks for sharing.
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:34 am
by Deke Dickerson
Terry McArthur of TNM Custom guitars can also lay claim to being the only guy that I know of who worked for Semie Moseley (in 1958-1959) and later, Vox-Thomas Organ, making some of these wacky Italian-American creations. He's got some good stories from those days.
Deke
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:09 am
by Veenture
Looking at the pic Sixstringer posted I'd say the Wilson Brothers' model (reversed Mo') is closer to it than to the Mosrite Ventures model...
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:24 am
by Dennisthe Menace
Veenture wrote:Looking at the pic Sixstringer posted I'd say the Wilson Brothers' model (reversed Mo') is closer to it than to the Mosrite Ventures model...
That's a very interesting observation Paul
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Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:52 am
by Veenture
Great back-up Dennis! You know, the more I look at it the more I'm convinced somebody at Vox (?) flipped the Mosrite and… hey presto, the Vox Bulldog...
To illustrate my point, I made a mirror image of Sixstringer's very interesting guitar (don't be fooled by the "Vox" logo in the headstock apparently remaining unchanged). Thank you for starting this thread Sixstringer
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TAKE NOTE: REVERSED IMAGE
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:11 am
by Sarah93003
That Vox Ultrasonic looks really cool!
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:15 am
by Dennisthe Menace
Veenture:
I'm convinced somebody at Vox (?) flipped the Mosrite and… hey presto, the Vox Bulldog...
I have believed this for a long time . EKO Guitar Company must of figured that
if Semie could do it with a Strat, then why not just flip the Mosrite over?
Re: Vox Bulldog Guitar
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:04 am
by Dnepr
I have a complete, all original Bulldog, and used to own a Starstream XII, with all the effects.
Don't forget that in addition to Fuzz, Repeater and Palm Wah, it has a treble / Bass boost circuit as well. Instant painful feedback!! And Repeat Percussion (Repeater) is the greatest effect of all time.
I think that the mute feature on the Bulldog is a slightly better version of what was on the Mosrites. Activated by resting your palm on a lever, as opposed to lifting the mute with your pinky.
My .02