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The Vox Duotone - 1962
JMI Vox introduced a comprehensive line of guitars and basses in their 1962 "Vox - Choice of the Stars" catalog. The mid-level Vox Duotone guitar was included in this product rollout.

The Duotone name and twin pickup construction were similar to the popular Fender "Duosonic" guitar.

The solid bodied Duotone included two Vox branded V-I single coil pickups with chrome covers, rotary volume and tone controls and a three position pickup selector switch. It also included a stamped steel fixed bridge with adjustments for intonation and string action (height).

The body and neck of the 1962 Duotone were shared with three other 1962 Vox guitar models: the Vox Soloist (a single pickup version of the Duotone), Vox Ace (two pickups and a vibrato arm) and Vox Super Ace (three pickups and a vibrato arm).

Vox described the Duotone in their 1962 "Vox - The Choice of the Stars catalog as follows: "Identical specification as Soloist but fitted with extra Vox pick up and three-way tone switch providing maximum variety of tone. Red or sunburst mirror finish."

The Duotone featured a 25½" scale, 21 fret sycamore neck with a rosewood fretboard. The neck was 1⅝" wide at the nut and 2" wide at the 12th fret. Rather than having an adjustable truss rod, the Duotone neck was reinforced with embedded steel rods. Six individual inline and open tuners were mounted to the upper edge of an extended headstock.

The laminated plywood bodies and rosewood topped sycamore necks of the 1962 Vox Duotone were most likely manufactured in the UK by Stuart Darkins & Co, a furniture maker in Shoeburyness England under subcontract to Vox. Final assembly and inspection was probably completed in the JMI facilities in Dartford Kent UK.