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The VOX Guitar Organ is the combination of a VOX Phantom guitar and einer string controlled mini organ. It was playable as a guitar, guitar and solo organ or as automatic rhythm organ, which played guitar cords sounds in rhythm to the played strings with the organ voices. |
This Guitar Organ has many sound controls for the organ and the guitar and Sustain and Percussion stops for the organ. |
It has a seperate power supply, which also includes the connections. It has to be connected to a normal guitar amplifier with two inputs. |
| Brand | VOX Jennings Musical Instruments (JMI) |
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| Location of the manufacturer | Dartford, England |
| Model name | Guitar Organ V251 |
| Model number | Guitar Organ V251 |
| Serial Number | - |
| Date of construction | 60's |
| Type | in a guitar built-in organ |
| Dimension (W/H/D), weight | ? |
| Manuals | played by guitar strings |
| Pedals | - |
| Amplifier/ Speakers | 2 outputs for a guitar amplifier/ - |
| Additional effects | Percussion, Sustain |
| Additional units | - |
| Tone generator | germanium transistors |
| Toneforming UM (1st manual) | ? |
| Toneforming MM (2nd manual) | - |
| Toneforming MM (3rd Manual) | - |
| Toneforming LM (lower manual) | - |
| Toneforming PD (pedal) | - |
| Sound | ? |
| Price (payed/ worth) | ?/ ? |
| Anything else | One of the most currious ideas of VOX, which although was cpoied later by other brands. |
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| Many thanks to Duane Wayne from the VOX Showroom for the information and the pictures. |
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| Photo courtesy Gary Hahlbeck (Sonic Speakers) & Jim Rhoads (Rhoads Music). |
| URL: http://www.voxshowroom.com/ |
| Contact The VOX Showroom at webmaster@voxshowroom.com. |