Back in March they told me they had a few assorted models. If you're still seeking an Eaqstwood, Google Starving Musician and this California store's website will come up. Perhaps I was doubly lucky on the set-up because Starving had a black Phantom IV bass that played like crap. I've since found reviews that say the Eastwood is much better than the original British and Italian Voxes, and I have to agree. I had a chance to compare it side-by-side with a rack of Phantom products at Ed Roman Guitars in Las Vegas and the East wood was so much nicer there was no comparison.
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Now that I've had more time to play this guitar, I'm thrilled with the set-up and playability. I thought to myself, "Phantom Guitar Works holds the rights to this body shape for the US market, this is a total bootleg and they'll probably be put out of business next month and I'd better grab this!"
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It was brand-new, yet had no serial number, instruction booklet, warranty card, nothing. Older guitars usually have older pickups provided they haven’t been updated or modified. But retro guitars are also known for something else their vintage sound. It felt and played acceptably, neck was straight, Chinese Bigsby-licensed trem, beautiful finish, $269.95! For that price it wouldn't have to play, I'd hang it on my office wall for decoration! Teisco guitars with rarely seen body shapes and design styles make it easy to see why some of them are worth 1,000 or more. YES, a Phantom VI clone with "Eastwood" on the headstock. After 20 minutes of browsing, I noticed a familiar WHITE shape at the end of one row. Half the inventory was basses, which was cool for me 'cause that's my main groove. This time I went inside.įor a small store they had hundreds of instruments, not just on the walls but hanging from the ceiling. Driving down El Camino Real I saw a funky little store called Starving Musician I'd driven past for a good 10 years when working Northern California. Someone must have been looking out for me because just a few months later (this past March) I was doing a show in Santa Clara, California. I tried to contact Phantom Guitar Works in Oregon to see about a white "factory refinish" but the 'phones weren't being answered. The instrument program was cancelled, but Rhodes music had offered this guitar for the last few years, last time I saw it they were asking $1600. You'll recall that when the Vox amp line was launched about that time, some of the brochures featured new Vox guitars. Last year I seriously considered buying a one-of-a-kind Vox USA prototype made by Phantom Guitar Works for the 1997 NAMM show. I'd find a Phantom 12-string or a bass now and then, and plenty of Mark teardrops, but never a 6-string Phantom. I kept looking off and on since then, but the nice ones were over $700 by the mid-90's (Japanese collectors were buying lots of unusual-looking guitars in the States and running prices up). Not many sold as a US Fender Strat was going for about $275 at that time!
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I remember seeing the Phantom VI in the music store in a color like Surf Green weird shape, weird color. I played a Vox Clubman and a Fender P-Bass through a USA Vox Essex amp in a British Invasion band called Stix 'n' Stones in Califonia in 1966-67.
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I had looked for a white Phantom VI since seeing Paul Revere and the Raiders on the old TV show "Where the Action Is". I can identify with your Phantom passion.