The Telecaster-inspired Vox New Escort was first produced in late 1965, but shipped in relatively small numbers, through to early 1968. It was manufactured in the UK, primarily for the British market. Necks, by Watkins (Chertsey, Surrey), with bodies made at the Jennings Dartford plant. The New Escort had an August 1966 list price of £79 17s 6d - a little cheaper than the Phantom, at £84 4s 0d.
There was not much variation across the short production period; like other higher end Vox guitars, the New Escort was fitted with V2 pickups, some examples with black plastic covers, others, like this, white. This example from 1966 is fairly typical. A Watkins-made neck, with zero fret and truss rod adjustment at the headstock end of the neck, white covered pickups, and gold / black 'New Escort' headstock decal.
Although Telecaster-inspired, Vox's New Escort differed from the Fender in several ways - but most obviously in the component layout. Instead of chrome covered pickups, one mounted on the bridge plate, the New Escort had two scratchplate-mounted Vox V2 single coils. Although they look similar, the SP2 bridge pickup is slightly different to the SP1 neck: they have the same basic construction, but the SP2 pole pieces are slightly wider-spaced to match the strings when positioned at an angle. In this example the SP2 was slightly hotter too. For a more detailed look at these pickups, see the extra supporting members content here.
The controls are simple - master volume and master tone, and three-way pickup selector switch: neck / both / bridge. Note the tone control only affects the neck pickup - allowing a player to quickly jump from a very fat neck tone to super sharp bridge tone, with just the flick of a switch.
This is an awesome guitar with some gorgeous tones. Certainly a step above the entry and mid-level Vox guitars that are far more commonly seen representations from the brand. The neck pickup is very rich, and so so mellow with the tone rolled down. In contrast the bridge pickup is wonderfully sharp. There is a lot to be said for this guitar! And it works great with this WEM Dominator MKIII. There are several longer videos of this guitar exploring more settings and more amps in the supporting members area.
Find out more about these instruments here: 1966 Vox New Escort, 1976 WEM Dominator mkIII
This is a fabulous guitar - Vox's take on the Fender Telecaster (which was in pretty short supply in mid-1960s Britain), and actually a pretty awesome player. It has some gorgeous snarl through this WEM Dominator, but check it out through the 1963 WEM ER15 and 1965 Vox AC4 in our other videos.
Recorded here with a Heil PR-40 (left channel) and a Shure SM57 (right channel), through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface - highly recommended gear!
Find out more about these instruments here: 1966 Vox New Escort, 1976 WEM Dominator mkIII
This is a fabulous guitar - Vox's take on the Fender Telecaster (which was in pretty short supply in mid-1960s Britain), and actually a pretty awesome player. It has some gorgeous snarl through this WEM Dominator, but check it out through the 1963 WEM ER15 and 1965 Vox AC4 in our other videos
Recorded here with a Heil PR-40 (left channel) and a Shure SM57 (right channel), through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface - highly recommended gear!
Find out more about these instruments here: 1966 Vox New Escort, 1965 Vox AC4
This is a fabulous guitar - Vox's take on the Fender Telecaster (which was in pretty short supply in mid-1960s Britain), and actually a pretty awesome player. It sounds pretty good through this contemporaneous Vox AC4, but check it out through the 1960s WEM ER15 and early 70s WEM Dominator
Recorded here with a Heil PR-40 (left channel) and a Shure SM57 (right channel), through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface - highly recommended gear!
Find out more about these instruments here: 1966 Vox New Escort, 1963 WEM ER-15
This is a fabulous guitar - Vox's take on the Fender Telecaster (which was in pretty short supply in mid-1960s Britain), and actually a pretty awesome player. It sounds pretty good through this 1963 WEM ER15 with some lovely rich tones, but check it out through the 1965 Vox AC4 and early 70s WEM Dominator
Recorded here with a Heil PR-40 (left channel) and a Shure SM57 (right channel), through a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface - highly recommended gear!
Extra content on this guitar is included in our Supporting Members area here
$1250
$1600
$1999
$4499
$570
$120
$1049
$2695
$676
$2495
$795
$2800
$1898
$2800
$300
$1190
$225
$5500
$1090
$850