1966 Vox Super Lynx Sunburst Hollowbody Electric Guitar + OHSC Case Made in Italy

1966 Vox Super Lynx Sunburst Hollowbody Electric Guitar + OHSC Case Made in Italy

Made in Italy circa 1966. Guitar has been cleaned, frets polished and fingerboard oiled. A brand new set of D’addario 10 gauge strings has been installed. Guitar plays and sounds great. As is common with these guitars, the thick finish coat has developed cracks in the finish on all sides of the guitar. These do not go through the wood. Of the dozen or so Vox / Eko / Crucianelli guitars I’ve owned over the years, this is the norm. There are some surface cracks at neck heel and back of neck; these can be felt slightly but don’t appear to affect the playability.

All electronics work as intended. Neck is straight. Truss rod works. Action is low. Frets have some light indentations but still plenty of life left.

Comes with original case. The 2 button latches on the case appear to have been pried open at some point. These can still be latches manually and perhaps they can be fixed by hammering back into shape. I’ll leave that to the new owner. Bottom latch and handle are both secure. Case is clean overall.

Guitar plays great as is but any further cleaning, setups, maintenance or repairs will be the new owners responsibility.

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From “Vox Showroom” online:

To be recognized as a leader in the world of guitar sales, it is important that a manufacturer develop unique and desirable instruments that are instantly recognizable to the buying public. Vox introduced the Phantom and Teardrop guitar and bass models in the early 1960s to fulfill that need. However, Vox would need to offer more than two guitar body styles to round out their line. To accomplish this goal, Vox developed a number of guitar models based on the popular designs of their competition. 

In 1966, Vox introduced a series of Italian made thin-line semi-acoustic guitars. Four of these models, the Bobcat, New Orleans, Super Lynx, and Super Lynx Deluxe were doubtlessly influenced by the then growing popularity of the Gibson ES-335. 

The Vox Super Lynx guitar was offered in the 1966 "Vox, It's Whats Happening - Beatles Cover" and the 1967 "Vox, It's Whats Happening - Raiders Cover" catalogs. A black and white reprint of either of these catalogs is available at North Coast Music. 

The 1966 US Vox catalog described the V243 Super Lynx as follows: "Neck with double T-bar reinforcement; adjustable steel truss rod; hand bound throughout; 2 volume and 2 tone controls; adjustable master bridge channel; individual string bridges; sunburst polyester finish." The Super Lynx Deluxe added a vibrato arm to the Super Lynx..

The "Double T" reinforced neck with an adjustable truss rod was supplied to Crucianelli by Eko. A decal on the back of the head stock states: "Made by Vox in Italy." 

The 1966 US Vox price list indicated that the retail price of the Super Lynx guitar was $249.90 USD. Adjusting the 1966 price for inflation, the Super Lynx would retail today for about $1699 USD.