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VOX SDC-55 

very cool guitar. click to enlarg
very cool guitar. click to enlarg
Vox SDC-55, a bargain. The pickups are hot and humfree and offer three voices each.
Vox SDC-55, a bargain. The pickups are hot and humfree and offer three voices each.
Vox SDC 55 made in Korea with greatest attention to detail. Built quality is awesome! And for that price itis even incredible! Far superior to US standards twice as expensive.
Vox SDC 55 made in Korea with greatest attention to detail. Built quality is awesome! And for that price itis even incredible! Far superior to US standards twice as expensive.

This is an amazing guitar!

It is very beautiful, very, very well built and very versatile.

It was built in Korea but designed by an American guitar icon, Rich Lasner.

This guy really knows what he`s doing.

 

But for some strange reason the vox guitars seem not to be very successfull. 

I don`t get it.

So I was able to buy it pretty cheaply in 2012.

560 Euros!


mahogany neck

(not fat unfortunately but very nice)

mahogany-maple body

(slim, and it "bends comfortably around your belly)

rosewood fretboard

beautiful inlays

trans amber/ transparent finish

638 mm scale

an amazing aluminum wraparound bridge

(...they should sell it as a retrofit item!)

the most beautiful tuners ever

master volume, master tone

two 3-way mini switches, one for each pickup`s voice

a 3-way pickup selector

(Just like my GirlBrand guitar!)

 

2 COAXE Pickups.

 

These pickups are very special

because they are hum-free P-90 style singlecoils that offer 3 sounds each:

 transparent, full and fat

They are rather hot and sound goooood!

 

As far as I know this is a real new thing

and I think it works very well.

There is a hum-bucking dummy coil around the coil inside the pickup. That inner coil is tapped twice in order to produce three sounds...

great!



 

info from the Vox website. Difference between the Coaxe and other pickups
info from the Vox website. Difference between the Coaxe and other pickups
fom the Vox website: The two coaxial coils
fom the Vox website: The two coaxial coils


There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with this guitar!

The contrary is true: Everything is GREAT!

except that I miss a treble bleed cap on the volume pot and would have prefered a different toggle location.

 

and (no real issues) 

The gutiar is so light and thin (which is good!)

that it tends to be slightly neck heavy strapped on. Not a real problem, though!

 

the neck is very middle-of-the road. I wish they had a fat neck option, too.

 

The wraparound bridge is the very best I ever encountered. But  I would love to have a Duesenberg Bigsby-style vibrato option. (Remember: A Duesenberg whammy is an improved Bigsby)

 

The wiring could use two more mini switches!

Yes, affecting both pickups when in the middle position only to define the parallel sound independently.

That way you`d get three differently "preset preset-sounds" from the pickup toggle. 

WOW!

 

 

Go and buy one of these!

There are semi-hollow and singlecut options, too!

 

(No, I don`t get payed by Vox guitars!)

Look at this angle! Very comfortable to "wear". Sandwich body: mahogany and maple. nice binding, mahogany set neck . Click to enlarge
Look at this angle! Very comfortable to "wear". Sandwich body: mahogany and maple. nice binding, mahogany set neck . Click to enlarge
Look at the details: The strap pin! And the aluminum wraparound bridge is perfectly smooth to your hand and sounds very good. I wish they sold it separately! Click to enlarge
Look at the details: The strap pin! And the aluminum wraparound bridge is perfectly smooth to your hand and sounds very good. I wish they sold it separately! Click to enlarge
One piece body, I think. And the electronics cavity cover fits perfectly. It even stays there without the screws. Beautiful! Click to enlarge
One piece body, I think. And the electronics cavity cover fits perfectly. It even stays there without the screws. Beautiful! Click to enlarge
Amazing design! Nice headstock, beautiful simplicity. And look at these extremely elegant tuner knobs! They have the same wave shape like the unique fretboard inlay.
Amazing design! Nice headstock, beautiful simplicity. And look at these extremely elegant tuner knobs! They have the same wave shape like the unique fretboard inlay.
Of course the leading question is: Which one? click to enlarge
Of course the leading question is: Which one? click to enlarge
...very difficult to decide.... better click again to enlarge
...very difficult to decide.... better click again to enlarge
Buy both! the Korean built qualitiy is far better than USA quality at this price. Far, far, faaaaaaaaaar better! But that SG sound and the very fat neck are terrific. Even if the fret ends butcher your palm. Gibson USA this is pathetic! ...even if we`ve all come to expect nothing else!
Buy both! the Korean built qualitiy is far better than USA quality at this price. Far, far, faaaaaaaaaar better! But that SG sound and the very fat neck are terrific. Even if the fret ends butcher your palm. Gibson USA this is pathetic! ...even if we`ve all come to expect nothing else!

More SG?


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