Live Auction 2276Country Music Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 100

HANK THOMPSON

VOX, AN ELECTRIC 12-STRING GUITAR, SILVER SAGE, ITALY, LATE 1960S

Closed3 December 2009

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USD 1,062

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HANK THOMPSON
VOX, AN ELECTRIC 12-STRING GUITAR, SILVER SAGE, ITALY, LATE 1960s
The headstock inlaid VOX, stamped on the reverse Made in Italy by Vox, the pickguard bearing the model name SILVER SAGE, the neck heel bearing the number 900480, length of back: 19 15/16 in. (50.6 cm) with original case bearing a stenciled inscription HANK THOMPSON AND THE BRAZOS VALLEY BOYS (2)

Specialist note

Hank Thompson had a great love of the 12-string guitar. A 12-string Stella was one of the first guitars he purchased and it was that Stella that got him his first radio work on WACO in 1942. Though no images exist it can be assumed Thompson purchased this instrument with the intention of using it for live performance in his later career.